BENGALURU — School authorities have suspended seven teachers for allowing Hijab-clad girls to appear for the Class 10 exam. The teachers were on the duty at CS Patil girls high school located in Gadag, Karnataka. Earlier, an invigilator, Noor Fatima was suspended after she refused to take off her hijab while conducting the SSLC (Class […]
ANANTNAG — Residents of Thajiwara Achabal in this south Kashmir’s district blocked Anantnag-Achabal road and staged protest against Jal Shakti Department for “failing” to provide drinking water supply to the area. According to the protesters, mainly women, the residents face acute shortage of drinking water supply. They alleged that they have brought the issue to […]
SRINAGAR — Body of a mentally unsound person was found in Kupwara district of north Kashmir on Thursday. Reports reaching GNS said that some passersby spotted the body near Jamia Masjid Drugmulla and informed the police station about it. A police team reached the spot and took the body into possession. The deceased has been […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Thursday as the Met Department predicted dry weather with mainly clear sky during the next 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain dry with mainly clear sky in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh during the next 24 hours,” an official of the Department […]
SRINAGAR — With 1,225 new coronavirus infections reported in a day, India’s infection tally rose to 4,30,24,440, while the active cases dipped to 14,307, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 5,21,129 with 28 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise […]
SRINAGAR — Twenty-two houses were gutted in a devastating midnight blaze in Gata- Colony Noor Bagh area of Srinagar city. Besides the massive property loss, four persons including a firefighter sustained injuries during the rescue operation. The victims told the news agency Kashmir News Trust that the fire emanated from a house due to a […]
NEW DELHI — Petrol and diesel prices were on Thursday hiked by 80 paise a litre each, taking the total increase in rates in the last 10 days to Rs 6.40 per litre. Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 101.81 per litre as against Rs 101.01 previously while diesel rates have gone up from […]
SRINAGAR — The district police Srinagar on Wednesday claimed to have arrested six persons involved in stabbing incident at Badamwari area of Rainawari. A police spokesman in a statement said that on 28- 03-2022 in the evening hours, a scuffle broke out outside Badamwari between the two groups comprising of young boys, over a trivial […]
NEW DELHI — Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held once the delimitation exercise is over and after consultation with political parties. “We have no interest in keeping Jammu and Kashmir under President’s Rule,” Shah said in Lok Sabha while responding to concerns raised by members […]
BUDGAM — A 17-year-old girl committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday. Sources said that a 17 years old girl (name withheld) from Tilsara consumed some poisonous substance at her home following which she was rushed to the hospital where doctors declared her dead. After medico-legal formalities, the […]