SRINAGAR — State Investigation Agency of J&K Police on Tuesday in a crackdown against misuse of SIM cards and their fraudulent sale has booked a SIM card vendor in Kupwara district of North Kashmir. In a statement, SIA said that in the face of ever increasing misuse of SIM cards by militants, their OGW associates, […]
JAMMU — A 60-year-old woman was killed and her four relatives seriously injured on Tuesday when their private car rammed into a parked truck in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The accident took place at Rajbagh on Jammu-Pathankot highway when the driver lost control over the car and hit the truck stationed […]
NEW DELHI — Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has resigned from the board of Reliance Jio handing over reigns to his elder son Akash Ambani, who will be Chairman of the Board of Directors. In a stock exchange filing, Reliance Jio Infocomm said the company’s board has approved the appointment of Akash M Ambani, non-executive […]
ISLAMABAD — India has banned the official Twitter accounts of several Pakistani diplomatic missions, journalists and some prominent personalities under the’s Information Technology Act, 2000, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad has claimed. “Deeply concerning that #India has blocked the flow of information to Indian Twitter by withholding access to the following official accounts,” […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Tuesday extended by four days the custodial interrogation of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case related to an “objectionable tweet” he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria passed the order after hearing arguments from Delhi police as well as […]
NEW DELHI — Harassment and arbitrary arrests of human rights defenders for tirelessly seeking truth and justice have become alarmingly commonplace in India, Amnesty India said on Tuesday, demanding immediate and unconditional release of fact-checking website Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair. Zubair was arrested by the Delhi Police on Monday night for allegedly hurting religious […]
ASANSOL (WB) — West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday lashed out at the BJP-led Centre over the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair and social activist Teesta Setalvad over their arrests for “trying to expose the truth” and wondered how those who spread hatred among communities are roaming free. Addressing a party […]
GANDERBAL — In yet another example of centuries old tradition and communal harmony, Kashmiri Muslims participated in marriage ceremony of a Kashmiri Pandit woman in Lar village of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Locals, while talking to reporters here, said that the Muslim neighbours participated in the marriage ceremony of Meenu Kumari daughter of Late Pandit […]
ANANTNAG — Tragedy befell a family in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district as news about the death of his son in a road mishap, resulted in passing away of father. Officials told GNS that a motorcycle (PB07AK-1407) rider namely Arif Ahmed son of Abdul Rehman, a resident of Panchalthan Chittergul collided with a passenger cab (JK02AB […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was mainly dry in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the MeT department forecast the same to persist on Tuesday. “Weather is expected to remain hot and dry in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar recorded 19 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam 13.2 […]