SRINAGAR — The Gupkar alliance of major J&K parties on Sunday urged Kashmiri pandit employees not to leave the valley as it was their home and it would be “painful for all”, after the community demanded their relocation following the killing of a member by militants. The appeal by the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration […]
JAMMU — Heatwave gripped most parts of Jammu region with the mercury moving further up and settling at the season’s high of 43.9 degrees Celsius, officials said on Sunday. The day temperature in Jammu was seven notches above normal for this time of the season, they said. The city also marked a rise in the […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported seven new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the pathogen in the last 24 hours, officials said on Sunday. They said that the four of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu district and one each from Srinagar, Kupwara and Bandipora districts, take the overall tally […]
SRINAGAR — J&K government is all set to dismiss the services of various staffers at Kashmir University who are accused of playing an active role in creating and sustaining the ideological-narrative framework necessary for a ‘terrorist -secessionist network’. The official documents accessed by news agency Kashmir Dot Com reveal that Kashmir University Teachers Association (KUTA) […]
SRINAGAR — A civilian injured in crossing firing amid a ‘chance’ encounter between militants and a joint team of police and CRPF in Turkwagam area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday succumbed to injuries, officials said. “(Militants) fired upon joint patrol party of CRPF’s 182 batallion and SOG of Pulwama near the bridge connecting […]
SRINAGAR — A civilian was in injured in crossing firing amid a ‘chance’ encounter between militants and a joint team of police and security forces in Turkwagam South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday. Clarifying it, a top police officer told GNS that there was an encounter which happened by chance in Turkwagam. A civilian received […]
SRINAGAR — Both Srinagar and Jammu have recorded the highest temperatures of the season so far as the Meteorological (MeT) department forecast partly cloudy sky with light rain over the higher reaches in J&K and Ladakh during the next 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain partly cloudy with light rain over the higher reaches […]
NEW DELHI — With 2,487 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,31,21,599, while the active cases dipped to 17,692, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,214 with 13 fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The […]
QUEENSLAND — Former Australian test cricketer and two-time World Cup winner Andrew Symonds has died following a car accident in Queensland, Cricket Australia confirmed on May 15. Symonds was aged 46. He had played 26 tests for Australia. Police said the accident occurred in Hervey Range, 50 km from Townsville on Saturday night. The car […]
NEW DELHI — Journalists’ organisations in India on Saturday condemned the killing of a woman reporter of Al Jazeera during an Israeli army raid in Jenin in West Bank and sought an independent probe into it. “We join the international community of journalists and others in demanding an independent and impartial investigation into the incident. […]