Jammu, Oct 8 (IANS) A visiting Election Commission of India (ECI) team will review the overall situation in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday to decide whether the state assembly elections can be held this year. The ECI team headed by Deputy Election Commissioner Vinod Zutshi arrived in winter the capital Jammu Tuesday on a three-day visit and […]
Jammu, Oct 6 (IANS) At least five people were killed Monday and 29 injured in Pakistani firing in Jammu district, police said. “The number of civilians killed in Pakistani firing in Arnia has gone up to five as one more person has succumbed to his injuries while being shifted to a hospital,” a senior police officer […]
Jammu, O Oct 6 (IANS) Four civilians were killed and 25 injured in shelling from the Pakistani side of the India-Pakistan border in Jammu district Monday, Police sources said. Monday’s major ceasefire violations by Pakistani rangers came on a day when Muslims in both India and Pakistan are celebrating the holy Eid-ul-Azha festival. The police sources […]
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “extremely successful” US visit, especially his meeting with top business leaders there, has seen a US-India business body committing to $42 billion investment in India with many lauding the “Gujarat model” of development. In a survey following Modi’s five-day visit, the US-India Business Council (USIBC), in a […]
Guwahati, Oct 4 (IANS) The guards of the Kaziranga National Park in Assam shot dead a poacher at Burhapahar range Saturday, said officials. “We were tipped off about a poaching attempt and accordingly alerted the guards patrolling the park,” said a official adding that around 2.30 a.m. the guards sighted the poachers and challenged them. “The […]
Jammu, Oct 4 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir’s health department Saturday dismissed as “rumours” the spread of any epidemic in the flood-affected Jammu region and said they are continuously monitoring the situation. “There is no epidemic of diarrhoeal diseases in Jammu province after the recent floods in the state,” said director, helth services, Baljeet Singh Pathania. He […]
Bhubaneswar, Oct 4 (IANS) Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram Saturday relaunched his personal website with a new look and new facilities to address grievances of the people of his home state Odisha. “This will help the people of the state especially those belonged to my constituency Sundergarh to get in touch with me through internet […]
Chennai, Oct 3 (IANS) DMK president M. Karunanidhi Friday said the Supreme Court had transferred several cases from one state to another and shifting the disproportionate assets case against Tamil Nadu’s ex-chief minister J. Jayalalithaa was nothing new. In a statement issued here, he said: “There have been instances where the Supreme Court has transferred cases […]
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Jeffrey P. Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon.com, Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an official statement said. Bezos, who is in India for a visit, had earlier termed India an amazing country, which is full of opportunities and boasts of people who are hard-working, vibrant and have a zest to […]
New Delhi Prime Minister NarendraModi yesterday symbolically wielded the broom in Dalit colony where Mahatma Gandhi once stayed to launch a unique nationwide campaign which seeks to change Indians’ mindset vis-a-vis hygiene and clean up the country in five years. In a spirited speech near the India Gate monument a short while later, Modi told […]