SRINAGAR — Weather was dry in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) office said on Wednesday that the same conditions are likely to continue. “Dry weather is likely to continue in J&K during the next 24 hours,” an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar had 12.8, Pahalgam 6.8 […]
UNITED NATIONS — The UN has voiced concern over the outbreak of vector-borne and water-borne diseases in flood-hit Pakistan. The outbreak of vector-borne and water-borne diseases is a growing concern in Sindh and Balochistan provinces, where many districts remain inundated by floodwaters, said Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The floods have also […]
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz named his son and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the Kingdom’s Prime Minister and his second son Prince Khalid as defence minister, a royal decree said on Tuesday. The reshuffle kept another son, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, as energy minister, the royal decree, carried by state […]
NEW DELHI — After two rounds of nationwide raids and arrest of over 240 leaders and functionaries of Popular Front Of India (PFI), the centre last evening imposed a ban on the outfit for five years. A government notification said PFI and its affiliate organisations or fronts have been declared “unlawful association” with immediate effect […]
SRINAGAR — Two local militants, affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant outfit were killed while as one armyman was injured in an encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Ahwatoo village in Kulgam district of South Kashmir on Tuesday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board Tuesday ordered restoration of ‘Shab-Khawani’ at all shrines of the Union Territory and directed the authorities to put in place all necessary arrangements. An order issued by Executive Magistrate, Tehsildar of J&K Waqf Board, Srinagar, Ishtiyaq Mohi-ud-din, said that Jammu and Kashmir has been an abode of Sufi […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday said she, along with fruit-truck drivers, will block the Srinagar-Jammu national highway if their vehicles are not allowed a smooth passage. “Lakhs of people depend on this (fruit trade), they have taken loans, they have taken money from Delhi’s mandis. Who will give them that money? Will you? […]
JAMMU — A six-month-old baby was allegedly kidnapped from the government district hospital in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Tuesday, police said. A senior officer said CCTV footage showed a burqa clad woman carrying away the baby from the hospital at around 12.30 pm, adding a search has been launched to nab her and […]
SRINAGAR — Terming former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad’s Democratic Azad Party (DAP) as an associate party of the Bharatiya Janta Party, Congress on Tuesday claimed that there was an internal alliance between Peoples Democratic Party and Bharatiya Janta Party in 2014. Talking to reporters, Pradesh Congress committee president Vikar Rasool said that Ghulam Nabi […]
SRINAGAR — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Ahwatoo village in Kulgam district of South Kashmir on Tuesday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Ahwatoo village in Kulgam district following the inputs about presence of militants in […]