Except polling areas, Kashmir schools to remain open on poll days: DSEK
Srinagar: Director School Education Kashmir G N Itoo on Tuesday said that schools across the Valley will remain open on poll days except in polling areas.
On October 8 the first phase of municipal polls ended.
Polling for the next three…
Sharda University violence: Afghans among 8 students found guilty
Noida: The Sharda University in Greater Noida has found eight students guilty of involvement in the violence that erupted on its campus last week between groups of Indian and Afghan students, and asked them to explain why they should not be…
IAF displays its might on 86th anniversary at Hindon AFS
Sayan Chatterjee
India, Oct 09: It all started in 1932 as the Royal Indian Air Force under then British rule, and its name was changed to Indian Air Force in 1950.The Indian Air Force celebrated its 86th anniversary yesterday when the wing…
Four injured in bear attack in central Kashmir
Budgam: A wild bear created panic in a Budgam village after it emerged their and started attacking people.
A police official said that a bear emerged in Shunglipora village of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district and attacked people. He added…
Kabul officials: Taliban attacks kill 15 Afghan policemen
Kabul: An Afghan official says a Taliban assault in northern Jawzjan province has killed 12 members of the security forces and wounded another 10.
Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani, provincial police chief in Jawzjan, told The Associated Press…
Chhattisgarh: Six killed, 14 injured in gas pipeline explosion at Bhilai Steel Plant
Raipur: At least six workers were killed and 14 other injured Tuesday in a blast at the Bhilai Steel Plant in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district, police said.
The blast took place in a pipeline near coke oven section of the plant in Bhilai town,…
Jammu and Kashmir municipal polls: Over 1,000 candidates to participate in second phase
Srinagar: Over 1,000 candidates will participate in the second phase of the urban local bodies polls in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said.
The four phase elections began on October 8 and will end on October 16.…
Journalist Nakkheeran Gopal, editor of Tamil weekly arrested in Chennai
Chennai: A well-known editor of a Tamil weekly was Tuesday arrested here while on his way to Pune, airport officials said.
Senior journalist R Gopal, who heads the vernacular ‘Nakkheeran’, was picked up by a police team from the airport,…
JRL calls for complete shutdown in poll bound areas on Wednesday
The Joint Resistance Leadership comprising of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Mohammad Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik has asked people to observe complete protest shutdown in the following areas in the second phase of “sham elections”.…
SC declines urgent hearing on plea seeking review of Sabarimala Temple verdict
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined an early hearing of petitions seeking recall of a Constitution Bench judgment allowing entry of women in the age group of 10 to 50 years into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala dedicated to Lord Ayyappa.…