Leh bribery case: Police registers FIR against BJP MLC
Leh: An FIR was registered against BJP leader and MLC Vikram Randhawa for allegedly trying to bribe journalists in Leh, officials said Thursday. However, Randhawa termed the allegations as baseless and said the Congress was trying to malign the image of the BJP. District Election Officer (DEO) and Deputy Commissioner of Leh Avny Lavasa told […]
Qureshi, Swaraj likely to interact during SCO meeting in Kyrgyzstan
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and her Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj are likely to interact during the upcoming meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Kyrgyzstan later this month, a top Pakistani official said Thursday. “The two foreign ministers would be present in the meeting and in all likelihood would interact amongst […]
Toll tax row: Governor assures exemption for locals
Srinagar: Governor Satya Pal Malik on Thursday “assured” that no toll tax will be imposed on common people at the toll plaza set up by National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) on the Srinagar-Jammu highway at Sangam in Anantnag district. “We are taking it up with the centre. No toll tax will be imposed on […]
Rajiv was not corrupt initially, but later got involved in Bofors: Guv Malik
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik Thursday said former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was initially not corrupt but under the influence of some people, he got involved in the Bofors corruption case. He was reacting to rebel BJP leader Ajay Agarawal releasing a 76-second audio clip in which Malik told the Supreme court […]
Landslide forces closure of Jammu-Srinagar highway
Banihal/Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed for traffic Thursday due to a landslide in Ramban district that left over 1800 vehicles stranded, an official said. The 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, was blocked by a landslide at Digdol area in Ramban district, they said. As a […]
