Jammu/Srinagar, An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale jolted Kashmir on Saturday causing widespread fear and panic. “An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 on the Richter scale occurred at 12.44 a.m. The epicentre of the tremor was in the Hindukush region of Afghanistan,” an official of the Met department said here. “Its coordinates […]
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed has described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise visit to Pakistan as a “right step in the right direction”. “It is the right step in the right direction. The goodwill gesture by Modi will definitely break the ice in the relations between the two neighbours, a process […]
New Delhi, A man died in police firing here on Thursday during a protest following the death of a child in a road accident. Wasim, a resident of Shahbad Dairy area in west Delhi, was shot around 11.30 a.m. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared him dead. Police said scores […]
Srinagar/Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed was on Thursday flown to New Delhi and admitted in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for treatment. A state government spokesman said his “health is absolutely fine”. Sayeed’s daughter and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti accompanied him to Delhi. An official spokesman […]
Guwahati, Anup Chetia, the self-styled general secretary of insurgent group ULFA who was extradited from Bangladesh in November, walked out of jail on Thursday after the Gauhati High Court granted him bail. The founder general secretary of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) said he would soon leave for his home in Jeraigaon in […]
Moscow, India sees Russia as a reliable friend, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin as the 16th annual summit between the two countries got underway here on Thursday. After exchanging greetings at the start of the talks with the Putin, Modi said India and Russia were now cooperating in the international and […]
New Delhi, The Delhi government on Thursday unveiled its ambitious traffic rationing plan to combat rising pollution, but greens were unhappy over the exemption given to 25 categories of motorists including women drivers, bikers, emergency vehicles and a host of VIPs. The odd-even formula will be tried out for 15 days from January 1 between […]
Guwahati, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, India’s leading luxury hotel chain owned by the Tata Group, on Wednesday affirmed its commitment to the development of the hotel and tourism sector in the northeast region. “We remain very committed to the development of the hotel and tourism industry in Assam and beyond in the northeast for […]
New Delhi, Delhi government on Wednesday announced grant of Rs.1 crore as compensation to the family of the policeman who was killed in a firing incident at a court in Delhi. Head Constable Ram Kumar was killed at Karkardooma court in east Delhi when four gunmen fired at a rival gangster, Irfan. Delhi government will […]
Shimla, Shimla on Wednesday witnessed snowflakes, the season’s first, pushing down the mercury by several notches. “Shimla and its nearby areas received intermittent snowflakes that started in the afternoon,” an official of the meteorological office told IANS here. He said high-altitude areas of Lahaul and Spiti, Chamba and Kullu experienced snow since Tuesday. The Met […]