Srinagar, Mercury dropped slightly below zero in Srinagar and more in other parts of the Kashmir Valley on Monday even as the minimum overnight temperature in the Jammu and Kashmir capital was recorded at this winter season’s lowest. In the Kashmir Valley, mercury dipped to 3.6 degrees Celsius below the frezing point in Gulmarg and […]
Lucknow, Cold wave tightened its grip as rain continued to lash Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow on Monday morning and the minimum temperature in the region was set to dip further, the regional meteorological office said. Residents of Lucknow woke up to a steady spell of rain, leaving many schoolchildren and office-goers in the lurch. Icy […]
New Delhi, Senior IPS officer A.R.K Kini will hold the additional charge of Director General of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) from December 1, a union home ministry release said on Monday. He has been given the additional charge following retirement of N.R. Wasan on Monday. Kini, a 1981-batch Indian Police Service officer, […]
Mumbai, A benchmark index for Indian equities, the sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), on Monday opened marginally lower but soon headed north and was trading at 26,224.55 points some 30 minutes after the opening bell. Although the barometer at BSE opened lower, it rose shortly to 26,169.90 points at 9.20 a.m. […]
Jammu, A paramilitary trooper was injured on Monday in a firing incident in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. “A trooper was injured in a firing incident at a CRPF picket in Malhar (Billawar) area on Monday morning,” a police official told IANS here. The injured CRPF trooper was shifted to a hospital, […]
Chandigarh, Haryana Police shot dead an alleged cattle smuggler and seriously injured another in an encounter in Kurukshetra district early on Sunday, a senior police official said. The encounter took place in Thanesar area of the district, about 110 km from here, when the cattle smugglers were transporting cows in a pick-up jeep, police officials […]
New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to donate organs, and said it was the most vital donation one could think of. “Organ donation can save valuable lives… I urge people to … make donations,” Modi said in his ‘Mann Ki Baat‘ radio address to the nation. “What could be a bigger […]
Jammu, An army porter was injured in an overnight firing by the guerrillas on an army post in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday. Ramiz Raja, 22, was injured in militant firing on an army post along the line of control in Saujiyan sector, a police official told IANS here. “Infiltrating […]
New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday assured aid to Tamil Nadu for the widespread damage due to torrential rains and floods. “Our government assures full help to Tamil Nadu,” Modi said in his Mann Ki Baat radio address to the nation. Rains lashed four districts in Tamil Nadu – Cuddalore, Chennai, Thiruvallur […]
New Delhi, With the arrest of driver Pradeep Shukla, Delhi Police on Friday claimed to have solved within 10 hours the sensational bank van heist in which the cash van driver allegedly drove away with Rs.22.5 crore in cash. “The biggest ever case of misappropriation from a cash van in the history of Delhi Police […]