In The Headlines: All woman force for girls in Jammu and Kashmir

All woman battalion for the Valley

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday considered the implementation of a ₹ 80,000-crore package for Jammu and Kashmir and directed the state government to raise an all-woman India Reserve Battalion to deal with incidents of stone-pelting. The move comes just a few days after school girls and women were seen fighting pitched battles with security forces in the heart of Srinagar.

Pakistan's ISI supporting terrorist groups

Pakistan's ISI is supporting terrorist organisations inside Pakistan, US lawmakers were told by a newly formed Muhajir (refugee) group which alleged terror outfits like Taliban and Al-Qaida are trying to take control of the port city of Karachi.

COURT DISCHARGES ABHISHEK VERMA IN GRAFT CASE

Arms dealer Abhishek Verma, his wife and others were discharged by special court on Wednesday in a CBI case involving alleged payments to some officials to influence the Defence Ministry to keep a German firm out of the government's blacklist. Special CBI Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna also discharged Verma and his Romanian wife Anca Verma in a money laundering case filed by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the matter.

Internet services suspended for a month in J&K

Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered suspension of internet services in the trouble-hit valley for a period of one month or till further orders. The state home department invoked powers conferred on it under Indian Telegraph Act and Information Technology Act to suspend the internet services, the officials said. It was not immediately clear whether the order pertains to all internet services or just the mobile internet services, which are already suspended since April 17.

With inputs from NH Web Desk