Three persons arrested after brief shootout in Srinagar outskirts: Kashmir Police
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday claimed to have arrested three persons after a brief shootout near Noora Hospital on the outskirts of Srinagar city.
Quoting reports, news agency GNS reported that a car was signalled to stop by a naka…
Stone-throwers can’t be treated as militants: Omar Abdullah
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday while reacting to Governor SP Malik’s remark on stone pelting said ‘stone throwers can’t be treated as militants and (we can’t) randomly keep shooting them.’
Governor Malik in…
#Shocking : Man arrested for selling two-month-old twin daughters
Barsaat: A man has been arrested for allegedly selling off his twin daughters to two childless couples in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, police said Monday.
Ratan Brahma(38) of Bahaduria village had allegedly sold his…
Video : Mirwaiz released from house detention after three weeks
Police on Monday released Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq from house detention after three weeks.
Out from his house arrest, Mirwaiz went to the houses of slain civilian Rayees Ahmed and two militants killed during Fateh Kadal…
Bangladesh’s ex-PM Khaleda Zia sentenced to 7 years in another graft case
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s former prime minister Khaleda Zia was sentenced on Monday to another seven years in jail by a court here in a corruption case.
Zia, 73, who is already serving a jail term since February after being convicted in…
Novel tool to monitor fake news on Facebook, Twitter
Scientists have developed a web-based tool to help monitor the prevalence of fake news on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
Developed by researchers at the University of Michigan in the US, the tool uses a Platform Health…
8 houses gutted in fire in Poonch, fire tenders reach on time but without water; probe oredered
Poonch: Eight residential houses, five belonging to as many brothers, in fire incident at Dogrian, Bufliaz area of Surankote in Poonch district, reports said on Monday.
Reports reaching GNS said that the fire erupted at around 1:00 a.m.…
Recruitment process transparent, governor quoted out of context: JK Bank Chairman
Srinagar: J&K Bank has maintained absolute transparency and fairness in the recruitment process. There is no scope of any tinkering in the merit list prepared by the reputed national level professional recruitment agency, the Institute…
Indonesian plane with 188 on board crashes off Jakarta
Jakarta: A Lion Air flight with 188 people on board crashed into the sea just minutes after taking off from Indonesia’s capital on Monday.
Indonesia’s disaster agency posted photos online of a crushed smartphone, books, bags and…
Mehbooba condemns PDP worker, police officer’s killing
Srinagar: Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti has condemned killing of her party worker and a police officer by militants on Sunday.
“Again a young budding SI Imtiyaz Mir & Mohd Amin Dar, a…