Day: March 9, 2019

Amnesty scheme to settle tax arrears extended till Mar 31

Jammu  : The Jammu and Kashmir administration extended the date of depositing the second instalment of arrears of the old tax regime under an amnesty scheme till March end, an official said on Saturday. On a request from various stakeholders, the state administrative council, led by Governor Satya Pal […]

Top 3 poll issues will be jobs, jobs & jobs: Chidambaram

New Delhi : Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday hit out at the Centre over alleged lack of job creation, saying the three main issues in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls would be jobs, jobs and jobs. “What is worse? Not creating jobs or lying about creation of […]

Man killed by friend in ‘revenge’

New Delhi :  A 20-year-old man was killed allegedly by his friend to “take revenge” for being beaten up by him three years ago over monetary dispute in south Delhi’s Sangam Vihar, police said Friday. The deceased was identified as Sanoj, a resident of Sangam Vihar, they said. Investigations […]

Celebratory fire: Man arrested from Katwariya Sarai

New Delhi :  A 43-year-old man was arrested Friday from Katwariya Sarai for allegedly indulging in celebratory firing at a wedding ceremony, police said. The accused has been identified as Shailender Singh, a resident of Katwariya Sarai, they said. The .32 bore revolver, one empty cartridge case and 5 […]

Balakot air strike didn’t yield desired results: Togadia

Former VHP leader Praveen Togadia Friday said the air strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp in Pakistan has not yielded desired results as terror attacks have not stopped in Jammu and Kashmir. Terrorist attacks have not stopped due to the “weak” leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he […]

Sanitary napkin unit opened at Tihar Jail

New Delhi :  A sanitary napkin making unit was opened Friday at Tihar Jail here on the occasion of International Women’s Day, officials said. Archna Kashyab, wife of Director General of Prisons, Ajay Kashyab inaugurated the Sanitary Napkins making unit in Women jail No. 6 . The unit has […]

4 dead as car rams into truck

Muzaffarnagar  :  Four people have died and nine injured when their car rammed into a truck in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, police said Saturday. The incident occurred in Ratenpuri area of Khatauli block on Friday night. The people were returning from a wedding in Khera village of Meerurt to […]

Teen gang-raped at gunpoint

Muzaffarnagar (UP) :  A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by four youths in a field at gunpoint in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred at a village in Mansoorpur area on Friday, the police said. According to a complaint, the teenager had gone to […]

10 killed in car-truck collision

Ramgarh (Jharkhand) :  Ten persons were on Saturday killed in a head-on collision between a car and a truck on a national highway in Ramgarh district, the police said here. Kuju outpost in-charge Bharat Paswan told reporters that the accident took place near Penki village on NH 33 in […]

Huge quantity of explosive substances seized by police

Kolkata :  Huge quantity of explosive substances were seized from a goods vehicle in Chitpur area of the city, a senior Kolkata Police officer said Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, police officers intercepted a goods vehicle near Tala bridge on the BT Road in the early hours of Saturday […]

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