CHENNAI — Mrs. Sabarimala Jayakanthan – a renowned motivational speaker and teacher from Tamil Nadu has converted to Islam and renamed herself Fatima Sabarimala at Kaaba in Mecca. Mrs. Fatima who was on her first visit to Mecca was quoted by Muslim Mirror as saying, “I asked myself why there is so much hatred against […]
PULWAMA — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Pahoo area of Pulwama district in South Kashmir on Sunday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Pahoo following the inputs about presence of militants in the area. They said […]
SRINAGAR — Mentally unsound person was on Sunday found dead in a canal in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that a mentally unsound man identified as Mohammad Anwar Lone, son of Ambir Lone of Nehama area of Pulwama was found dead in a canal. Police in the meantime reached […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained cloudy in J&K during the previous 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) department on Sunday forecast dry weather with clear sky during the next 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain dry and hot with clear sky in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. […]
NEW DELHI — With 2,593 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,57,545, while the active cases increased to 15,873, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 5,22,193 with 44 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am […]
GUWAHATI (ASSAM) — Armed forces are in favour of the withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said days after the Centre reduced the areas under AFSPA in Assam, Manipur and Nagaland. “The three wings of our defence forces want Armed Forces Special Powers Act […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir police Saturday said that two slain Jaish-e-Muhammad killed in Sunjwan encounter on April 22 were speaking Poshtu language only and initial investigations reveal that the slain duo were either Afghanis or from the Pakistan’s Khyber-Pokhtoonkhan belt. Police also said that given the arms and ammunition seized from the slain, it […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir recorded three new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to it in the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. They said that the two cases were reported from Jammu district and one from Srinagar, taking overall tally to 453978—166302 in Jammu and 287676 in Kashmir. There was […]
KULGAM — Active since four years in South Kashmir, two Pakistani militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant outfit were killed in an encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Mirhama area of Kulgam district in South Kashmir on Saturday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and […]
JAMMU — After criticism from the right wing for promoting criticism, the Army on Saturday deleted a tweet featuring pictures of an Iftaar party in Chenab valley. PRO Defence Jammu according to news agency Kashmir Dot Com chose to delete the tweet, intending to promote secularism, which had photographs of Iftaar party organised by Army […]