NDA Rafale deal cheaper than UPA offer: CAG
New Delhi (PTI) The Rafale deal negotiated by the NDA government was cheaper than the UPA offer, the Comptroller and Auditor General has observed. The NDA deal was 2.86 per cent cheaper than the one negotiated the UPA government, according to a CAG report tabled in Parliament on Wednesday.
China’s Xi to meet top US trade officials: report
Beijing, Feb 13 (AFP) Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to meet with top US officials in Beijing this week, a report said Wednesday, as the world’s two biggest economies rush to patch up their trade differences before a looming deadline. Xi will meet on Friday with officials including US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary […]
Koregaon-Bhima case: SC sets aside Bombay HC order refusing extension of time to file charge sheet
New Delhi, Feb 13 (PTI) The Supreme Court Wednesday set aside the Bombay High Court order refusing to grant 90 days extension to Maharashtra Police for filing the charge sheet in the Koregaon-Bhima violence case. The apex court, however, said that the five rights activists may now seek regular bail in the case as the Mahasrashtra […]
Article 35A: Kashmir shuts over JRL’s call against ‘attempts to scrap it’
Srinagar: Complete shutdown is being observed in Kashmir over Joint Resistance Leadership’s call for two day strike in support of Article 35A of Indian constitution defining permanent residents of the state of Jammu and Kashmir and against ‘attempts to scrap it’. Article 35A also bars people from outside the state from acquiring any immovable property in […]
Amid rise in night temperature, MeT predicts rain, snowfall on Feb 13, 14
Srinagar: Weatherman on Friday said that rain in plains and snowfall in mountains is likely to occur today and tomorrow, while shivering night temperature across Kashmir rose considerably. Meteorological department on Friday said that rain in plains and snowfall in mountains is likely to occur today and tomorrow. In Srinagar minimum temperature was minus 0.1 degree […]
Modi’s development mantra will help party sweep LS polls: BJP’s J&K in-charge
Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s development mantra will help the BJP sweep the upcoming parliamentary polls, the saffron party’s national vice-president and in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir Avinash Rai Khanna said on Tuesday. “Modi’s mantra of development will help the BJP sweep the upcoming parliamentary election as his four-and-a-half years of work has outclassed the […]
China most significant strategic threat to US, say Pentagon, Senators
Washington PTI: With its “unprecedented military build up and predatory economics”, China poses the most significant, long-term strategic threat to the United States, top American Senators and commanders told a Senate panel. They made the deposition Tuesday while seeking a mechanism to address the challenge from the east Asian nation. China represents the greatest long-term […]
Highway opens: Hundreds of vehicles enter Kashmir valley
Srinagar: Traffic authorities have allowed the movements of vehicles on the Jammu-Srinagar highway as hundreds of vehicles have been allowed to proceed towards Srinagar since yesterday afternoon. “Already over 1,400 vehicles were allowed to cross the Jawahar Tunnel and reach the Kashmir Valley,” a traffic official said on Wednesday. The strategic highway was restored for […]
Wathoora encounter: Second militant also a local
Srinagar: Police sources have identified the second militant as well who was killed along with his associate in an encounter during the wee hours in Wathoora area of Budgam district. The second militant has been identified as Shoiab Morsi from Bumrath Okia Kulgam. Earlier police had identified only one among the slain militants as Hilal […]
Wathoora Gunfight: LeT commander among two militants killed
Srinagar: A top LeT commander was among the two militants killed in a nocturnal gunfight which raged between militants and government forces in Wathoora area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday. As per the sources two LeT militants including its commander was killed. Reportedly one among the slain militant is believed to be Hilal […]