Salman Khan granted bail in blackbuck poaching case
Actor Salman Khan was today granted bail by a district and sessions court here in the 1998 black buck poaching case in which he has been sentenced to five years in jail. District and Sessions Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi heard the arguments of prosecution and defence which lasted for about an hour and pronounced the […]
Pakistan stands with Kashmiri brethren, affirms pak President
ISLAMABAD – President Mamnoon Hussain strongly condemned the ongoing violence against innocent Kashmiris by the Indian occupation forces on Friday and asserted that the Pakistani nation stood with their Kashmiri brothers in their just struggle. Addressing the inauguration of the annual National Book Festival here at the Pakistan-China Centre, the President appealed to the international […]
India to procure 110 fighter aircraft
India will procure 110 fighter aircraft, said the ministry of defence on Friday. Request for Information for procurement of fighter aircraft for Indian Air Force for 110 fighter aircraft has been released by the ministry of defence. “Procurement should have a maximum of 15 percent aircraft in flyway condition and 85 percent will be manufactured […]
Gunfight Breaks Out In Pulwama Orchards
Pulwama: gunfight broke out between militants and government forces at Kangan area of Pulwama in South Kashmir on Friday afternoon. SSP Pulwama Mohammad Aslam Choudary told GNS that a cordon-and-search operation was launched by a joint team of army’s 55 RR, police and CRPF at Kangan orchards following inputs about the presence of some militants. […]
India man ‘mummified and froze mother’s body’ for three years
newdehli:-Suspect Subhabrata Majumdar appeared to have mummified and preserved the body with chemicals, said police in Kolkata. They are investigating whether the suspect kept the body so he could access his mother’s pension after she died. He also appeared to believe his mother would be reborn if her body was preserved, they said. “We have […]
Gang-raped and left without a voice: Living with disability in India
New DelhiIn 2014, a 23-year-old woman with cerebral palsy was allegedly gang-raped and thrown from the rooftop in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. “The suspects, who are from an upper-class family, have not only managed to evade prosecution, but they continue to threaten the survivor’s family,” said Nidhi Goyal, a disability rights activist […]
Middle-aged man raped 12-yr-old step daughter repeatedly for 1 yr in Ambala
Ambala: A middle-aged man allegedly raped his 12-year-old step daughter repeatedly for the past one year in the Ambala cantonment area, police said Thursday. The accused had threatened his wife and step daughter not to disclose the matter to anyone, they said. The girl and her mother escaped from the house on Thursday when the […]
No job, no vote: Rajasthan town warns Modi ahead of 2019 polls
Kasba Bonli: Rakesh Kumar has a post-graduate degree but works as a house painter in the small town of Kasba Bonli in Rajasthan. The 31-year-old, the only one of eight siblings to attend university, said his attempts to get a salaried job had failed, and he blamed the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for […]
India trying to resolve Kashmir through barrel of the gun : Pakistan
Islamabad—Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif Friday accused India of trying to resolve the Kashmir dispute “through the barrel of the gun”. Asif said this in a statement on ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’ which is being observed in Pakistan. “The recent killings of 20 unarmed civilians in Indian Kashmir are again a manifestation of the Indian policy […]
RBI cracks down on digital currencies; plans own cryptocurrency
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Thursday tightened the rules to discourage use of virtual currencies like Bitcoins and also announced a study to explore introduction of ‘fiat’ digital currencies which can be issued by it. An interdepartmental group has been constituted to study and provide guidance on the “desirability and feasibility” to introduce a “central […]
