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LAGOS, Oct 6: Thirty-two people were killed after a Nigerian military aircraft flying from Benin City to Lagos crashed in southwestern Nigeria, with President Bola Tinubu confirming that there were no survivors. The victims comprised 25 passengers and seven crew members, officials said. Tinubu directed the Nigerian Air Force to immediately launch a thorough investigation [] The post 32 Killed As Nigerian Military Plane Crashes appeared first on Northlines .

NEW DELHI, Oct 6: INDIA bloc MPs, including Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, were stopped by police while marching from Parliament towards the Election Commission headquarters on Tuesday, following which they staged a sit-in on Parliament Street demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumars resignation. The MPs [] The post INDIA Bloc MPs Stopped From EC March, Demand CEC Gyanesh Kumars Resignation appeared first on Northlines .

JAMMU, Oct 6: A cross-border drug smuggling racket has been busted with the arrest of two persons and recovery of an Italian-made pistol, ammunition and one kg of narcotics from their possession in a village near the International Border here, officials said on Tuesday. The accused, identified as Rahul Kumar of Trewa and Ajay Kumar [] The post Cross-Border Drug Racket Busted In Jammu, Two Arrested appeared first on Northlines .

Jammu Punjabi Morcha holds protest, urges inclusion of Punjabi in school curriculum Jammu Tawi, Oct 5: Members of the Sikh community held a peaceful protest rally here under the banner of the Jammu Punjabi Morcha, demanding the promotion and restoration of Punjabi as an official language in Jammu and Kashmir. The protesters urged the Lieutenant [] The post Sikh Community seeks restoration of Punjabi in J&K schools appeared first on Northlines .

Jammu Tawi, Oct 5 : Ahead of Navratri, more than 500 AI-enabled cameras and an integrated command centre have been set up in Katra as part of enhanced security arrangements for the pilgrimage to the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Reasi district. Special Nakas and enhanced traffic and crowd management measures have been put in [] The post Security bolstered along Vaishno Devi pilgrimage route during Navratri appeared first on Northlines .

New Delhi, Oct 5: The 57th GST Council meeting has been rescheduled for the second time, and the new date is October 8. In an office memorandum, the GST Council Secretariat said that the meeting is being rescheduled due to unavoidable circumstances. The Council meeting was scheduled to be held on October 7. The GST [] The post GST Council meeting rescheduled to Oct 8 appeared first on Northlines .

Jammu Tawi (Jakh): A tragic shooting incident was reported from the Jakh area of the Vijaypur Assembly constituency in Samba district on Monday, in which a 30-year-old man identified as Atul alias Attu died after sustaining a gunshot injury. According to preliminary information, Atul suffered a gunshot wound to his head and was found [] The post Youth shot dead; Friend accused of murder appeared first on Northlines .

Alleges lack of clarity over treatment, seeks details of medical expenses Jammu Tawi, October 5: The family of a woman who died during treatment at Ujala Cygnus JK Medicity Hospital, located on NH-1, Narwal Bye Pass Road, Sunjwan, Jammu, has raised questions over the circumstances surrounding her treatment and death and sought a fair [] The post Family seeks probe into Womans death at Pvt Hospital appeared first on Northlines .

Srinagar, October 05: Calling upon institutions and private-sector stakeholders to extend greater support to women-led start-ups, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday stressed the need for engineering colleges and agricultural universities to actively nurture women to reach positions of technological leadership. Addressing the 60th Annual Convention of the Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE), co-hosted [] The post LG Sinha calls for greater support to Women-led Agri Start-ups ap

Srinagar, Oct 05: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday prorogued the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, marking the conclusion of the current session. A bulletin issued by the Assembly Secretariat on Monday said that the LG exercised powers under clause (a) of subsection (2) of Section 18 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, [] The post LG prorogues J&K Assembly appeared first on Northlines .

Srinagar, Oct 05: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a high-level meeting to take comprehensive stock of the Road Safety Action Plan, accident data, i-RAD, black spot rectification, trauma care, digital enforcement and other road safety interventions across the Union Territory. The Chief Secretary directed all the executing agencies to accord top priority to the [] The post CS calls for accelerated action towards zero-casualty corridors appeared first on Northlines .

ARVIND SHARMA JAMMUTawi, Oct 05:Jammu, October 5: Ladakh has become the first Union Territory in the country to complete the census exercise, marking a significant milestone in the ongoing nationwide census process. The census work in Ladakh was completed successfully, following which a five-day review exercise is scheduled to conclude today. The completion of the [] The post Ladakh becomes first UT to complete census work in country appeared first on Northlines .

Indias industrial output, GIG Economy continue to impress By Nantoo Banerjee The hand-picked 30-share sensitive index (Sensex) of Bombay Stock Exchange, which has long been seen as the countrys overall industry performance barometer, seems to be losing its reliability under profit-booking punters whims. The Sensex faced sharp selling pressure last week, closing down [] The post Corporate sector is growing well despite Iran war, poor Monsoon appeared first on Northlines .

