GENEVA — The World Health Organization on Wednesday issued an alert for four “contaminated” India-made medicines, chiefly for paediatric use, identified in the west African nation of The Gambia and found to contain chemicals that are toxic and potentially fatal after 66 child deaths. “WHO has today issued a medical product alert for four contaminated […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Director General (Prisons) Hemant K Lohia was cremated with full state honours here on Wednesday, two days after he was murdered allegedly by a domestic help, in a sombre ceremony attended by family members, senior officials and colleagues. Lohia, a 1992-batch IPS officer, was found dead with his throat slit […]
SRINAGAR — Four local militants, affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfits were killed in two different encounters at Shopian district of South Kashmir on Wednesday. Three militants were killed in an overnight encounter between government forces and militants at Draach village and one militant was killed in another encounter at Moolu village […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court has ordered the shifting of Kashmiri separatist Altaf Ahmad Shah, currently in jail and facing trial for an alleged terror funding case probed by the NIA, to AIIMS for appropriate treatment after he was stated to have been diagnosed with cancer. Shah, the son-in-law of late Hurriyat leader […]
SRINAGAR — Former Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday condemned the killing of a youth at Haal village in Pulwama district. The youth identified as Aasif Ahmad Padroo, son of Mohd Ayub Padroo, a resident of Poterwal village in Shopian district was killed when a policeman’s rifle went off accidentally and bullet hit […]
URI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday visited the residence of Mudasir Sheikh, a policeman who was killed in an encounter with militants earlier this year in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that Shah, after addressing a public rally at Baramulla, visited slain cop’s family […]
INDORE — South Africa produced a dominating performance to thrash India by 49 runs in the third and final T20I of the three match series at the Holkar Cricket Stadium, here on Tuesday. With the win in the first two T20Is, India won the two match series 2-1. A scintillating maiden T20I hundred century from […]
SRINAGAR — A nursing student was killed in an accidental fire at Haal village in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday. The incident happened at a time when Union Home Minister Amit Shah was in Baramulla district of north Kashmir to address a public gathering. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that […]
ITANAGAR — A pilot was killed and another injured when an Army aviation Cheetah helicopter flying in the forward area near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh crashed on Wednesday, defence sources said. Defence spokesman Lt. Col Mahendra Rawat said that during a routine sortie, the Cheetah helicopter crashed at around 10 a.m. injuring both the pilots […]
JAMMU — No militant angle has emerged during investigation of the murder case of Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (Prisons) Hemant Kumar Lohia, police said on Wednesday. Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Jammu zone, Mukesh Singh said the interrogation of the accused is in progress and his disclosures are being corroborated with […]