Day: May 10, 2019

Five cattle smugglers arrested in J-K's Reasi

Mob lynching, cow vigilantism on voters’ minds in Nuh

1:47 pm May 10, 2019

Nuh (Haryana): It’s 11 am and about a dozen people sitting at a tea shop in Ferozepur Namak village here are discussing politics over hot cuppas. “First it was demonetisation and now cow vigilantes are after our community,” said a visibly angry Ali Mohammad. “Don’t ask anyone here anything about the Modi government. People are […]

Google Doodle honours English haematologist Lucy Wills

1:39 pm May 10, 2019

New Delhi: Google Doodle on Friday paid tribute to English haematologist Lucy Wills, whose early research in India helped identify folic acid supplementation to prevent anaemia in pregnant women. The doodle, depicting Wills working in a laboratory setting, commemorates her 131st birth anniversary. Born in 1888, Wills conducted seminal work in India in 1928 on […]

Anti-national forces misguiding youth, farmers: Goa CM

Goa CM to shed portfolio load after end of election code

1:35 pm May 10, 2019

Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said he will distribute some of the portfolios held by him to his Cabinet colleagues after the model code of conduct (MCC) is lifted by the month-end. The MCC is in force in Goa since March 10 for the Lok Sabha elections and also four assembly bypolls. While […]

Terror hideout busted in J-K's Poonch; arms, ammo seized

Terrorist killed in encounter in Shopian in Kashmir

1:32 pm May 10, 2019

Srinagar: An unidentified terrorist was killed Friday in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Arms and ammunition were recovered from the scene of the encounter, a police spokesman said. “The identity and group affiliation of the slain terrorist is being ascertained,” he added.

Militants open fire at security forces in J-K's Shopian

Former Pak Army soldier arrested along IB in Samba

1:27 pm May 10, 2019

Jammu: The Border Security Force (BSF) Thursday arrested a former soldier of the Pakistan Army along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said. The alert troops of the BSF observed some movement along IB near a forward area and nabbed a person moving under suspicious circumstances, they said. During preliminary […]