Jammu authority sets up 24-hour helpline for updates on bus tragedy victims
Jammu: Jammu administration Thursday night announced it has set up a 24-hour helpline to provide information and assistance to the relatives of the victims of the bus tragedy that took place earlier in the day at Tungi Morh. Twenty-four people were killed and 64 injured after a bus carrying pilgrims skidded off the road and […]
Objective view emerging in Pak: India on Nawaz Sharif’s comments that Islamabad violated Lahore pact
New Delhi: Days after former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif admitted that Islamabad had violated the Lahore pact, India on Thursday said an objective view is emerging on the issue in the neighbouring country. Sharif on Tuesday said Islamabad had “violated” an agreement with India signed by him and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee […]
Army’s 3 Lt Colonels among 16 booked for attempt to murder, dacoity in Kupwara police station incident
Kupwara: A case of attempt to murder and dacoity has been registered against three army lieutenant colonels and 13 others for their alleged involvement in a violent attack on the Kupwara police station, according to the FIR. The incident on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday is said to have been triggered by the […]
‘Shocking’: NC chief Abdullah slams PM over remarks on Mahatma Gandhi
Criticises home minister for announcing that kin of militants, stone-pelters won’t get govt jobs Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah Thursday described Narendra Modi’s recent remarks about Mahatma Gandhi as “shocking” and said the prime minister “feels shame” in praising the ‘Bapu’ even as both of them hail from Gujarat. Abdullah also slammed Union […]
Centre should rethink its policy of denying govt jobs to families of terrorists: Tarigami
Srinagar: Senior CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami Thursday said the Centre should rethink its policy of denying government jobs to the families of terrorists and stone-pelters in Jammu and Kashmir as it could be “counterproductive”. “This is not something unexpected. The government has been on this path, and this has been their policy across the […]
Mines explode after forest fire along LoC in Poonch
Fires also engulf forests of Samba, Jammu Jammu: Several mines exploded due to a forest fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district on Thursday and blaze also erupted in the forest areas of Samba and Jammu districts, causing significant damage, officials said. In Samba, the fire started in the Purmandal area and […]
From slums of Kampala to T20 World Cup: Story of Uganda’s inspirational rising stars
New Delhi: An estimated 60 per cent of Ugandan capital Kampala’s population lives in slums and fast bowler Juma Miyagi is a cult figure in these impoverished areas. These usually football-loving people would be keenly following him and the Ugandan cricket team’s debut at the ICC T20 World Cup, trying to live a sporting dream […]
Modi slams INDIA bloc, accuses it of making Army as ‘weapon of politics’
Hoshiarpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday sharpened his attack against the INDIA bloc, accusing it of making the Army a “weapon of politics” and said there cannot be a “bigger sin than this”. Modi further hit out at the opposition, alleging that the Congress and “INDI alliance” never left any effort in weakening the […]
PM Modi notches up over 200 rallies, roadshows as LS poll campaign ends
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi ended his whirlwind Lok Sabha poll campaign with a rally in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur on Thursday, closing out his electioneering the way he began — by focussing on a region where he has invested heavily over the years for the BJP to make a mark outside its strongholds. Modi notched […]
Modi first PM to ‘lower dignity’ of public discourse: Manmohan Singh
New Delhi: In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday accused him of lowering the dignity of public discourse and the gravity of the office of the PM by giving “hateful speeches” during the poll campaign. In an appeal to voters of Punjab ahead of the seventh-phase […]
