RIYADH — Saudi Arabia said Saturday it will permit one million Muslims from inside and outside the country to participate in this year’s haj. The Ministry of Haj and Umrah “has authorised one million pilgrims, both foreign and domestic, to perform the hajj this year,” it said in a statement. It is “open to those […]
SRINAGAR — A Lashkar-i-Toiba (LeT) militant was killed in an encounter between government forces and militants at Sirhama village in Anantnag district while as militants managed to flee from encounter site in Checki Samad village in Damhal Hanjipora area in Kulgam district in Southern Kashmir after brief exchange of fire. Reports said a joint team […]
KULGAM — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Chaki Samad village in Damhal Hanjipora area of Kulgam district. It is second encounter within an hour in South Kashmir. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Chaki Samad village […]
ANANTNAG — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Sirhama village in Anantnag district in South Kashmir on Saturday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Sirhama village following the inputs about presence of militants in the area. They […]
SRINAGAR — The Crime Branch Kashmir (CBK) on Friday said that it filed a charge-sheet in before the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption Kashmir Srinagar against a former bank employee for fraudulently and dishonestly raising unauthorized loans and using the amount so withdrawn for personal uses and share trading. “The Crime Branch Kashmir received a […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir Valley logged nine fresh Covid-19 cases while there was no case reported from Jammu division for the third consecutive day on Friday. There was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours either in Kahsmir or Jammu, officials said. They said that the while there was no fresh case […]
MUMBAI — The Shiv Sena again claimed on Friday that there is a strong movement among a section of Bharatiya Janata Party to make Mumbai – the country’s financial capital – into a Union Territory. Sena MP and chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut claimed that a group of BJP leaders including ex-Mumbai MP Kirit Somaiya are […]
NEW DELHI — The Editors Guild of India Friday issued a ‘strong’ condemnation against the alleged detention and assault of eight people, including a local journalist, after they were arrested for allegedly protesting and sloganeering against state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and other BJP leaders. A photograph of the purported incident was widely circulated […]
SHOPIAN — A three-year-old boy drowned to death on Friday in a stream at Reban area of Zainapora in South Kashmir’s Shopian district. An official said that a minor boy slipped and subsequently drowned in the stream at Khargund Chak-e-Reban in Zainapora area. Locals launched the rescue operation and evacuated him to a nearby hospital […]
BARAMULLA — Councillors of Municipal Council Baramulla (MCB) on Friday moved a no-confidence motion against the incumbent municipal president. An official said that 12 councillors of Municipal Council Baramulla moved the no-confidence motion against the incumbent president Towseef Ahmad Raina. “It is pertinent to mention that from the last one year major funds lapsed due […]