SRINAGAR — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Bomai village in Sopore town of Baramulla district in North Kashmir on Wednesday evening. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Bomai village in Sopore town following the inputs about […]
SRINAGAR — A Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS) officer files a sexual harassment complaint in the High Court of Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh against Superintendent of Police at Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) north Kashmir Baramulla on Tuesday. Reliable sources told Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com that a female KAS officer name (withheld) of the rank of […]
GUWAHATI — A madrassa in Assam’s Bongaigaon district was demolished by authorities on Wednesday for allegedly carrying out ‘jihadi’ activities on its premises, a police officer said. A teacher of the madrassa was arrested last week for his suspected links with militant outfits – Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent and Ansarul Bangla Team. Around a […]
SRINAGAR — Former PCC president Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed on Wednesday resigned from Congress and pledged support to veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is likely to float his political party in Jammu and Kashmir. There has been an exodus from the Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress since Azad quit the party on Friday, […]
NEW DELHI — The number of drones being sighted in Punjab, coming from Pakistan has seen a significant rise this year as compared to the Jammu sector. According to Border Security Force (BSF), till July this year total of 107 drones flying from across the border side were spotted inside Indian territory, as compared to […]
KUPWARA — Kupwara district was one of the initial militancy affected district three decades back When few people with bad intentions across the border instigated Kashmiri people to gain their political benefits. Since then Kupwara District was struggling in overall development and employment for the youth as they were being drugged into business of bloodshed […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board has constituted a committee to enquire into the allegations of irregularities and misappropriation of funds and properties at Ziyarat Shareef Hazratbal Khiram located in Bijbehara area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. According to an order, J&K Waqf Board has constituted a four-member committee to enquire into the […]
NEW DELHI — The Twitter user behind the arrest of fact checker and Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair is a 36-year-old Delhi-based real estate businessman who originally belongs to Ajmer in Rajasthan, police said on Wednesday. Police officials, who have been working to establish the identity of the Twitter handle @balajikijaiin operating under the name […]
ISLAMABAD — At least 6,50,000 pregnant women in the flood-hit regions of Pakistan urgently need care to deal with the unprecedented natural calamity that has left more than 1,100 persons dead and affected over 33 million others, according to an UN agency. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) also warned that there was an increased […]
NEW DELHI — An average of 82 people were murdered daily across India in 2021, while more than 11 kidnappings were reported every single hour during the year, according to latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. The rate of murder per one lakh population was highest in Jharkhand, while that of kidnapping and abduction […]