DG-NIA meets DGP Swain, senior police officers
Jammu, Apr 29: The Director General of National Investigation Agency (NIA), Sadanand Vasant Date today visited Police Headquarters J&K at Jammu where he held a detailed interaction with Director General of Police (DGP) R.R Swain and other senior officers. During the interaction, the officers underlined to further strengthen the collaborative efforts in investigations to combat […]
Gold drops Rs 130; silver remains flat
New Delhi, Apr 29 (PTI) Gold prices dropped Rs 130 to Rs 72,750 per 10 grams in the national capital on Monday in line with weak trends in the overseas markets, according to HDFC Securities. The precious metal had closed at Rs 72,880 per 10 grams in the previous session. However, silver prices remained flat […]
BSE shares tank nearly 19 pc in intra-day after Sebi directive on regulatory fee
NEW DELHI, Apr 29 (PTI): Shares of BSE tanked nearly 19 per cent in intra-day trade on Monday as the exchange is expected to shell out more regulatory fee after markets watchdog Sebi asked it to pay the fee based on the “notional value” of its options contracts rather than on the premium value. The […]
UGC-NET postponed to June 18 to avoid clash with UPSC prelims
New Delhi, Apr 29 (PTI) The National Eligibility Test (NET) has been rescheduled to avoid a clash with the UPSC preliminary exam and will now be conducted on June 18, UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar announced on Monday. Earlier, the exam was scheduled to be held on June 16. “The National Testing Agency and UGC have […]
SC dismisses plea on tallying of VVPAT slips with vote cast using EVMs
New Delhi, Apr 29 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea raising the issue of tallying of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips with the votes cast using the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). A bench of justices B R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta told the petitioner’s counsel that a coordinate bench of […]
Search operation to track down, neutralise terrorists underway in Udhampur
Jammu, Apr 29 (PTI) A massive search operation to track down and neutralise two groups of terrorists in the dense forests of Basantgarh in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district entered the second day on Monday. A village Defence Guard (VDG) was killed in a brief encounter with terrorists in remote Panara village in Chochru Gala […]
Landslides blocks Jammu-Srinagar national highway
Jammu, Apr 29 (PTI) The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed Monday following multiple landslides triggered by rains that lashed wide parts of Jammu and Kashmir overnight, officials said. The highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, was blocked by landslides at Mehar, Gangroo, Mom Passi and Kishtwari Pather in Ramban […]
Flash floods lead to temporarily closure of Kupwara-Sopore Highway
Srinagar, Apr 29: Incessant rainfall across Kashmir valley has resulted in flash floods, inundation of roads, leading to the temporarily closure of Kupwara-Sopore national highway in North Kashmir, official said on Monday. An official from civil administration told that the heavy downpour has caused rapid increase in the water level, inundation of national highway at […]
Nomination process for penultimate phase of Lok Sabha elections begins
New Delhi, Apr 29 (PTI) The nomination process for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections to be held on May 25 in which 57 constituencies, including seven from Delhi, will go to polls commenced on Monday. The Election Commission issued a notification on behalf of the President starting the nomination process. According to the […]
Sonamarg Road Accident: Another Body Retrieved, Toll reaches five
Ganderbal, Apr 29: Another body was retrieved on Monday morning from Nallah Sindh in Kullan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district after an accident occurred in Gagangeer, Sonamarg, taking the total death toll to five. On Sunday evening, at least four persons were killed after a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident […]
