NEW DELHI — The Tribunal under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in its order confirmed the notification dated 15 November 2021 issued by the Union of India under sub-Sections (1) and (3) of Section 3 of the Act declaring Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) as an “unlawful association”. The Tribunal in its order […]
SRINAGAR — Crime Branch Kashmir on Thursday filed chargesheet against two persons for duping and cheating Haj aspirants by allegedly grabbing Rs 8 lakhs fraudulently and dishonestly on the pretext of organizing the pilgrimage in 2020. A spokesperson of the Crime Branch Kashmir said that charge-sheet in case (FIR No: 38/2020) under section 420, 120-B […]
DEORIA (UP) — Kafeel Khan, a paediatrician who was among the accused in the 2017 BRD hospital case, has been booked for allegedly using criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging his duty after he “forcibly entered” an ambulance to examine a woman patient despite “objections raised by the driver”. Khan, who is […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi Police on Thursday said that they have arrested eight persons in a case of vandalism outside the residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. A senior police official confirmed that several teams were conducting raids to nab more people invovled in the case. “With the help of CCTV footages, we identified […]
SRINAGAR — Twenty-four persons were killed in the concluding month of March across the Kashmir Valley in different militancy-related incidents. These include a Panch, 2 Sarpanchs, 4 civilians, 2 cops, a soldier, and a trooper. Besides 13 militants including two non-local militants as per police were killed in March. The data available with the news […]
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 […]