Killer storm clears northeast U.S., leaving floods and outages
Saturday Mar 03 2018 A powerful storm that killed at least five people will move away from the northeastern United States on Saturday, leaving a trail of flooded streets, power outages and brutal winds, forecasters said. Snow and rain will taper off as skies clear, but winds gusts of up to 50 miles per hour […]
BJP ends 25-yr Left rule in Tripura; to form govt in Nagaland with NDPP
March 03, 2018 The Bharatiya Janata Party and its ally surged ahead of the Left Front in Tripura establishing a lead in 40 seats, while the Congress was ahead in Meghalaya, according to Election Commission sources. In Nagaland, the ruling Naga People’s Front was ahead in 16 constituencies. The BJP and its ally Nationalist Democratic […]
US, Pak to hold talks next week
Mar 3: The United States and Pakistan will hold talks in Washington D.C. next week amid the frosty ties between the two countries in recent times, according to officials. Senior officials of Pakistan’s foreign ministry were quoted by The Nation as saying that Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua’s visit to the United States from March 6 […]
Two Kashmiris held for smuggling charas in Maharashtra
Three persons, two of them residents of Jammu & Kashmir, have been arrested for allegedly smuggling charas worth Rs 31 lakh, police said today. Thane Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Makarand Ranade said acting on a tip-off, sleuths of the Anti-Extortion Cell led by senior inspector Pradeep Sharma apprehended the trio at Kausa in Mumbra […]
NPP to form govt in Meghalaya with help of others: Conrad Sangma
Shillong, Mar 3: The National Peoples Party (NPP) today exuded confidence that the party would form the next government in Meghalaya saying the people of the Northeastern state were looking for a change. As the results for the February 27 elections indicated a hung house for the 60-member Meghalaya Assembly, NPP President Conrad Sangma said […]
ReT teachers protest in Srinagar over pending demands
Amid rain, hundreds of Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers on Saturday protested here in Srinagar and demanded fulfillment of their long pending demands including streamlining of their salaries as the government has failed to release salaries for four months. The teachers under the aegis of Jammu Kashmir Rehbar-e-Taleem Teachers Forum assembled at press enclave here and were […]
2 Dalits killed in separate incidents in Rajasthan
Jaipur, Mar 3 : Two Dalits, including a teenage boy, were beaten to death in separate incidents in Rajasthans Bharatpur and Alwar district, officials said today. Jaswant Jatav (26), a Dalit labourer, was last night beaten to death and his thatched house set ablaze by three-four persons in Bharatpur, a police officer said. The incident […]
Traffic on Kashmir highway disrupted due to landslides
The Srinagar-Jammu highway was again blocked on Saturday due to landslides after heavy rains along the highway, reports said. An official said that due to landslide at Marog area, the highway was blocked and traffic came to halt” traffic officials said. Due to the landslide at Rambhan the traffic has been closed, this precaution has […]
Finance Department releases Rs 140 Cr for payment of SSA teachers
Srinagar:-The Finance Department on Friday released Rs 140 crore for payment of salaries to the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) teachers in the State. The spokesman quoted the Principal Secretary Finance, Navin Kumar Choudhary saying “with the release of the second tranche of funds for payment of pending salaries of SSA teachers, the Finance Department has […]
Traffic Police asks transporters to place copy of passenger fare list in their vehicles
Srinagar, Mar 02 (KNS): Following the reports of surcharging the passengers, the Traffic Police Srinagar City on Friday appealed transporters to place a copy of latest “passenger fare list” in their respective vehicles. “There are reports that some public transport vehicles surcharge the passenger while travelling in public transport. All public transport vehicles; be it […]
