Water crisis : Kupwara residents up in arms against Jal Shakti Department

Water crisis : Kupwara residents up in arms against Jal Shakti Department

Kupwara, Oct 29: The residents of Zangli area of Kupwara in north Kashmir on Friday up in arms against Jal Shakti Department for failed to provide them water. Reports reaching Kashmir Despatch said scores of women assembled near Lolab Bypass via District Police Lines and blocked Kupwara-Lolab bypass main road for hours and were protesting […]

All arrangements in place for Huzurabad Assembly bypoll in Telangana on Oct 30

All arrangements in place for Huzurabad Assembly bypoll in Telangana on Oct 30

Hyderabad, Oct 29:) All necessary arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of Huzurabad Assembly by-election in Telangana on Saturday. Voting will be held from 7 AM to 7 PM and the counting of votes will be taken up on November 2.Around 306 polling stations have been set up for the bypoll and over […]

Petrol, diesel prices hiked again

Petrol, diesel prices hiked again

New Delhi, Oct 29: Fuel prices hit a fresh high as oil marketing companies increased prices of petrol and diesel on Friday. In the national capital, the petrol and diesel prices were increased by 35 paise each.Post hike, petrol in Delhi was available at Rs 108.64 per litre, while diesel was at Rs 97.37 per […]

Japan: Two Indian films selected for the 34th Tokyo International Film Festival beginning Saturday

Japan: Two Indian films selected for the 34th Tokyo International Film Festival beginning Saturday

New Delhi, Oct 29) Malayalam filmmaker Lijo Jose Pellissery’s new film ‘Churuli’ and debutant director Ritesh Sharma’s Varanasi-set ‘Jhini Bini Chadariya’ will represent Indian cinema at the 34th Tokyo International Film Festival beginning Saturday in the Japanese capital, it was reported on Friday. ‘Churuli’, which follows Pellissery’s highly-acclaimed previous film ‘Jallikattu’, is part of the […]

PM Modi begins official engagements in Rome, meets heads of EU Council and Commission

PM Modi begins official engagements in Rome, meets heads of EU Council and Commission

Rome/New Delhi, Oct 29: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday began his official engagements in Rome ahead of the G20 Summit, with a productive interaction with Charles Michel, President of the European Council, and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. The two sides discussed ways to enhance economic as well as people-to-people […]

Dabar Move: Employees in a fix after being ‘verbally’ asked to work from Jammu

Dabar Move: Employees in a fix after being ‘verbally’ asked to work from Jammu

Srinagar, Oct 29: Scores of employees who have been directed to start work from Jammu Secretariat have shown resentment and are in a dilemma what to do and how to accommodate themselves in Jammu. Government recently asked over 100 employees to start work from Jammu. Besides the official order, there are reports that some heads […]

Family of Kashmiri student arrested in Agra stages protest, demands his release

Family of Kashmiri student arrested in Agra stages protest, demands his release

Appeals LG Sinha to intervene, seek forgiveness Srinagar, Oct 29 : The family of a Kashmiri student from Bandipora district on Friday staged a protest in Srinagar and demanded immediate release of their son who has been arrested under sedation charges in Utter Pradesh’s Agra. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the family […]

No Pariwarvad here: Shah launches special membership drive for BJP in UP

No Pariwarvad here: Shah launches special membership drive for BJP in UP

Lucknow, Oct 29 (UNI) “There is no scope of family planning,” Union Home Minister Amit Shah said at his rally here on Friday as he launched BJP’s special membership drive for Uttar Pradesh to enroll 2 crore more members ahead of the crucial 2022 assembly polls. BJP has fixed a target of 4 crore members […]

Skeletons tumbling out in Pegasus snooping case: Chidambaram

Skeletons tumbling out in Pegasus snooping case: Chidambaram

New Delhi, Oct 29: Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday attacked the central government over the alleged Pegasus snooping case and said the Supreme Court’s decision to set up an expert committee has caused the “first skeleton” to tumble out of the closet in the case. Taking to Twitter, Chidambaram said: “After the SC’s wise […]

No Pariwarvad here: Shah launches special membership drive for BJP in UP Lucknow, Oct 29 (UNI) “There is no scope of family planning,” Union Home Minister Amit Shah said at his rally here on Friday as he launched BJP’s special membership drive for Uttar Pradesh to enroll 2 crore more members ahead of the crucial […]