Is Rambagh flyover safe?
Srinagar: On Wednesday when earthquake jolted Kashmir a girder fell from Rambagh flyover on the machine. People claimed that the flyover is so shaky that the girder fell by the earthquake. However, Satish Razdan of ERA was quoted by local media saying that the girder was being lifted by a crane to be placed upon […]
BJP takes potshots at Rahul for wearing jacket worth Rs 70,000
January 31, 2018 The BJP took potshots at Congress president Rahul Gandhi over his jacket, which they claim cost nearly Rs 70,000. Rahul was attending a concert in Shillong when he was seen sporting the apparel. “So @OfficeOfRG, soot(pun intended!)-boot ki sarkar with ‘black’ money fleeced from Meghalayan state exchequer by rampant corruption? Instead of […]
Body of army soldier recovered from Chenab in Jammu
Jammu: The body of an Army soldier, who had gone missing after being washed away by the Chenab during an exercise earlier this month, has been recovered from the river in a border area of Jammu district, police said Wednesday. Mandeep Singh, from Punjab, drowned in the river at Doomi in Akhnoor sector of Jammu […]
Main accused in Kasganj violence held
Lucknow, Jan 31 : The main accused in the Chandan Gupta murder case in Kasganj was arrested today even as a Congress delegation was stopped from entering the violence-hit district amid continuing tension in some pockets. “Saleem, the main accused, has been nabbed,” IG, Aligarh range, Sanjeev Gupta said. Kasganj SP Piyush Srivastava said notices […]
China congratulates new Foreign Secretary Gokhale
Beijing, Jan 31: China on Wednesday congratulated former Indian envoy Vijay Gokhale on becoming Indias Foreign Secretary — the countrys top diplomat– and hoped that ties between the two countries will move forward. Gokhale, who served as India’s Ambassador to China until October last year, played a crucial role in resolving the worst-in-decades military stand-off […]
Rupee down 13 paise vs US dollar in late morning
Mumbai, Jan 31: The rupee declined by 13 paise to trade at 63.73 against the US currency in late morning deals following continued bouts of month-end dollar demand from importers and banks amid lower domestic equities. The rupee opened lower at 63.67 per dollar as against yesterday’s closing level of 63.60 at the inter-bank foreign […]
Rayudu handed two-match ban for code of conduct breach
January 31, 2018 India cricketer and Hyderabad skipper Ambati Rayudu has been handed a two-match suspension for breaching the BCCI Code of Conduct during the Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy, on Wednesday. The Board of Control for Cricket in India issued a statement which read: “Rayudu pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the sanction proposed […]
Taliban openly active in 70% of Afghan territory: Study
A new study finds that the Taliban militants are openly active in 70 percent of Afghanistan’s soil, fully controlling four percent of the country and having presence in another 66 percent. The study released by the BBC on Tuesday shows that the Taliban forces are in full control of 14 Afghan districts (four percent of […]
Afghanistan earthquake jolts Delhi-NCR, child killed in Pakistan’s Balochistan
January 31, 2018 A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.1 jolted northern Afghanistan capital Kabul on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, with tremors felt as far away as New Delhi and Islamabad. The quake hit at 0707 GMT near Afghanistan’s northern border with Tajikistan in the Hindu Kush mountains at a depth of 191 kilometres […]
Earthquake creates painc in Kashmir
6.2 scale earthquake jolted kashmir this afternoon with epicentre in Afghanistan . It created lot of panic among people especially in North kashmir with people moving out of thier houses. The details of any injuries or damage to properties have yet to emerge.
