JAMMU — Six people, including five members of a family, who were found dead inside two houses here 10 days ago, died of an overdose of drugs, which they decided to take to end their lives, a senior police officer said on Saturday. Noor-ul-Habib is believed to have convinced the five members of the family […]
CHANDIGARH — A local court in Chandigarh acquitted 20 persons on August 26, 2022, twelve years after Hurriyat Conference Chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was allegedly roughed up and manhandled at a seminar in Chandigarh. Among the accused is former Mayor Asha Jaiswal. According to a report published by The Tribune, the prosecution has failed to […]
ANANTNAG — On the directions of Deputy Commissioner Anantnag, the Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Anantnag, Gulzar Ahmad Bhat today conducted surprise checks of various offices in Sub division Mattan. During these inspections, 10 people were found absent from duty and were placed on suspension by order of Deputy Commissioner Anantnag. The ADC inspected the attendance […]
BUDGAM — Unknown persons on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday looted cash from non-local labourers, who were putting up at a rented shop in Batpora village of Chadoora in central Kashmir’s Budgam. While talking to the news agency Kashmir News Observer they alleged that they were sleeping at their rented shop when four […]
KULGAM — Panic has gripped twin villages in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district after a cloudburst occurred in the upper reaches of Tangmarg in th district on Saturday. Sub Divisional Magistrate Noor Abad, Bashir Ul Hassan told the news agency Kashmir News Observer cloudburst occurred in the upper reaches of Tangmarg, a far flung village of […]
RIYADH — A Saudi court has sentenced a prominent former imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca to 10 years in prison, Middle East Eye reported. The Specialised Criminal Appeals Court in Riyadh sentenced Sheikh Saleh al Talib to prison after overturning a previous acquittal, US-based rights group Democracy for the Arab World Now (Dawn) […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has called in India’s Charge d’Affaires here to lodge a strong protest over the death of a Pakistani prisoner in Kashmir, in what it termed as a “fake encounter”. The Foreign Office (FO) said in a statement that the Indian Charge d’Affaires was called to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday. […]
SRINAGAR — The Special Crime Wing of Crime Branch Kashmir on Saturday produced chargesheet against a patwari (revenue official) and other person in connection with fraudulent mutation of land at Chadoora area of central Kashmir. Besides cheating and forgery, the two accused persons— Ghulam Rasool Bhat Son-in-law of Ghulam Mohammad Bhat of Repora Namthal Chadoora […]
JAMMU — Army on Saturday rescued a Hungarian trekker who had lost his way in Umasi La Pass in Himalayan Ranges from Dul area of Kishtwar. Umasi La connects Kisthwar to Zanskar and it was not immediately known if the trekker was lost in Ladakh. “Indian Army team from Dul, Kishtwar, in a 30 hour […]
SRINAGAR — Congress Working Committee (CWC) member and former Member of Parliament, Tariq Hameed Karra on Saturday repulsed back to Ghulam Nabi Azad for targeting All India Congress Committee (AICC) Vice president, Rahul Gandhi, saying that it was he who made the proposal and passed it for Rahul’s presidential post. Karra also said that the […]