West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday contended that the BJP government at the Centre should immediately withdraw the “anti-people” farm laws or step down. Addressing a rally in West Midnapore district, Banerjee asserted that she would rather stay in jail than “remain silent or put up with BJP’s misrule”. “The BJP government (at […]
Mobile internet services were again suspended in South Kashmir on Monday even as voting was being held in the fourth phase of district development council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir. “Internet has been suspended today in South Kashmir as the elections are going on.It was suspended in earlier three phases as well,” said one of the […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asserted that reforms are needed for development, saying some laws of the past century had become a “burden” in the current times. The government believed in all-round holistic reforms, he stressed after inaugurating the construction of the Agra Metro project via video-conferencing. “Reforms are needed for development. Some laws […]
SYDNEY: Hardik Pandya smashed two sixes in three balls in the final over to power India to a thrilling six-wicket series T20 International victory over Australia in Sydney on Sunday. Chasing 25 runs in the final two overs in pursuit of Australia’s target of 195, Pandya was India’s hero with a series of powerful strikes […]
TEHRAN: A satellite-controlled machine gun with “artificial intelligence” was used in last week’s assassination of a top nuclear scientist in Iran, the deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guards told media on Sunday. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was driving on a highway outside Tehran with a security detail on Nov 27, when the machine gun “zoomed in” on […]
New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices rose for the sixth day in a row on Monday as rates went up by 26-30 paise per litre. Petrol price was hiked by 30 paise per litre and diesel by 26 paise, according to a price notification of oil marketing companies. Rates for petrol in Delhi rose to Rs […]
Sopore: A motorcyclist sustained injuries after he met with an accident in Bomai area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday. A police officer said that the motorcycle bearing registration number JK05G-5318 collided with a private vehicle near Zendri area, leaving the rider in a pool blood. He identified the injured as Wajahat […]
Srinagar: The ongoing fourth phase of maiden DDC election in Jammu and Kashmir has recorded a turnout of 41.94 percent till 1 pm this afternoon, State Election Commissioner, K K Sharma said. While Kashmir division recorded 25.54 percent turnout, 59.38 percent votes were cast in Jammu division till 1 pm Monday, official data shared by […]
Srinagar: Panic gripped Narbal area of Srinagar outskirts after a suspicious Maruti car ignored government forces’ signal to stop which led to the little chaos in the area causing a minor injury to a civilian, police said on Monday. Talking to reporters at the site of the incident, SP West (Srinagar) Shahzad Salahi said that […]
JAMMU, DECEMBER 07: The 4th phase of DDC elections 2020 recorded voter percentage of 26.02 % across different constituencies spread over different districts of Jammu and Kashmir till 11:00 am today. As per the figures given by the office of State Election Commissioner, in Kashmir Division, Kupwara has recorded voting percentage of 14.80%, Bandipora 27.49%, […]