Srinagar, 19/8: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Monday said his party would approach the Supreme Court if the Centre fails to restore the statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. The reality is that we have a fight on our hands to get our powers back and we have no doubt that we will succeed. At…
Kashmir,19/8: A CRPF inspector was killed when terrorists opened fire on a patrol party in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. The CRPF along with the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the local police was fired upon by terrorists around 3:30 pm in the remote Dudu area of Basantgarh, the officials…
Wayanad, 19/8: Adding to the trauma of the survivors of Wayanad landslides, the Kerala Gramin Bank has deducted loan EMIs from the emergency relief aid that had been disbursed by the state government to victims, as per a report in The Times of India. It is noteworthy that the Centre holds a majority stake –…
Bengaluru, 19/8: : Leader of the Opposition R Ashoka on Sunday announced that the combined opposition legislators will be holding a protest in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue at the Vidhana Soudha here on Monday, demanding the chief minister’s resignation. Ashoka’s announcement came after the ruling Congress called for a state-wide protest against the…
New Delhi, 18/8: Director General of Indian Coast Guard Rakesh Pal died on Sunday following a heart attack in Chennai, officials said. Pal had taken charge as the 25th Director General of the Indian Coast Guard on July 19 last year. It is learnt that Pal was rushed to a hospital in Chennai. “The Coast…
Bengaluru18/8: Five cases of Zika virus were detected in Bengaluru, Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Sunday. According to him, from August 4 to 15, five cases of Zika virus have been detected in Jigani in Bengaluru.
Allhabad, 18/8: In a significant ruling, the Allahabad High Court has said that mere failure to take care of husband’s aged parents by the wife is not cruelty. A division bench comprising Justices Saumitra Dayal Singh and Donadi Ramesh made the observation while dismissing a petition challenging the decision of the lower court refusing to…
Ranchi, ,18/8: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Champai Soren on Sunday said he experienced “bitter humiliation” as chief minister. His statement came hours after he reached Delhi amid speculations about him joining the BJP
Bengaluru, 18/8: Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Sunday said half of the BJP leaders in the state will either be in jail or running for bail in the next six months as the Congress government will get to the bottom of the corruption cases of the previous government. Reacting to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot granting permission…
Kashmir, 18/8Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali, former Jammu and Kashmir minister and PDP leader, joined the BJP on Sunday at the party office in Jammu. This comes ahead of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls. The elections will be held in three phases from September 18.
