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Two arrested for lynching officer outside mosque
Srinagar: Two persons were arrested in the wee hours today in connection with the lynching of a police officer by an irate mob outside Jamia Masjid in downtown area. "Two persons have been arrested so far and a third has been identified. All of them (involved in lynching of the officer) will face the law," DGP S P Vaid told reporters on sidelines of the wreath laying ceremony of slain officer Mohammad Ayub Pandit at district police lines here.
Kovind files nomination in presence of PM, NDA CMs
New Delhi: NDA's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind today filed his nomination papers in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a battery of NDA chief ministers and party leaders. BJP President Amit Shah and party veterans LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi were present during the filing of nominatons. All chief ministers of BJP-ruled states and its allies except Manohar Parrikar of Goa and Mehbooba Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir were present.
53 diarrhoea cases reported in Mandi
Mandi; Deputy Commissioner, Mandi, Sandeep Kadam visited the village yesterday and reviewed the situation. He directed the officials concerned to provide adequate water supply with proper chlorination.
25 tourists stranded at Saach Pass rescued
Chamba: All the 25 tourists stranded at Saach Pass on the Chamba-Killar high-way due to inclement weather are safe, said Chamba Deputy Commissioner Sudesh Mokhta here today.
BJP denies horse-trading
Shimla: Reacting sharply to the charge of horse-trading in elections of Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) leveled by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, the BJP today said that it only guarded its councilors from poaching by the ruling party.
Police officer lynched outside mosque in Srinagar
A deputy superintendent of police was stripped naked and stoned to death by an irate mob after he allegedly opened fire at a group of people, who caught him clicking pictures near a mosque in downtown area in the early hours today. The police officer identified as Mohammed Ayoub Pandit was on duty when the mob attacked him, a police spokesman said
Slight rise in mercury in Delhi, 75 pc humidity
Traces of rainfall were recorded in few parts of the national capital today, even as the minimum temperature settled at 26.6 degrees Celsius, two notches below the normal
PSLV-C38 blasts off with 31 satellites onboard
ISRO's workhorse rocket PSLV-38 today blasted off from the spaceport here carrying the Cartosat-2 series satellite - a dedicated satellite for the defence forces - along with 30 co-passenger satellites. The total weight of all the satellites carried on-board the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is about 955 kg
Indo-Pak matters have to be resolved bilaterally: MEA
India today affirmed that bilateral issues between India and Pakistan will have to be decided "bilaterally", reacting to suggestions by UN chief Antonio Guteress that he is engaged in bringing about a dialogue between the two neighbours. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Gopal Bagley told reporters he was aware of the remarks made by Guteress that he has raised the issue during his meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif
2,000 more soldiers going to South Kashmir as reinforcements
Two additional Army battalions -- about 2,000 men -- have started moving into four troubled South Kashmir districts, being described as the new "ground zero" because of increased militant activity, officials said. With the presence of additional forces in Kulgam, Anantnag, Shopian and Pulwama, some army camps in Shopian and Pulwama would be revived, they said