Nine booked for cow slaughter in UP
Muzaffarnagar, Feb 4 (PTI) Nine people have been booked in connection with cases of cow slaughter here, police said Monday. The cases, they were involved in, are registered at the New Mandi police station, they said. Circle Officer Yogender Kumar said the nine people were booked on Sunday under provisions of the Gangster Act and charged […]
Rupee slips 48 paise to 71.73/USD in early trade
Mumbai: The rupee Monday depreciated by 48 paise to 71.73 in early trade on the forex market ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s policy review meet and lower opening in domestic equity market. Forex traders said strengthening of the US dollar against some currencies overseas weighed on the local unit. However, easing crude prices and […]
Military intervention ‘an option’ in Venezuela, says Trump
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Sunday said military intervention in Venezuela was “an option”, as Western countries are building pressure on socialist leader Nicolas Maduro to step down and hand over power to opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim President Juan Guaido. The US, which recognised Guaido as interim president on January 23, is leading a […]
Man stabs wife over 40 times in Gurgaon
Gurgaon: A man allegedly killed his wife by stabbing her over 40 times in Ashok Vihar area, police said Sunday. Pankaj Bhardwaj, 28, and his accomplice Nashim Ahmed, 39, were arrested on charge of murder, Gurgaon Police PRO Subhash Bokan said. Vanshika Sharma was found dead on Saturday with over 40 stab injuries, he said. “Bhardwaj […]
Highway: Only valley bound traffic to ply today
Srinagar: The only road link of Valley with the rest of the world, Srinagar-Jammu highway was opened on Monday for one way traffic and only vehicular movement towards valley will be allowed. “Only Srinagar bound vehicles will be allowed with priority to stranded traffic,” an official said. According to an official around 3,000 vehicles, mostly […]
Weatherman predicts another spell of downpour, Feb 6 and 7 peak days
Srinagar: Weatherman has predicted another spell of wet four days peaking on February 6 and 7. On Monday the forecaster said that scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rain and snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir in next four days. “…there would be high moisture feeding from Arabian Sea over northwest India specifically over Western Himalayan […]
Pope Francis lands in UAE for historic visit
Abu Dhabi, Feb 4 (AFP) Pope Francis landed in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday for the first ever visit by a pontiff to the Arabian Peninsula — the birthplace of Islam. The pope touched down in Abu Dhabi for the 48-hour trip during which he will meet leading Muslim clerics and hold an open-air mass […]
UK prepares secret plans to evacuate Queen if riots break out in London post-Brexit
London, Feb 3 (PTI) Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and other senior members of the royal family may have to be evacuated if the UK experiences riots as a result of a no-deal Brexit next month, a media report said on Sunday. The UK is set to exit the 28-member European Union (EU) on March 29. As […]
PM’s J&K visit an attempt to regain lost ground: Cong
Srinagar Feb 3 (PTI) The Congress Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh divisions just ahead of Lok Sabha polls was BJP’s attempt to regain the lost ground in the state. Alleging that the saffron party had “miserably failed” to fulfil promises made to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, Pradesh […]
Will return Padma Bhushan if govt doesn’t fulfil promises: Hazare
Ralegan Siddhi (Maha), Feb 3 (PTI) Social activist Anna Hazare, whose indefinite hunger strike entered the fifth day on Sunday, warned that if the Narendra Modi government did not fulfil its promises, he would return his Padma Bhushan. Earlier in the day, Bharatiya Janata Party ally Shiv Sena came out in Hazare’s support, urging him to […]