Akhnoor bus accident: 6 Transport dept officials suspended
Jammu: Six transport department officials in Jammu and Kashmir were suspended for alleged dereliction of duty on Friday, a day after 22 people were killed and 64 injured in a bus accident in Jammu district. The tragic incident occurred on Thursday, when the bus carrying 86 devotees from Haryana’s Kurukshetra and heading towards the Shiv […]
Pakistani court demands missing Kashmiri poet be produced before it
Islamabad: A top Pakistani court on Friday rejected a plea to conclude the case about the recovery of Kashmir poet Ahmad Farhad and directed authorities that he must first be produced before it. Farhad had gone missing from Rawalpindi on May 14, prompting his wife, Urooj Zainab, a day later to file a petition in […]
BJP reviews election activities, expresses confidence of win in Jammu and Udhampur
Jammu: The BJP held a parliamentary election management committee meeting here on Friday to review its election activities during the recent Lok Sabha polls. The final phase of Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir concluded with the polling of the Anantnag-Rajouri seat on May 25. The Udhampur constituency went to polls in the first […]
Wildfires rage in several forest, urban areas in Jammu region
Jammu: Fire engulfed several forest and urban areas in the Jammu region, devastating vast tracts of land, officials on Friday said. The fire, which spread to Rajouri, Samba, Reasi and Udhampur districts, and urban parts of Jammu city, destroyed large areas of plantation and other forest wealth, they said. In Samba, the fire broke out […]
Security forces launch searches in Poonch
Poonch/Jammu: Security forces and police launched a cordon-and-search operation in Poonch district on Friday following reports of movement of suspected terrorists, officials said. They said there were intelligence inputs about suspicious movement in the Dera Ki Gali-Bafliaz area of the district. According to sources, around three armed men were spotted in the area and there […]
Over 40 pc ads in Cricket World Cup 2023 promoted smokeless tobacco brands: Study
New Delhi: Nearly half of the advertisements telecast during the last 17 matches of the Cricket World Cup 2023 were surrogate promotion of smokeless tobacco brands, according to a study that has called for a complete ban on promoting tobacco products in all sports. According to the study conducted by a group of experts from […]
Final phase of Lok Sabha polls in 57 seats on Saturday, PM Modi in fray
Varanasi/Chandigarh: Fifty-seven seats across seven states and the Union territory of Chandigarh will go to polls in the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha elections on Saturday that include Varanasi, from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third consecutive term. Polling is scheduled in all 13 seats of Punjab and four of […]
We focussed on ‘nyay’, PM Modi’s poll campaign revolved around mangalsutra, mutton, mujra: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress claimed on Friday that due to its positive Lok Sabha poll campaign, “nyay” guarantees and priority given to protecting the Constitution, the INDIA bloc is going to get a “clear and decisive” mandate on June 4, when the election results are scheduled to be declared. A day after the campaign for […]
Sexual abuse allegations: Prajwal Revanna arrested upon return, remanded to police custody
Bengaluru: Prajwal Revanna, the suspended JD(S) MP facing sexual abuse allegations, was arrested on Friday upon his return from Germany, a month after he left the country in the wake of explicit videos of his alleged actions doing the rounds in Karnataka’s Hassan. A special court in the city remanded him to police custody till […]
India’s GDP expands 7.8% in Q4, 8.2% in FY24
New Delhi: India’s economy growth slowed to a four-quarter low of 7.8 per cent in the January-March period, but pushed the annual growth rate for FY24 to 8.2 per cent, mainly on account of good showing by manufacturing, official data showed on Friday. The growth propelled the Indian economy to USD 3.5 trillion and set […]
