Asserting that India wants peaceful relations with all countries but it should not be treated as its weakness, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday said security forces have been directed to give a “befitting” reply to ceasefire violations by Pakistan. * Food grain carriage scam worth over Rs 44 crore has rocked CAPD Department in district Rajouri as some officials at the helm of affairs including some Storekeepers and TSOs managed drawal worth crores on fraudulent papers on account of carriage charges. * Two persons were killed, while four others including a minor girl received injuries, when the Maruti car, they were traveling in, skidded off the road and plunged into deep gorge near Thanella in Bhaderwah. * Jammu and Kashmir has geared up for organizing special broadcast of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address and a Question- Answer session with the school children through television, radio and internet on the Teachers Day, which falls on September 5. * Senior BJP leader and Member Parliament, Avinash Rai Khanna, yesterday said that the party would contest forthcoming State Assembly elections from all the 87 segments of the State and the party high command has cleared the names of only two candidates in Kashmir division so far. * The coming Assembly elections in four States are being delinked with Maharashtra and Haryana likely to go to polls first in the third week of October. The other two States– Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand– may witness elections in late December-early January. * Elton Chigumbura hit an unbeaten half-century as Zimbabwe recorded a famous three-wicket victory over No. 1-ranked Australia in a one-day triangular series match in Harare on Sunday for only their second win over their opponents in 31 years. * Jaipur Pink Panthers proved too strong for U Mumba as they produced a clinical performance in the final to emerge triumphant in the inaugural Pro Kabaddi League at the NSCI Stadium Mumbai on Sunday.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 05:47:26 +0000
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