Mehbooba releases Rs. Five lac for Sahil’s kin
JAMMU: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti Friday released cash assistance of Rs. Five lac for the kin of late Maqbool Saahil, journalist and author, who passed away two days ago. Ms Mufti handed over the cheque to Kashmir Editors Guild, (KEG) President Fayaz Ahmad Kaloo who along with his team which met Chief Minister and apprised […]
Outstanding issues between India, Pak can be resolved through dialogue: Envoy
New Delhi, Mar 23 (PTI) All outstanding issues between India and Pakistan, including Kashmir, can be resolved through dialogue, which will usher in an “era of peace and stability” in South Asia, Pakistan High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood said today. Mahmood said Pakistan has sought peaceful and good neighbourly relations with all countries in […]
Zeenat Aman files rape complaint, businessman arrested
Mumbai : A Mumbai businessman has been arrested on charges of raping veteran actor Zeenat Aman, police said today. The actor filed the complaint at the Juhu police station yesterday, the official said. “The complaint was filed yesterday night at Juhu Police Station. The accused has been arrested and produced in local court. The matter […]
Its a victory of truth says Arvind Kejriwal after HC order
New Delhi, Mar 23: “It is a victory of truth,” Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said after the Delhi High Court set aside the Centre’s notification disqualifying 20 AAP MLAs in an office of profit case. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia too welcomed the order as he joined the AAP legislators in thumping tables […]
Delhi HC quashes notification disqualifying 20 AAP MLAs
New Delhi, Mar 23: In a major relief to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Delhi High Court today set aside the disqualification of its 20 MLAs in the office-of-profit case. A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar said that the Centre’s notification disqualifying the AAP MLAs was bad in law and remanded […]
India likely to generate 775.5 tonnes of medical waste daily by 2020: Study
New Delhi: India is likely to generate about 775.5 tonnes of medical waste per day by 2022 from the current level of 550.9 tonnes daily, a study conducted jointly by industry body ASSOCHAM and Velocity has said. The study, which was released yesterday, said medical waste is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth […]
BJP ‘lying factory’ at work again: Rahul
New Delhi, Mar 23: Congress president Rahul Gandhi today said the BJP’s “lying factory” was at work again, stymieing a media story on Cambridge Analytica allegedly being paid to sabotage the Congress by spinning “fake news” of the party working with the data firm instead. Picking up from where he left off yesterday, Gandhi today […]
Anna Hazare sits on indefinite hunger strike for Lokpal
New Delhi, Mar 23 : Social activist Anna Hazare today started an indefinite hunger strike to press for his demand to appoint a Lokpal at the Centre, nearly seven years after his anti-corruption movement caught the imagination of millions of Indians and shook the then UPA government. He sat on hunger strike at the iconic […]
14 smoke grenades recovered on Sgr-Jmu highway
Jammu, Mar 22: The Army today conducted a sanitisation operation on the Srinagar-Jammu highway using its bomb disposal and dog squads after observing suspicious material lying on it and recovered 14 smoke grenades in Ramban district. “The Army, during the opening of the highway, observed some suspicious material near the Shaitani Nala in Banihal belt […]
2 bikers die in Rajouri; 16 students injured in Reasi
Jammu, Mar 22: Two youths were killed when their bike was hit by a vehicle in Rajouri district, police said today. The accident occurred in Nowshera belt of the district last evening, they said. The youths were shifted to GMC hospital in Jammu, where they succumbed to their injuries, police said, adding the deceased have […]
