RAMBAN — Two persons were killed after a vehicle (dumper) met with an accident at Ukhrall in Ramsoo sub division of Ramban district, officials said on Saturday. An official said that a vehicle bearing registration number (JK22B-9290) met with an accident at Kunchi village, Panchal in Ukheral resulting in death of two persons on spot. […]
ANANTNAG — Pitching strongly for the protection of minorities in Kashmir which has witnessed targeted killings, a leading cleric said during Friday congregational prayers in Anantnag that Islam does not give permission for jihad to commit atrocities on the minority community. The cleric, Maulana Fayaz Amjadi, was addressing a congregation in Jamia Masjid Anantnag. His […]
ANANTNAG — A local commander of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militant outfit was killed in an overnight encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Kapran village in Verinag area of Anantnag district in South Kashmir on Friday. Besides killing of Hizb commander, three army personnel and a civilian were injured during the initial exchange of […]
JAMMU — A woman was arrested by the Cyber Cell here on Friday allegedly for sharing nude pictures and videos of her female friend on social media, police said. The accused had captured the pictures and videos of the victim, a resident of Reasi district, without her knowledge during the COVID lockdown, a police spokesperson […]
SRINAGAR — A division bench of Jammu & Kashmir High Court has stayed the operation of a judgment directing the authorities to exhume the body of Amir Magrey, one of the four persons killed in Hyderpora encounter, till the next date of hearing. A division bench of the High Court, comprising Justice Ali Muhammad Magrey […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has written to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres about the sentencing of Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik by an Indian court in a militant funding case, the Foreign Office said on Friday. A Delhi court last week handed out a life sentence to Malik, one of the […]
SHOPIAN — Two non-local labourers were injured in a grenade blast at Aglar village in Zainapora area of Shopian district in South Kashmir on Friday. Reports said, militants lobbed a grenade at Aglar village in Shopian, resulting in minor injuries to two non-local labourers. They said that the injured labourers were taken to hospital for […]
KANPUR — Violence erupted in parts of Kanpur after Friday prayers as members of two communities indulged in brick-batting and hurled bombs over attempts to shut shops in protest against ‘insulting’ comments on Prophet Mohammed. Clashes broke out in Pared, Nai Sadak and Yateemkhana areas of Kanpur, police said. The two sides hurled bombs and […]
SITAPUR (UP) — A FIR has been registered against Mohammad Zubair, a fact-checker and co-founder of Alt News, here at the Khairabad Police Station for calling Hindu seers “hate mongers”, police on Friday said. Additional Superintendent of Police MP Singh told PTI that the case was registered on Wednesday on a complaint lodged by Bhagwan […]
JAMMU — Several Kashmiri Pandits, who have got jobs in the valley under Prime Minister’s employment package, have reached here along with their families and said an environment of apprehension is prevelant in the valley owing to the recent spate in the targeted killings by terrorists. The Pandits said they have heaved a sigh of […]