Pakistan violates ceasefire in Rajouri

Jammu: Pakistan violated the ceasefire by firing on Indian posts along the Line of Control in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. The ceasefire violation took place last night.

Valley residents run for peace

Srinagar: A large number of people from all age groups today thronged the Boulevard road on the banks of the Dal Lake to participate in ‘Marathon-2017’ .

2 Hizb ultras killed in Pulwama gunfight

Srinagar: Two local militants of the Hizbul Mujahideen were killed in a brief gunfight in south Kashmir’s volatile Pulwama district today, triggering day-long clashes that left nearly a dozen injured.

Geelani’s Jammu aide quizzed by NIA over funds from Pak

Jammu: Tightening its noose on separatists, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) today picked another Hurriyat leader, Devinder Singh Behl, from his house in Bakshi Nagar, Jammu. One of the few non-Muslim separatist leaders, he was detained for over four hours.

HP leads in organic farming

Shimla: In its bid to promote organic farming, the state government’s Rs 321-crore cash crop diversification project launched in five districts of the state, has brought 22,000 hectare of land under organic farming with 40,000 farmers having registered under the scheme.

CBI scans forest routes for clues

Shimla: CBI sleuths today scanned two routes in the Dandi forest to ascertain whether the rape and murder of a student was committed in the forest between Hilaila and Dandi or in some house or dera (a labour hutment).

Cut GST rates or face stir, says Beopar mandal

Ambala: The Haryana Beopar Mandal today threatened to launch an agitation if the Centre fails to make amendments to the GST.

History-sheeter shot dead in Hisar over liquor shop

Hisar: Three assailants shot dead 40-year-old history-sheeter Pradeep Jamawari outside his house in Urban Estate Colony here last night. Pradeep Jamawari, a resident of Jamawari village in the district, was convicted in a case and had completed his jail term last year. He faced over 50 criminal cases and was involved in several hardcore criminal activities.

Nation’s first solar-based micro irrigation project launched

Kurukshetra: Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today announced 85 per cent subsidy for solar power-run micro irrigation projects in 36 administrative blocks that are facing acute depletion of underground water table.

‘Bhaichara rally’ in Jhajjar on Aug 27

Panipat: The All-India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti (AIJASS) will hold a ‘Bhaichara rally’ in Jhajjar on August 27, said Yashpal Malik, national president of the samiti. He appealed to people belonging to 36 communities to participate in the rally in a large number.