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 […]
SRINAGAR — Light rain at isolated places is likely during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir, the Meteorological (MeT) office said on Tuesday. The weather was partly cloudy during the last 24 hours. “Partly cloudy sky with chances of light rain at isolated places is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours,” […]
JAMMU — Two suspected militants were killed as the Army foiled an infiltration attempt along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. The infiltration attempt in Naushera sector was made on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, a defence spokesman said. “The reconnaissance of the […]
ANANTNAG — A civilian was injured in a grenade blast that took place in Sangam area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday evening. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that militants hurled a grenade towards CRPF camp in Sangam, however, it missed the target and exploded outside the camp, resulting in […]
KARACHI — Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq acknowledged that left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi missing out on the upcoming Asia Cup is a massive setback for Babar Azam and Co. On August 20, Afridi was ruled out of Asia Cup, starting from August 27 in the UAE and subsequent seven-match home T20I series against England […]
SRINAGAR — Five persons including three army personnel were injured after an army vehicle collided with a load carrier in north Kashmir’s Handwara. The collision took place in Ganapora area of Kralgund. Local sources said that there was a head on collision between a load carrier (JK09C-7067) and an army vehicle. Both the vehicles suffered […]
JAMMU — A special court here on Monday offered legal aid to JKLF chief Yasin Malik, but he turned it down and again insisted on his physical appearance in the hearing on the killing of four Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel in 1990. Malik appeared in the hearing via video conference from Delhi’s Tihar Jail […]
JAMMU — The number of dead in Rajouri suicide attack rose to five, as another injured soldier succumbed at the military hospital at northern command in Udhampur, officials here said on Monday. On August 11, two militants had attacked an army camp in Rajouri killing four soldiers in a pre-dawn suicide strike that marked the […]