Pakistan summons Indian envoy over ceasefire violations
March 2: Pakistan on Friday summoned India’s Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh over alleged ceasefire violations by Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC) which it said left a civilian dead. Mohammad Faisal, who heads the South Asia wing in the Foreign Office, summoned the Indian envoy and “lodged a strong protest on the […]
Centre clears Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill to ‘divert attention’: Congress
March 02, 2018 The Congress today took on the centre over the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill while saying that the former approved the bill just to divert attention of the people. “All this is being done just to divert attention. We want to know what they did earlier and not what they will do in […]
Kashmiri youth dies in Kuwait road accident
A youth from north Kashmir’s Kupwara district died in a road accident in Kuwait a few days ago. The Family of the deceased youth has appealed Government of India to help them to bring the body of his son back to home for last rites. The deceased was identified as Abdul Rashid Lone, 21, a […]
Four persons injured in road accident near Banihal
Four occupants of a car were injured after it collided head-on with a truck on Jammu-Srinagar highway near Bahinal on Friday. An eye witness said that a truck hit a car bearing registration number JK19-3511 on front side near Gund-Tethar in Banihal area of Jammu and Kashmir. Incharge police post Jawahar Tunnel, Shamim Ahmed, said […]
Pakistan 13th among 25 most powerful world armies
LAHORE: With a total military strength of 919,000 personnel, total aircraft might of 951 and a defense budget of $7 billion, the Pakistani armed forces have been ranked 13th amongst the 25 most powerful world militaries, according to a fairly recent February 26, 2018 report of an American financial and business news website “Business Insider.” […]
Sensex falls 130 points on global sell-off amid fiscal deficit worries
Indian stock markets closed on a negative note with Sensex dropping for the third straight day losing as much as 137 points as the shares of heavyweight companies such as ICICI Bank, Infosys, HDFC Bank, and SBI plunged substantially in today’s session. The S&P BSE Sensex tripped down 137.1 points or 0.4% to settle at 34,046.94 whereas NSE Nifty shed 34.5 […]
RBI did risk-based supervision of bank every year: PNB
March 1: The Rs 12,600 crore fraud-hit Punjab National Bank on Thursday clarified that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had done risk-based supervision of the bank on an annual basis. “There have been reports in a section of media that Reserve Bank of India has not conducted any audit at Punjab National Bank Brady […]
CBI’s stand bizarre, motivated: Karti’s lawyer
The CBI today produced Karti Chidambaram, arrested in the INX Media case, before a Delhi court after the expiry of his one-day custody and sought extension of his custody by 14 days. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi starts arguments on behalf of Karti Chidambaram saying the CBI’s stand is “bizarre” and “motivated”. Singhvi says the […]
‘Vehicular movement among India, Bangla and 3 others would be game changer’
March 1 :The Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal Motor Vehicles Agreement (BBIN MVA) would be a game-changer for regional co-operation in South Asia and that requires a number of enablers for its efficient execution, a report said quoting experts. An in-depth study report, released on Thursday, prepared by Jaipur-based NGO Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS), said that the […]
Madras High Court grants convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case two weeks’ parole
The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday granted two weeks’ parole to Ravichandran, who is serving a life sentence for his involvement in the plot to assassinate former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. n his petition, Ravichandran had asked to be released on parole for a month to help his aged mother resolve […]
