A gunfight started early on Wednesday in the old city area here in Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Security forces surrounded the Fateh Kadal area following information about the presence of militants. As the security forces closed in on a house, the militants hiding there fired triggering an encounter that is underway, a police officer […]
Early local lore tells of the Ranes as feared Maratha raiders, who would ride into erstwhile Goa and plunder wealth from the region’s wealthy folks. In contemporary times, the Congress over the last two days, must have felt the heat of yet another raid — to be more specific by a descendant of one of […]
Kerala Police chief Loknath Behra on Wednesday said no one will be stopped from going to Sabarimala as the chief priest of the Lord Ayyappa temple announced that women from the royal and tantri families will take part in the prayers. “There is a very strong police presence in and around Sabarimala,” Behra told the […]
The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a positive note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE opened at 35,543.38 points, touched a high of 35,605.43 and a low of 35,457.83, after closing at 35,162.48 points on Tuesday. The Sensex is trading at 35,461.98 points up by 298.61 […]
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. […]