Maoists on rampage in Palamu: Explosion in BJP election office, set machinery on fire
Daltonganj, : With barely 72 hours to go for the Palamu Lok Sabha elections, the CPI(Maoists) ultras made their presence felt by detonating a bomb and destroying the BJP’s election office in Harihargunj and setting on fire equipment involved in a bridge construction work. The ultras executed a bomb blast at the BJP’s election office […]
Kashmir highway through for one-way only, vehicle to ply from Srinagar to Jammu
Srinagar, : Despite intermittent rain during the night, the National Highway, connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country was through for one-way traffic and vehicles will ply on Friday from Srinagar to Jammu. The historic 86-km-long Mughal road, seen as alternative to Srinagar-Jammu highway, and Anantnag-Kishtwar road remained closed since November last year […]
Israel to participate in 2020 World Expo in Dubai
Jerusalem, : Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday made the announcement that it will participate in the 2020 World Expo being held in the United Arab Emirates. Israel’s Foreign Affairs Ministry representative said ” the country would be “sharing our innovative spirit and the advances our entrepreneurs and innovators are making in the various fields such […]
Jammu: Man riding scooty hit by bus, dies
Jammu, : A man died after a scooty he was riding was hit by a bus here in Gandhi Nagar area, police said on Friday. “One person identified as Sanjay Kumar, resident of Vihar, died when his scooty met an accident on Thursday night with a passenger bus near SDRF Headquarter here in Gandhi Nagar […]
Swamy accuses Jaitley, Sinha of downfall of Jet Airways
New Delhi, : Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Thursday held Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha responsible for the downfall of the Jet Airways which has benefitted another private carrier SpiceJet. Dr Swamy also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to look into the matter and charged […]
Retd SC judge to investigate lawyer’s claim reg CJI case
New Delhi, : Supreme Court in its order on Thursday appointed a committee headed by retired SC judge AK Patnaik to conduct an investigation into the claim of a lawyer, Utsav Bains, that CJI has been framed in a false case of sexual harassment by fixers and court staff. “Justice (retired) AK Patnaik is appointed […]
Election of 2019 is to save India’s democracy, Constitution : Kejriwal
New Delhi, : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the election of 2019 is to save India’s democracy and constitution. “Ye chunao kisi ko PM banane ke liye nahi, Delhi ko purnrajya banane ke liye hein. Kuch bhi karenge, Delhi ko purnrajya banakar rahenge (This election is not for electing a Prime Minister, […]
Poor suffer most due to terrorism, still Opposition considers it a nonissue: PM
Darbhanga, : Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a blistering attack on Opposition for its stand that terrorism was not an issue in Lok Sabha election when poor were suffering the most due to it. Addressing an election meeting here, Mr Modi said that now government was forced to deploy police personnel laced with guns […]
Japanese Court grants 4.5 Mln dollar bail to Ex-Nissan Chair Ghosn
Tokyo, : A Tokyo court on Thursday approved release of Former Nissan Motor Co Chairman Carlos Ghosn on 500 million yen ( 4.5 Mln dollar) bail. The Tokyo District Court said in a statement on Thursday that it had approved a bail request from Ghosn’s defence team after his lawyers filed the request following his […]
Sultry morning in Delhi, min at 28 deg C
New Delhi, : Delhiites on Thursday woke up to a sultry morning, with minimum temperature recorded at 28 degrees Celsius, five notches above the normal. The relative humidity till 0830 hours (local time) was pegged at 58 per cent. According to the MeT Department, there will be dust storm or thunderstorm during the day. The […]