Spanish banks merge in sign of hard economic times ahead
Lisbon: Two of Spain’s biggest banks said Friday they were merging, pushed together by a need to weather tough economic times that likely will cost thousands of jobs. The tie-up between CaixaBank and Bankia will create the largest lender in the country, with assets of more than 664 billion euros (USD 787 billion). The deal […]
Four drug peddlers arrested, brown sugar worth six crores recovered
Baramulla: Police on Friday claimed to have arrested four drug peddlers and recovered drugs worth six crores of rupees in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Abdul Qayoom addressing a press conference said on a tip-off about the movement of drug peddlers, police established a joint naka on Srinagar-Baramulla national highway at Uri […]
Army defuses 4 mortar shells in Balakote Poonch
Poonch: Army on Friday destroyed four unexploded mortar shell found in a village of Balakote in Poonch district. An army official told GNS four 120-mm mortars, fired by Pakistan, were recovered and destroyed today. “Army team dugout unexploded live shells from a village and destroyed it at a safe place,” the official said, adding, “The […]
