SHOPIAN — A woman died due to electrocution at her home in Bemnipora village in South Kashmir’s Shopain district on Tuesday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the woman died on spot due to an electric shock, while she was cooking. He identified the deceased as Kulsuma wife of Mohammad Rafiq […]
BIJBEHARA — A pedestrian was killed after he was hit by an unknown vehicle in Bijbehara area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag on Tuesday. An official told that an unknown vehicle hit one pedestrian identified Ghulam Mohiuddin Rather son of Moma Rather of Chandpora Kanalwan. He said that he suffered serious injuries and was rushed to […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed a plea by Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Shah Watali, arrested by the NIA in connection with a terror funding case, seeking bail on the ground of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Watali had approached the high court challenging a trial court’s order which had denied him […]
HYDERABAD — BJP leader Raja Singh was arrested here on Tuesday for his alleged controversial remarks against a particular religion. On Monday, the BJP MLA released a video criticising stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui, who recently performed in the city. Singh is also purportedly seen making some comments against the religion in it. Several people belonging […]
JAMMU — A court in Jammu on Tuesday issued a bailable warrant against Rubaiya Sayeed, after she did not appear for her cross—examination by JKLF chief Muhammad Yasin Malik, whom she had identified as her abductor during last hearing of the case, Advocate Monika Kohli, special public prosecutor for CBI, said that Rubaiya Sayeed did […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Tuesday said that Union government and J&K administration is doing every effort to make impossible things possible so that the youth of Jammu and Kashmir reach to their goals. Speaking on the occasion of opening ceremony of 28th Masters National Table Tennis Championship at Indoor […]
JAMMU — Four light intensity earthquakes jolted Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday in less than six hours. The tremors that occurred in Reasi, Doda and Udhampur districts measured 3.9, 2.6, 2.8 and 2.9 on the Richter scale, according to officials. The timings of the quakes were 2.20 a.m., 3.21 a.m., 3.44 a.m. and 8.03 a.m. […]
BENGALURU — The Karnataka high court on Monday refrained from directing the authorities to stop mosques from using loudspeakers or public-address systems for the azaan/adhan (call to prayer) five times a day, saying that “tolerance is the characteristic of the Constitution of India as well as Indian civilisation”. A Bengaluru resident had filed a PIL […]
GAZA — Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) on Monday held a joint meeting in the Gaza Strip weeks after deadly Israeli strikes against the PIJ in the Palestinian enclave, vowing to support each other’s resistance against the Israeli occupation. The meeting, attended by members of the two factions’ political and military leaders, was […]
BRUSSELS — Nearly half of Europe is at risk of drought, according to a report by the European Commission’s science and knowledge service (JRC). The report, published on Monday, said that, as of August 10, 47 per cent of Europe’s territory has reached a warning level for drought while 17 per cent of the surveyed […]