Book reveals Israel has ‘most robust assassination machine in history’
Mon Jan 29, 2018 A new book has hit the shelves, shedding light on Israel’s assassination machine since World War II which has taken the lives of many Palestinians, Egyptians, Syrians and recently Iranian scientists. Relying on around 1,000 interviews and thousands of documents, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations by Israeli investigative journalist […]
‘Padmaavat’ banned in Malaysia by censor board
January 29, 2018 Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed Padmaavat has been banned in Malaysia by the country’s censor board as the film touches on the “sensitivities of Islam”. The chairman of National Film Censorship Board Mohd Zamberi Abdul Aziz has said the lavishly-mounted film was not cleared as it might offend the Muslims in the country. “The […]
Day after violence, Kasganj SP shunted out
January 29, 2018 Following communal violence in western Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj, the Yogi Adityanath government today transferred the area Superintendent of Police Sunil Kumar Singh to Police Training School in Meerut, officials said. Piyush Srivastava was appointed as the new Kasganj SP, they added. Singh was sent to Police Training School, Meerut, in the same […]
J&K cricketer Manzoor Dar to play for KXIP in IPL
Jan 29, 2018 Srinagar: While Jammu and Kashmir all-rounder Parvez Rasool and pacer Umar Nazir Mir found no buyers at the IPL auction, another local cricketer Manzoor Dar was bought by Kings XI Punjab on Sunday. Dar popularly known as ‘Manzoor Pandav’ for his big hitting skills in the Valley, was bought at his base […]
Budget 2018: Printed and ready to go, but for tax proposals
January 29, 2018 The 2018 Union Budget, which will be presented to Parliament in 3 days, has been printed. Only Part B, which contains the taxation proposals, are being given final touches by the PMO and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley; once that is done, it will be printed tonight. The 950 bundles of Union Budget […]
Afghanistan military academy attack: At least 11 soldiers killed
January 29, 2018 At least 11 soldiers were killed when militants attacked an Afghan army unit guarding a military academy in Kabul on Monday. ISIL claimed the attack in which at least 15 other soldiers were wounded before the attackers were subdued. Ministry of defence officials said five militants, armed with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic […]
Equities rise after Economic Survey pegs fiscal growth at 6.75%
Mumbai, Jan 29 : Key Indian equity indices continued to gain during the mid-afternoon trade session on Monday after the Economic Survey for 2017-18 tabled in Parliament pegged the country’s growth at 6.75 per cent for the current fiscal and 7 to 7.5 per cent in 2018-19. “A series of major reforms undertaken over the […]
Ready for talks with India to resolve CPEC differences: China
Beijing: China on Monday said it is ready to hold talks with India to resolve their differences on the contentious $50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) that passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Asked about Indian ambassador to China Gautam Bambawale’s interview to state-run Global Times in which he had said that differences on the CPEC should not be […]
Government wants youth to fulfil dreams: Kovind
New Delhi, Jan 29 : President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said the government has initiated different programmes to provide self-employment and enable the youth to fulfil their dreams. In his address to a joint sitting of Parliament on the first day of the Budget Session, the President said the enterprises or companies creating new […]
Traders threaten to boycott cross-LoC trade
Salamabad Cross LoC Traders Union – an umbrella body of intra-Kashmir traders – on Monday threatened to boycott the trade from March in case the authorities don’t revoke a ban on trading of four commonly bartered goods. Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, President Salamabad cross-LoC Traders Union, Hilal Turkie said over the period of […]
