MORNING NEWS (Sponsored by Shree Toyota Jammu) * Tension gripped remote Billawar-Bani area of Kathua district yesterday after a sacrilegious act was reported from village Jaanu near Bhoondh (Sheetal Nagar) with people taking to streets in protest demanding immediate arrest of culprits. * The Islamic month of Shawwal moon was sighted yesterday night, marking the end of Holy month of Ramadhan, and Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated today (July 29). * Three trucks collided yesterday night at Diani, about five kilometers from Samba on Jammu-Pathankot National Highway killing one person and injuring 25 pilgrims of Mata Vaishno Devi ji shrine. * A police constable gunned down two sisters and then shot himself to death, using his own service weapon (AK-47), at Thermal Colony in Kalakote town yesterday morning. * India and China today admitted to intrusion by Chinese herdsmen into Ladakh last week but both the sides sought to play it down saying the issue was resolved amicably through a flag meeting. * The dental surgeons yesterday took out a candle march in protest against Government for not conceding their demands. Meanwhile, female dental surgeons under the banner of Dental Surgeons Association (DSA) continued their chain hunger strike for the sixteenth consecutive day, whereas the dharna by the association entered 28th consecutive day yesterday. * The annual Buda Amarnath pilgrimage will be inaugurated on July 31 and the first batch of pilgrims will leave to holy shrine on August 1 from Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas Jammu. * Calling India an indispensable partners for the 21st century, US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that the dynamism and entrepreneurial spirit of this bilateral relationship is needed to solve some of worlds greatest challenges. * Shooters Jitu Rai and Gurpal Singh opened Indias medal count on Monday by clinching the mens 50-metre pistol gold and silver, respectively in the finals of the Commonwealth Games at the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre. * Writhing in pain, young Vikas Thakur produced the lift of his lifetime to clinch the bronze medal in mens 85kg weightlifting, as Indian lifters continued their spectacular show in the 20th Commonwealth Games on Monday. * Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh (75kg) continued his sublime form to enter the quarterfinals along with gritty youngster L Devendro Singh (49kg) in the 20th Commonwealth Games on Monday.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 02:35:00 +0000
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