The tremor, measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, occurred at 2040 hours IST.
A case has been registered against the accused persons and the car in which the offence was allegedly committed has been recovered, they said adding the victim has been medically examined.
The separatist leader was scheduled to attend the funeral prayers of militant commander Manzoor-ul-Islam, who was killed in an encounter with security forces on Wednesday night, his spokesman said.
Six students who were going on a picnic, and three security personnel were injured when terrorists lobbed a hand grenade and opened indiscriminate firing at an army convoy on Monday morning
ICICI Bank has identified rural credit as the next growth platform for which it had decided to leverage the role of micro-credit organisations.
Mehbooba was campaigning on the outskirts of Srinagar for the coming civic elections.
British companies save a minimum of £10 million a year for every 1,000 jobs they move offshore, particularly to India, a study by ICICI OneSource, an outsourcing agency of India's ICICI Bank has indicated.
Malik, who was 81, was not keeping well for the past one year and died late on Friday night, the sources said.\n\n
Nearly 5 lakh people in Jajpur district of Orissa were affected as the river Brahmani, its tributary the Kharashrota, and the river Baitarani inundated vast areas with the calamities claiming three lives in the state, official sources said on Sunday.
President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe met behind closed doors for about two hours, but neither side showed signs of compromise, the sources said.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Saturday said power generation in the energy-hungry state would grow by 2000 mw within a year with the Dabhol plant becoming operational again.
The security cover of Anil Ambani is likely to be beefed up following reports that he was getting threatening calls.
A fatal shooting in the West Bank on Monday was the third Islamic Jihad attack in as many days.\n
When reports last came in, the passengers had been offloaded and the plane was being searched.
They posed as army personnel. After the killings they fled with the cops' service rifles.
Reliance Infocomm on Tuesday joined hands with national carrier Indian Airlines to offer mobile booking to its customers for domestic tickets at a monthly cost of Rs 25 or a day pass of Rs 3.
The Indian spin legend fondly recollected what easily got elevated to the top echelon of achievements in international cricket.
Six men triggered bomb explosions and fired indiscriminately at the main entrance of the Danapur jail near Patna.
The crash occurred at 0930 IST when the plane was taking part in a 'range sortie', an IAF spokesman said.
The tornado hit Rangpur and Gaibandha districts late on Sunday night uprooting trees and flattening homes.
US-based global retailer Wal-Mart's outlet in the Chinese city of Shenyang is now home to a branch of the Communist Party of China and its youth wing.\n
A major fire broke out in an abandoned oil well of Oil India Ltd at Kuhibari near Dikon in Assam's Dibrugarh district on Thursday causing more than 500 families and hundreds of tea workers to be evacuated to safer places.
Awami league is Bangladesh's main opposition party and is headed by Sheikh Hasina Wajed.
Natco Pharma has announced the launch of a new generation anti-migraine drug under the brand name 'Ritza'.
An engineer working on the golden quadrilateral project has died at a hospital in Gaya, Bihar, under mysterious circumstances.
Major rivers, though receding, continued to flow above the danger mark at several places, a Central Water Commission release said.
A closed reduction of the fracture was done on Kalam under short general anaesthesia, Commandant of the Army Hospital, Research and Referral, said.
The Delhi Cabinet on Monday decided to increase the rates of land acquisition in the capital by 12 to 13 per cent.\n\n
NCP president Sharad Pawar, who was admitted to a hospital in Nashik on Friday evening after he complained of uneasiness, was brought to Mumbai by air on Saturday morning.
World's No. 1 venture capitalist Promod Haque of Norwest Venture Partners is in talks with five software product companies in India for funding.
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