Governor participates in 55th Raising Day of Home Guards & Civil Defence
JAMMU, : Governor N.N. Vohra attended the 55th Raising Day of Home Guards & Civil Defence (HG & CD), here today. On his arrival at the Gulshan Parade Ground he took the salute and inspected the parade. Emphasizing the importance of valuable relief and rescue work being done by the HG & CD in J&K, Governor […]
RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 6%
December 06, 2017 Just in: The Reserve Bank of India keeps policy repo rate under liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at 6.0 per cent. Consequently, reverse repo rate under the LAF remains at 5.75 per cent and marginal standing facility rate and the bank rate at 6.25 per cent. Repo rate is the rate at […]
Sepoy Irfan’s murder case solved :Police
Police on Wednesday claimed to have solved the murder case of sepoya Irfan Dar by arresting a con-conspirator. “The recent gruesome murder of sepoy Irfan Dar who was working with 175 Territorial Army has been worked out and one of the co-conspirators has been arrested by the Shopian Police,” said a spokesman. The bullet-riddled body […]
Western disturbance likely to affect state from Dec 11:MeT
The Meteorological Department for Jammu and Kashmir has issued a weather warning from December 11 to December 15. In a statement issued today, the MeT said: “A fresh Western Disturbance is most likely to affect the state of J&K from 11th to 15th Dec. 2017 with moisture feeding taking place from the Arabian Sea.” “Under […]
Cyclone Ockhi dissipates, Gujarat spared
Ahmedabad, Dec 6: The people of Gujarat and the state administration today heaved a sigh of relief as Cyclone Ockhi dissipated over the Arabian Sea, sparing the poll-bound state. The cyclone was yesterday headed towards Gujarat after leaving a trail of destruction on the southern Indian coast. The cyclone yesterday passed the Mumbai coast […]
7 Maoists killed in encounter in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli
Dec 06, 2017 Seven Maoists, including five women, were gunned down in an encounter with the police in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district on Wednesday, an official said. The incident took place around 7am at a forest in Kalled village, about 15 km north of Zinganoor outpost in Sironcha tehsil of Gadchiroli, when a squad of C-60 […]
Trump to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital: White House
Washington, Dec 6 : President Donald Trump will recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and start the process of moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city, a move against the long-held American principles which many Arab leaders warned could trigger more violence in the Middle East. According to senior administration officials, Trump will […]
Ayodhya dispute: Congress furthers war of words with BJP
New Delhi , Dec 5 : The Congress Party on Tuesday furthered the war of words with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said it was raking up non-issues just to garner votes. “Congress’ stand has always been clear, that the Ayodhya matter will be heard and decided by the Supreme Court. The same has […]
Nowshera sector is indo pak battle ground again
There seems to be no respite to the people living on both sides of the divide in Jammu and Kashmir as nowshera sector of Rajouri district again witnessed heavy cross border shelling on tuesday evening.the villagers living in the sector on both shellingsides have to bear the brunt of this hostility between the two neighbouring […]
Security beefed up in Lal chowk as Shive Sena to hoist tricolour
Security has been beefed up after jk state unit of Shive Sena told media that they have send a team of activists to hoist tricolour in Lal chowk of Srinagar on Wednesday, in response to the recent dare of Dr Farooq Abdullah to BJP to hoist tricolour here. Police said that they were keeping an […]