By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: America is heading toward the November 3 midterm elections in an unusually unsettled political mood. Voters are worried about the price of almost everything, the cost of borrowing, gasoline and utility bills, wars abroad, immigration, jobs and the disruptive possibilities of artificial intelligence. And increasingly, they are asking [] The post Democrats determined to win a number of seats in Republican strongholds appeared first on Northlines .

Capital and output faster, shows ASI 2024-25 fact sheet By Dr. Gyan Pathak The latest Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) Fact Sheet 2024-25 reveals that industries in India are still not producing employment at the scale needed in the country. It is much less than formation of capital and growth in production. Number [] The post Number of Factories and employment growing slowly appeared first on Northlines .

After nine years, it is time for industry having full confidence in state By R. Suryamurthy Nine years after GST replaced a maze of central and state indirect taxes, the most revealing measure of its success may no longer be the monthly collection number. The harder question is whether India has built a [] The post GST 3.0 needs a new bargain with taxpayers, a climate without feat appeared first on Northlines .

The festive season is an occasion for joy and faith for the people but at the same time this period is important for small vendors, street hawkers, potters and petty traders as a chance for increased economic activity. These few weeks of the year bring hope and fortune for aforementioned vendors because they get an [] The post Clear Roads, Save Livelihoods! appeared first on Northlines .

by P. Mohan Chandran When The World Wants Skills, but Education Still Wants Memory Perhaps the time has come to stop asking students, What can you remember? and start asking the considerably more dangerous question: What can you actually do? For several centuries, education has performed one of civilizations most successful magic tricks. It takes [] The post The Great Examination Comedy appeared first on Northlines .

Jammu Tawi, October 5: J&K Police Kathua sealed a medical shop in Billawar following action over alleged unauthorised possession and sale of habit-forming medicines. Police said they received information by telephone regarding a suspected consignment of illicit medicines in the Billawar area. Acting promptly, a team from Police Station Billawar, along with the Drug Inspector, [] The post Medical shop sealed in Billawar; 320 Pregabalin capsules seized appeared first on Northlines .

Jammu Tawi, Oct 5: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Jammu has filed a chargesheet against two accused in a multi-lakh financial fraud case involving alleged collection of Rs 1.23 crore from investors in Samba. The chargesheet was produced before the Court of Additional Munsiff JMIC, Samba, in FIR No. 73/2016 registered under [] The post Crime Branch Files Chargesheet in Financial Fraud Case appeared first on Northlines .

Jammu Tawi, Oct 1: The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) on Wednesday said it would intensify its campaign for restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, alleging that the BJP-led Centre had failed to honour its repeated commitments on the issue. Addressing a joint press conference at Rajiv Bhawan here, JKPCC Working [] The post Cong to intensify J&K statehood stir appeared first on Northlines .

New York, Sep 20: NASA has an incredible partnership with ISRO and is looking forward to more collaboration, the US agencys Indian-American senior official Amit Kshatriya has said. We already have incredible collaboration with ISRO, Kshatriya, NASAs Associate Administrator and Chief Engineer, said in an exclusive conversation at the iconic Intrepid Museum. The [] The post Incredible to watch capability ISRO is developing in Science Missions: NASA Sr Official appeared first on Northlines .

Commits to strengthen road connectivity to Purmandal and Utterbehini. Jammu Tawi, Sep 20: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday laid the foundation stones for projects aimed at the renovation, restoration and revival of the ancient heritage of Purmandal, worth Rs 7.15 crore, and for renovation, restoration and related development works at [] The post Heritage, development must go together: Sinha appeared first on Northlines .

Northlines Spl Correspondent 24-year-old truck driver accused of reconnaissance and sharing security-related footage; Dubai-linked payment trail under probe Kathua, September 20: Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested a 24-year-old truck driver in Kathua in an alleged espionage case involving the use of a SIM-enabled surveillance camera to monitor a road used by security forces. [] The post SIM Camera trail leads to alleged ISI spy link in Kathua appeared first on Northlines .

Claim of conspiracy to frame individual amid family dispute (Sarabjeet) Jammu Tawi, September 20: A new development is being claimed in the investigation into the recovery of five AK-47 rounds, Pakistani currency, a Pakistani flag and other objectionable material from a jewellery shop in the Khorinar area of Poonch. According to information attributed to [] The post New twist in Poonch Jewellery Shop Case: appeared first on Northlines .

Srinagar, Sep 20: Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly will meet here on Monday for a seven-sitting Autumn session as opposition parties, including the BJP and the PDP, plan to corner the Omar Abdullah government over issues such as jobs and failure to fulfil electoral promises. National Conference MLAs and supporting Independents will meet here [] The post 7-Day Autumn Session To Begin In J&K Assembly On Monday appeared first on Northlines .