SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) department on Wednesday forecast dry and partly cloudy weather in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain dry and partly cloudy in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Meanwhile, Srinagar registered 17.6 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam 10.8 and […]
SRINAGAR — A man was killed while another one was injured in a road accident that took place on Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh flyover in Srinagar district on Tuesday evening, officials said here. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that Jehangir Ahmad Ganie and Mudasir Ahmad Ganie both residents of Parniwa Budgam were critically […]
Haroon Nabi SRINAGAR — Anti-corruption Bureau on Tuesday arrested Tehsildar Panth-Chowk and his employee in Srinagar district for allegedly accepting a bribe of rupees 120000. Official sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that ACB raided the vehicle of Tehsildar Pantha-Chowk bearing number JK01AL- 8277 and caught red-handed while accepting bribe along with his employee. […]
ISLAMABAD — A top Pakistani army general and five senior military officials were killed when their helicopter crashed while on a flood relief operation in troubled Balochistan province, the army said on Tuesday. The six individuals on board included the Commander XII Corps Lt Gen Sarfraz Ali, who was supervising the flood relief operations in […]
KABUL — The Taliban on Tuesday confirmed the killing of Al-Qaeda chief Ayman-al-Zawahiri and condemned the drone strike carried out by the United States in Kabul over the weekend. In a statement, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that a strike took place on a residence in the capital and called it a violation of “international […]
RAMBAN — Militants hurled a grenade at a police post in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district early Tuesday, August 2, 2022 prompting police and Army to launch a massive cordon and search operation in the area. The grenade exploded on the roof of the police post without causing injuries to anyone, sources said. Additional Director […]
SRINAGAR — Mainly dry and humid weather is likely during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir, the Meteorological (MeT) department said on Tuesday. “Dry humid weather is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours”, a statement by the MeT office said. Meanwhile, Srinagar had 17.5 degrees, Pahalgam 9.6 and Gulmarg 8.5 degrees […]
AGRA — The management committee of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has decided to exclude the books written by Pakistani and Egyptian authors from the syllabus. The university was established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, as Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in 1875. The books, written by Indo-Pak writer Abu al-A’la al-Mawdudi and […]
WASHINGTON — Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed in a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan, US officials told Reuters on Monday, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011. Zawahiri, an Egyptian doctor and surgeon, helped coordinate the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in which […]
Govt posts a doctor for bureaucratic roles for years SRINAGAR — Amid administration’s claims of bringing transparency in governance, a doctor in Jammu and Kashmir has been appointed to a bureaucratic position for years in a sheer violation of rules. As per an order issued by Incharge Principal Secretary Health and Medical Education Department Manoj […]