SUMBAL — A woman was killed, while her husband was critically injured in a road accident near Shadipora on Srinagar-Bandipora highway on Sunday morning. An official told that an oil tanker had a head-on collision with a scooty near Higher Secondary School Shadipora today morning. He said that in the incident scooty rider namely Syed […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday will hear a batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court ruling that wearing Hijab was not an essential practice in Islam. A two-judge bench headed by Justice Hemant Gupta and also comprising Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia will hear on August 29, Monday, the batch of appeals against […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was partly cloudy in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) office said on Sunday that partly cloudy sky with rain at isolated places is likely during the 24 hours in the union territory. “Partly cloudy sky with light to moderate rain at isolated places is likely […]
SRINAGAR — The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar administration has directed students not to create any kind of indiscipline in the institute or hostel in view of ongoing Asia Cup 2022 tournament in Dubai wherein India and Pakistan cricket teams will face each other on Sunday. A notice issued by Dean Students Welfare reads, […]
JAKARTA — A cargo ship with 15 people on board sank in the Makassar Strait of central Indonesia, leaving 11 people missing, an official said on Saturday. The ship was hit by huge waves while sailing in the waters between Kalimantan island and Sulawesi island on Monday but the accident was found out by a […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday will hear the bail plea of Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan who was booked by the Uttar Pradesh government under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and other charges in the alleged Hathras conspiracy case. A bench of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Justice Ravindra Bhat […]
DUBAI — Afghanistan in a stunning performance outplayed Sri Lanka to win opening match of the Asia Cup, at Dubai International Stadium on Saturday. Afghanistan won by 10 wickets in a match which saw sterling performances by their team. After Afghanistan chose to bowl, Left-arm pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi with a spell of three for 11 […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday appeared before a special court which granted him bail in a money laundering case related to the alleged financial irregularities in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA). The Principal District and Sessions Judge here had in July taken cognisance of a charge sheet filed by […]
SRINAGAR — Instead of November-December session, the government is all set to commence with the annual regular board examinations of 10th-12th standard from March. Top officials in the administration informed the news agency Kashmir News Observer that it has shifted the examination session from November-December to March. “In order to bring uniformity in the academic […]
KULGAM — At least 150 people were rescued and shifted to safer places while around 30 houses suffered damage after a cloudburst occurred in the upper reaches of Tangmarg area of Damhal Hanjipora in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday. Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Noorabad, Bashir-Ul-Hassan told the news agency Kashmir News Observer a cloudburst […]