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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a charge sheet against Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra of the PDP and two others in a terror funding case, and said the youth leader was a crucial player in sustaining the "political-separatist-terrorist" nexus in Jammu and Kashmir. Investigation Agency has filed a charge sheet against three accused persons namely Shaheen Ahmad Lone, Tafazul Hussain Parimoo and Waheed-ur-Rahman Para under section 120B of the IPC, sections 17, 18, 38, 39 & 40 of the UA (P) Act, and section 25 (1AA) of Arms Act and section 6 of the Explosive Substances Act in NIA Special…

Five children suffocated to death after they fell inside a grain storage in Bikaner's Himmarshee village on Sunday.Five children, including four girls and one boy fell into an iron-made grain storage bin while playing. All the children were trapped in it and suffocated to death."While playing, all the children locked themselves in the grain bin made of iron, kept in the house and could never come out of it. When the incident happened, no one was present at home for timely rescue," said the area Circle Officer (CO) Pawan Bhadauriya in a statement.The police said that Bheeyaram and his wife…

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Sunday that China has been constructing a dam on Brahmaputra river, but the BJP government is doing nothing to protect the river, which plays a big role in the lives and economy of the people of Assam. Addressing three election rallies at Jorhat, Nazira and Khumtai in eastern Assam, Priyanka said that with the construction of the dam by China, much damage will be done to the Brahmaputra river. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to Assam for poll campaign several times, but he did not utter a single word on the vital…

Noklak district has imposed “total ban on all single use plastic.” According to DIPR report, this was informed by SDO (C) & administrator, Noklak town council, C. Phuniang in a notification. The following single-use plastic products have been totally banned in the district: all plastic carry bags with or without handles, irrespective of thickness and size; plastic cutlery including plates, plastic cup, straws, stirrers etc; cutlery and other decorative made of Styrofoam (thermocol); polythene; nylon; poly-vinyl chlorides (PVC); poly-propylene and poly-styrene. Further, the administrator warned any individual, institutions/commercial establishment (educational institutions, office, hotels, shops, restaurants, religious institutions, industrial establishments, banquet…

On Sunday PM Modi said that there was “double neglect, double corruption” when the Congress led government was both at the Centre and in Assam, but now the BJP’s “double-engine government” will make the state “Aatmanirbhar”. Expecting BJP’s retaining power in Assam, Modi announced “dusribar BJP Sarkar, dusri bar NDA Sarkar and dusri bar double engine Sarkar”. Addressing an election rally at Bokakhat in eastern Assam’s Golaghat district, Modi said that the Congress identifying itself as a secular party, but to grab the chair (government), the party forged electoral alliance with the communal forces in Assam, West Bengal and Kerala.…