Police refutes news of abduction of Kashmiri boy by Maoists
Srinagar: News item appearing in some social media network titled Maoists abducted Kashmiri student of AIIMS Bhubeneshwar” is not based on facts as there is no substantial corroborative evidence*. The news is reportedly based on only a handwritten poster pasted on the wall of Baramunda Bus Stand Bhubeneshwar. *SSP Kupwara* said that he is in […]
Maoists abduct Kashmiri Student of AIIMS Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar: More than three weeks after a Kashmiri student of city based AIIMS had gone missing, wall posters threatening to kill the missing MBBS student surfaced in the name of Maoists here in the early hours of Monday. The handwritten posters bearing the name of banned CPI (Maoist) Odisha State Committee, which were put up […]
Militants offer gun salute to slain associate in South kashmir
Militants on Monday offered a gun salute to their slain colleague during his funeral in a village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Reports said that three militants appeared at the funeral of Lashker-e-Toiba militant Ashiq Hussain Bhat in Rakh Kapran village and simultaneously fired shots in the air to offer gun salute to their colleague.
Najam Sethi adamant PSL final will be held in Karachi
Monday Mar 05 2018 KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Najam Sethi is adamant that the final of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will be held in Karachi. Sethi said this in response to being asked repeatedly by reporters about the final being held in the city of lights. “The final will be held in […]
Australia wrap up 118-run win over South Africa
DURBAN :- Australia needed just 22 balls and 20 minutes of play on the fifth day at Kingsmead to secure a 118-run triumph over South Africa in the opener of their four-match series on Monday. The visitors required a single wicket to secure success after South Africa resumed on 293 for nine, chasing an improbable […]
Taliban accepts Ghani’s peace dialogue
Kabul , Mar 5: The Afghan Taliban has accepted to join the peace dialogue initiated by the Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, according to officials. Afghanistan’s Herat provincial council chairman Kamran Alizai said that the talks were held with the militant group regarding the same and in return, the Taliban set pre-conditions such as securing employment […]
TRS chief plans to take forward ‘non-Cong, non-BJP front’ idea at national level
March 05, 2018 A day after proposing a “non-Congress, non-BJP front”, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao is planning to initiate a consultation process from a national perspective to take his idea forward. According to a release issued by the Chief Minister’s Office today, Rao’s idea is that all those who have been thinking about […]
China’s $175bn defence budget three times higher than India’s
Beijing, March 5 : China on Monday hiked its defence spending to 8.1 per cent of its GDP, pegging its economic growth at 6.5 per cent in 2018. China’s defence budget in 2017 was 7 per cent of the country’s GDP and has been in single digit since 2013, but this year’s military spending is […]
Rahul breaks his silence on NE: Will win back people’s trust
March 05, 2018 Breaking his silence on the party’s defeat in three northeast states, Congress president Rahul Gandhi today said he respected the mandate of people in the region and was committed to winning back their trust. Gandhi’s reaction came two days after results for assembly elections in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland were declared on […]
Major Aditya Kumar not named in Shopian firing FIR: J&K government tells SC
The Jammu and Kashmir government today told the Supreme Court that Major Aditya Kumar was not named as an accused in the FIR of the January 27 Shopian firing incident in which three civilians were killed. Taking on record the statement of the state government, the apex court said there should be no investigation till […]
