Month: July 2019

2 absconders arrested J-K

Jammu, Jul 12: Two absconders, wanted by police in different cases, were arrested in Jammu and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir Friday, officials said. A police team conducted a raid in Salalpur village of Samba district and arrested an absconder, Attar Din, they said. He was wanted […]

CBI books former Arunachal CM Nabam Tuki

New Delhi, Jul 12: The CBI has booked former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Nabam Tuki for alleged corruption in awarding contracts worth Rs 3.20 crore for a government project in 2003, officials said Friday. The agency has alleged that Tuki, then minister of consumer affairs and civil supplies in […]

Rs 9.55 lakh found missing from mobile ATM

Erode, July 12: A sum of Rs 9.55 lakh was found missing from a mobile ATM of a cooperative bank here on Friday, police said. In a complaint lodged with the police, the Erode District Central Cooperative Bank Ltd said its ATM van with three employees, including the driver, […]

Ktk CM Kumaraswamy to seek trust vote, asks Speaker to fix time

Bengaluru, Jul 12: As his government teetered on the brink, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Friday announced that he would seek a trust vote and sought time from Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar. The surprise announcement from the embattled chief minister came in the state Assembly, which […]

In a first, Centre approves quarantine facility of Australian Merino in JK

open view news desk SRINAGAR, JULY 11: In a major boost to improve the quality of sheep in J&K, Government of India for the first time has approved quarantine facility of imported Australian Merino sheep in J&K instead of earlier practice of quarantine at a Delhi facility.  A […]

Sensex jumps over 200 pts; bank, metal stocks soar

Mumbai, Jul 11: Domestic equity benchmark BSE Sensex jumped over 200 points in early trade Thursday tracking strong cues from global markets after US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell hinted at a rate cut soon. The 30-share index, however, gave up some gains to trade 106.35 points, or 0.28 […]

Rahul Gandhi to appear before Ahmedabad court in defamation case

Ahmedabad, Jul 11: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will appear before a metropolitan magistrate’s court here Friday for the hearing of a criminal defamation suit filed against him by Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank and its chairman Ajay Patel. Gandhi would appear before the court, said Gujarat Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi. […]

14 killed, 79 injured in Pakistan train collision

Lahore, Jul 11: At least 14 passengers were killed and 79 others injured on Thursday when an express train rammed into a stationery freight train in Pakistan’s Punjab province, officials said. The Quetta bound Akbar Express collided with the stationary freight train at the Walhar Railway Station in Sadiqabad […]

India to receive below-average monsoon rains in next two weeks

MUMBAI – India may receive below-average rainfall in the next two weeks with a large deficit in the soybean and cotton growing central and western regions, a weather department official said on Thursday, raising concerns over the output of summer-sown crops. Monsoon rains are crucial for farm output […]

CBI raids prominent lawyers who took on BJP leaders

NEW DELHI – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided the offices and homes of two top human rights lawyers on Thursday in an investigation into foreign funding for their NGO, prompting criticism they were being targeted for political reasons. The CBI conducted searches relating to a case […]

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