At least 30 dead in Azerbaijan drug rehab centre fire: media
Baku: At least 30 people died as a fire tore through a drug rehabilitation clinic in the Azerbaijani capital Baku early today, the local APA news agency reported. Firefighters and rescuers of Azerbaijan’s emergencies ministry had extinguished the blaze and were investigating its causes, the news agency added. (AFP)
Another youth shuns violence, returns home
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police chief S P Vaid Friday said that a youth who had a joined militant outfit has returned to his family. However, the identity of the youth was not revealed due to security concerns. “Another young boy responding to the appeals of crying mother returned to the fold of family leaving […]
10 alleged Maoists killed in Telangana encounter
Hyderabad: At least ten Maoists were killed in an encounter with police in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district this morning, a senior official of the Telangana Police said. The Naxals were killed in a joint operation by the Telangana and Chhattisgarh Police. A jawan was also injured in the gunfight which took place in the Pujari Kanker […]
US won’t confirm reports of Nirav Modi being in the country
Washington: The United States government is aware of media reports that diamond jeweller Nirav Modi is in the country but is unable to confirm them, a State Department official said today. “We are aware of recent media reports that Nirav Modi is in the United States but cannot confirm them,” the spokesperson told PTI when […]
Rains lash Kashmir plains; snowfall in upper reaches
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Putin sets course for new US arms race with ‘invincible’ weapons
Moscow: President Vladimir Putin today launched what appeared to be the start of a new arms race with Washington, as he boasted of a new generation of “invincible” Russian weapons developed in response to the threat posed by the United States. Putin praised Russia’s new hypersonic missiles and cutting-edge submarines during a state of the […]
For peace talks, Taliban must quit violence: US
Washington: The Taliban needs to support the Afghan constitution and abandon terror and violence if it wants peace talks with the US, the Pentagon has said. Pentagon’s Chief Spokesperson Dana White made the comment in reply to the Taliban’s call for direct talks to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Afghanistan. “The Taliban […]
Srinagar-Jammu National Highway closed for traffic
Jammu: The 300-km-long Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed due to landslide and falling of stones from hill tops in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police official said today. “Traffic has been suspended on the highway due to falling of rocks and landslide triggered due to rains in Digdol belt in Ramsoo tehsil of […]
Second time in a week Hajin wakes up to gunfire
Hajin: A militant reportedly belonging to the militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba was killed in an encounter with government forces at Hajin village of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday morning. According to the sources, a joint team of army’s 13 RR and SOG Bandipora laid a siege to Sukur-din-Mohalla in Hajin following specific inputs about the […]
Police foil CPWs protest, detain scores
Srinagar: Police on Thursday foiled the protest march of Contingent Paid Workers (CPW) of Education department and detained scores of its members after they tried to march towards Srinagar’s commercial Lal chowk area. Dozens of CPWs assembled at Srinagar’s Press Enclave and chanted slogans in favour of their demands. The protesters demanded authorities to fulfil […]
