NEW DELHI — Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, who had been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to join the investigation in connection with the National Herald case, is likely to reach ED Headquarters by 11 a.m. She will be questioned by a team of joint director level official including a woman. ED sources have […]
BENGALURU — As many as 13 Muslim educational institutions have sought Karnataka government’s permission to set up Pre-University Colleges in Dakshina Kannada which would enable Muslim girl students to wear hijab inside classrooms. According to sources in the Education Department, all the applications have sought consent to open PU colleges (first and second PUC) in […]
RAJOURI — An 11-year-old boy died after he was hit by a shooting stone in Lower Bhangai village of Thanamandi in Rajouri district on Wednesday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the boy identified as Mohammad Yasir (11) son of Mohammad Farooq of Lower Bhangai was hit by a shooting stone. […]
SRINAGAR — The administration of Jammu & Kashmir has appointed sitting MP Justice (retd.) Hasnain Masoodi, former MP Talib Hussain Choudhary and four others as member of Haj Committee for J&K Union Territory. The Department of Revenue has issued a notification to appoint six members of Hajj Committee for Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory. According […]
REASI — Atleast 14 persons were injured near Sula park on Reasi Katra road after a canter bus and a truck collided head-on on Wednesday. Officials said that a minibus was heading towards Dera Baba from Reasi when it collided head-on with another vehicle. 14 passengers sustained injuries in this accident, who were shifted to […]
PULWAMA — Two non-local labourers were on Wednesday injured when an old shell exploded at a construction site in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. During construction work of a boundary wall on the bank of a stream in Tahab area of the district, the shell exploded, the officials said. The officials identified […]
SRINAGAR — National Investigation Agency (NIA) is carrying out raids at multiple locations in Kashmir Valley in connection with recovery of 15 pistols at Chanapora here in May this year, officials said on Wednesday. Official sources told KDC that NIA sleuths with the assistance of police and CRPF are carrying out raids in summer capital […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological department (MeT) on Wednesday forecast partly cloudy sky with light rain and thundershowers during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir. “Partly cloudy weather with light rain/thundershowers is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours. “Light rain is likely to occur along both the Baltal-Cave shrine and Pahalgam-Cave shrine […]
PULWAMA — An elderly man was crushed to death after being hit by a train near Panzgam-Bijbehara section in South Kashmir on Wednesday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that Mohammad Afzal of Banduna village of Pulwama was hit by a moving train near his native village, resulting in his on-spot death. […]
SRINAGAR — Three students from north Kashmir’s Kupwara district have gone missing and their families have appealed them to return home. Families of the three students namely Irfan Mushtaq Wani (studying in 8th class, 13-years-old) son of Mushtaq Ahmad Wani of Kawari Kupwara, Nasir Fayaz Dar (12th class, 18-years-old) son of Fayaz Ahmad Dar of […]