A district commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit was among the two militants killed on Saturday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Wasim Shah alias Usman, the district commander of LeT, was killed along with Naseer Mir, a police officer said. Shah was a resident of Shopian district, […]
Restrictions were imposed in various parts of Srinagar on Friday to prevent separatist-called protests against increasing incidents of braid chopping in Jammu and Kashmir. Police said these prohibitory orders were in place in Khanyar, Rainawari, Nowhatta, M.R.Gunj, Safa Kadal, Maisuma and Kralkhud. Divisional Commissioner of Kashmir Basheer Khan has ordered closure of all schools and […]
The Pakistani Army resorted to indiscriminate shelling and firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Friday. Using mortars, automatics and small arms they targeted Indian positions, including civilian facilities in Karmara area, police sources said. The firing started around 7 a.m. Indian positions were strongly and effectively retaliating […]
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 after opening at 31,975.59 points, touched a high of 32,028.22 points and a low of 31,967.54 points. The Sensex was trading at 32,021.60 points up by 97.19 points or 0.30 per […]
Voting began for the by-election in the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat in Punjab on Wednesday. Nearly 15.22 lakh voters, who are eligible to exercise their franchise, will decide the fate of 11 candidates in the fray. Tight security arrangements are in place for the crucial by-election. The main fight is between Bharatiya Janata Party candidate […]
Two commandos of the Indian Air Force elite Garud commando unit and two militants were killed on Wednesday in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district. “The two Garud personnel were killed in action while operating with the Army for operational experience and training,” Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said. The gunfight […]
A techie of global software major Accenture was found murdered in the city’s south-east suburb under mysterious circumstances, said police on Monday. “The victim, Pranoy Mishra, 28, was found stabbed earlier in the day at Madiwala. Someone who saw him bleed took him to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead,” Bengaluru Deputy Commissioner […]
The increased metro fares will be applicable from Tuesday as scheduled, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) announced on Monday. This is the second fare hike this year as proposed by the Fare Fixation Committee which was formed last year. The increased charges were to be applied in two phases – the first hike was […]
The Congress in Madhya Pradesh on Monday demanded that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan give details of Rs 15-crore investment by BJP President Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah’s firm in a windmill project in Ratlam and the land allotted for the purpose by the state government. In a letter to the Chief Minister, Leader of […]
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday said it has arrested one accused for organising a terror camp in Kerala’s Kannur district in 2013. The person arrested was identified as Azharudeen aka Azhar, 24, a resident of Narath in Kerala. An NIA official told IANS that Azhar was arrested on Monday night. He would be […]