The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a plea by death row convict Mukesh Singh seeking review of the top court judgment upholding his death sentence in December 16, 2012 Delhi gangrape case. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice R. Banumathi and Justice Ashok Bhushan reserved the verdict as advocate Manohar […]
A Bhind Police team on Tuesday went to Madhya Pradesh Minister Lal Singh Arya’s Bhopal residence to execute non-bailable warrants in the murder case of Congress MLA Makhanlal Jatav but returned empty-handed since he was not at home. Bhind Superintendent of Police Prashant Khare told IANS that a sub-inspector and two policemen went to the […]
The strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for the third consecutive day on Wednesday due to multiple landslides in Ramban district, a traffic official said. “Snow clearance operation in Bannihal and landslide debris removal elsewhere has started. However, travellers are advised not to undertake any journey without contacting our control rooms in Jammu and Srinagar,” […]
Minimum temperatures throughout the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region remained below freezing point on Wednesday as the ski resort of Gulmarg recorded the coldest temperature at minus 9.8. The weather office has forecast rain in the plains and snowfall in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir till Thursday. Leh recorded a minimum temperature of […]
Kim Jong-un, the top leader of North Korea has asked for further strengthening of his country’s nuclear force, the state media said on Wednesday. According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim “expressed belief that the scientists of the national defence industry and workers of munitions would bolster up the nuclear force in quality […]
The Google Doodle on Monday celebrated the 135th birth anniversary of German physicist and mathematician Max Born who was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to the field of quantum mechanics. An atom is the smallest unit of matter and quantum mechanics studies matter at this incredibly granular level, leading to the invention of […]
Overnight rains on Monday broke the dry, cold wave conditions in Jammu and Kashmir as the weather office forecast more rain and snow in the next two days. The rains both in the Jammu region and the Kashmir Valley raised the minimum temperatures and broke the dry cold spell prevailing in the state for a […]
The key Indian equity indices on Monday was trading higher in the morning session. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading 154.46 points or 0.46 per cent higher soon after opening. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 40.75 points or 0.40 per cent higher at 10,306.40 points. The […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address three rallies in election-bound Gujarat’s Patan, Nadiad and Ahmedabad on Monday, where polling is scheduled for the second phase on December 14. While, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will address four rallies in Tharad, Viramgam, Savli and Gandhinagar on the same day, an official said. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) […]
Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested a French journalist here for making a documentary on pellet victims. “Comiti Paul Edward has been detained for violating visa norms in Srinagar,” a senior police officer said. Edward was arrested on Sunday evening from Kothibagh area. He was meeting separatists and pellet victims in the city to shoot […]