UNITED NATIONS — Journalists should not be jailed for what they write, tweet and say, a spokesperson for UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday in response to the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in India, asserting that it is important that people be allowed to express themselves freely without the threat of […]
JAIPUR — Two people have been detained for allegedly killing a tailor in Udaipur, a murder that has triggered communal tension in the district, police said on Tuesday. At 8 pm, curfew was declared till further orders in seven police station areas in the city as Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot appealed for calm. The accused […]
BANDIPORA — A motorcyclist has lost his life when he met with an accident in Rakhi Asham area of Sumbal Tehsil in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Tuesday, an official said here. The official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the motorcyclist had lost control over it and died on the spot at […]
NEW DELHI — State-owned Jammu and Kashmir Bank (J&K Bank) on Tuesday said it will raise up to Rs 2,000 crore, through a mix of debt and equity, in the current fiscal year 2022-23. The board of directors of the bank, in its meeting held on June 28, approved the capital raise plan, J&K Bank […]
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 […]