JK Govt to approach Centre to seek special fiscal relief for completing long pending projects
SRINAGAR: In a significant move, Governor N N Vohra today asked the State Planning, Development and Monitoring Department to urgently prepare a comprehensive State-wide list of all development projects which have been pending for years for want of the required financial resources resulting in speedily growing cost overruns. He also called for an assessment of […]
J&K Bank donates ambulance to IIT Jammu
Srinagar, : Extending its support further to student well-being in the state, J&K Bank under its corporate social responsibility (CSR) program provided an ambulance to the Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu. Chairman Parvez Ahmed handed over the keys of Ambulance to the Director IIT Jammu Dr. Manoj Gaur in presence of Vice Chancellor, Central University, […]
Union Cabinet amends Triple Talaq Bill, includes provision to grant bail
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a provision of granting bail to men found guilty of giving instant triple talaq to their wives, sources in the government said. Giving instant triple talaq will continue to be illegal and void and will attract a jail term of three years for the husband. Addressing a […]
22-yr-old woman abducted, raped for 10 days at gunpoint Odisha’s Sambalpur
Sambalpur (Odisha): A 22-year-old woman has been allegedly abducted and raped for about ten days by a man in Kuchinda area of Odisha’s Sambalpur district, police said. Somya Ranjan Dharua, 28, had allegedly kidnapped the woman on July 21 and took her to his house where she was raped at gunpoint for about ten days, a […]
Witch doctor trapped woman in an Indonesian cave as sex slave for 15 yrs, held
Indonesia: 28-year-old woman rescued from a cave after 15 years of disappearance. The woman was 13-year-old when her parents had taken her to a shaman in rural Indonesia and left her with him. But when she never returned, parents asked shaman about her, he said that she had gone to Jakarta to find work and […]
Trump administration to impose new sanctions on Russia for Skripal poisoning
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is hitting Russia with new sanctions punishing President Vladimir Putin’s government for using a chemical weapon against an ex-spy in Britain, NBC News reported on Wednesday. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has signed off on a determination that Russia violated international law by poisoning the former spy, Sergei Skripal, and his […]
Aftershocks rock Indonesia as quake death toll tops 300
JAKARTA: Around 1,400 people were seriously injured and more than 150,000 displaced, authorities said earlier. Mataram The death toll from a devastating earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok jumped to 319 on Thursday, as strong aftershocks triggered panic among traumatised survivors waiting for aid in the worst-hit regions. The shallow 6.9-magnitude quake on Sunday […]
Pakistan: EC to hear case against Imran Khan for controversial vote casting
Islamabad: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday will hear the case against Pakistan Prime Minister to be, Imran Khan for voting in full public view at his NA-53 Islamabad constituency during the general elections last month. The ECP had taken cognizance of Khan, who violated the electoral code of conduct and sought a […]
Attack on bus carrying children kills at least 20, wounds 35 in Yemen: Red Cross
Sanaa: An airstrike blamed on the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels in Yemen hit a bus in a busy market on Thursday in the country’s north, killing at least 20 people, including children, Yemeni tribal leaders said. As many as 35 were also wounded in the attack, which took place in the Dahyan market in […]
HC orders eviction of unauthorized occupants from government accommodation
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 08: In a significant order, Jammu and Kashmir High Court has ordered eviction of unauthorized occupants from the government accommodation in the State. “In the meantime, Director Estates, J&K Government shall ensure eviction of all unauthorized occupants from the Government accommodations and report compliance,” the single bench of Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey ordered while […]
