Last batch of 310 stranded pilgrims evacuated from Iran, return to Ladakh
Kargil (Ladakh): The last batch of 310 Ladakhi pilgrims, who were left stranded in Iran over the past two months amid the coronavirus lockdown, landed at Leh airport on Sunday, chairman and Chief Executive Councillor of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC)-Kargil, Feroz Ahmad Khan said. The pilgrims were earlier flown to New Delhi from […]
Court grants bail to undertrial in murder case, asks to install Aarogya Setu app
New Delhi: A Delhi court has granted interim bail to an undertrial prisoner arrested in a murder case, while directing him to install the ‘Aarogya Setu’ app on his phone. Additional Sessions Judge Naveen Kumar Kashyap on Saturday granted relief to accused Ravi Dhikaon his plea that he had to take care of his ailing […]
UK media watchdog fines Zakir Naik’s Peace TV 300,000 pounds for ‘hate speech’
London: UK’s media watchdog Ofcom has fined controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik’s Peace TV network 300,000 pounds for broadcasting “hate speech” and “highly offensive” content in the country. The London-based regulator for the communications services in the UK has fined licence holders of Peace TV Urdu 200,000 pounds and Peace TV 100,000 pounds for breaking […]
Mumbai: Fisherman kills colleague over Rs 150, held
Mumbai: A 22-year-old fisherman has been arrested for allegedly killing a colleague over a Rs 150 dispute in Sewri in the metropolis, police said on Sunday. Hussain Shaikh (22) killed Riyaz Shaikh (28) on Saturday after the latter refused to give him his share of Rs 150 from the fish business, an official said. “The […]
Traffic restored on Jammu-Srinagar highway
Banihal/Jammu: Rescuers have retrieved one more body from the scene of the landslide that hit the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, taking the death toll in the incident to two, officials said on Sunday. Eight persons were rescued in the overnight operation. Traffic on the 270-km highway, the only all-weather […]
Pak President issues order to form caretaker govt, conduct elections in Gilgit-Baltistan
Islamabad: Pakistan President Arif Alvi has promulgated an order to form a caretaker government as well as to conduct elections in Gilgit-Baltistan province, a move strongly opposed by India. The presidential promulgation came days after the Pakistan Supreme Court on April 30 allowed the federal government to amend a 2018 administrative order to conduct general […]
Govt to privatise non-strategic PSUs: FM
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said a new “coherent” public sector enterprises policy will be formulated that will define strategic sectors which will have not more than four PSUs. List of strategic sectors requiring presence of public sector undertakings (PSUs) in public interest will be notified, she said while announcing her fifth and […]
Highway landslide: Two dead, one rescued alive, 6 others injured
Jammu: The death toll in a massive landslide at Seri area of Ramban on Srinagar-Jammu national highway last evening reached two while as six people received injuries, officials said. Officials said that massive landslide fell on the two soil cutters, trucks and private vehicles at Seri, Ramban on the highway last evening when two soil […]
Pak shells forward areas along LoC in Poonch: Army
Jammu: The Pakistan Army on Sunday opened fire and shelled forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said. The cross-border firing started in Degwar sector around 8:40 am, drawing retaliation from the Indian Army, the spokesman said. He said there was no report of […]
Militant, solider killed in ongoing Doda encounter
Srinagar: An unidentified militant and soldier has been killed in an ongoing encounter in Gundna area of Doda district in Jammu region, police officials said. A gunfight started early morning today in Jammu’s Doda district after security forces received a specific information about the presence of a few militants in the area. Inspector General of Police […]
