A Jammu and Kashmir policeman and three militants were killed in a gunfight in old city area of Srinagar on Wednesday, police said. The four died in the gun battle that erupted between holed up militants and the security forces in Fateh Kadal area after information about militant presence was received. Three Central Reserve Police […]
The Jammu region’s Samba district recorded over 35 per cent of voting during the first four hours of third phase of the state’s municipal polls on Saturday while the Kashmir Valley witnessed a low turnout. In the Valley’s Pulwama and Bandipora districts, some candidates have been elected unopposed while in the other wards no candidate […]
A Liberal Nationals are committed to supporting our multicultural communities and events. That’s why a Liberal Government led by Matthew Guy will contribute $155,000 to 32nd Annual Australian Sikh Games. The funding package will enable the Sikh community in Victoria to hold the Games primarily at the multi-sport complex at Casey Fields in Cranbourne, close […]
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday said that it has attached properties worth Rs 54 crore of former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram and Advantage Strategic Consulting Pvt Ltd (ASCPL) in connection with its ongoing probe into the INX media money laundering case. A senior official of the financial probe agency told IANS: […]
While a gunfight was on between holed up militants and security forces on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, clashes erupted between civilian protesters and the forces near the gun battle site, police said. The security forces had earlier launched a cordon and search operation in Shatgund village of Handwara tehsil after receiving information […]
A massive slide in global stock markets, along with a weak rupee plunged the key domestic equity indices during the morning trade session on Thursday. According to market observers, the slide in the US and Asian markets eroded investors’ risk-taking appetite and at one point plunged the barometer S&P BSE Sensex by over 1,000 points. […]
The Indian rupee slipped to a fresh record low of 74.46 to a US dollar during the morning trade session on Thursday. It opened at 74.31 to a dollar at the Inter-Bank Foreign Exchange Market and soon slipped to 74.46 to a greenback — the lowest-ever it has touched. It made a slight recovery and […]
Very severe cyclonic storm Titli which is being referred to as a Category 2 hurricane, made landfall in Odisha’s Gopalpur on Thursday with surface winds reaching 126 kmph, the Met said. There has been no casualty yet. Heavy rains were dumped in at least eight districts of Ganjam, Gajapati, Khurda, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak and […]
Creation is run on energy. That energy is for all of us only, the question is, what is our desire and how much energy can we hold. Take the example of sun, sun is a phenomenal source of energy, the closer you go to it, the more heat is felt by you, but then how […]
The key Indian equity indices opened on a negative note on Monday amidst mixed cues from the Asian markets. Heavy selling pressure was witnessed in banking, auto and financial stocks, analysts said. At 9.26 a.m., the wider Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange traded 10,885.45 points, lower 45 points or 0.41 per cent from its […]