NEW DELHI — India on Thursday hit out at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for inviting the chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference to attend its foreign ministerial meeting in Islamabad next week. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said New Delhi does not expect the OIC to encourage actors and organisations engaged […]
SRINAGAR — Asia’s largest Tulip garden on the foothills of Zabarwan in Srinagar will be thrown open for the general public on 23 March this month. Director, Department of Gardens, Parks and Floriculture, Farooq Ahmed Rather told news agency Kashmir News Trust that this season 1.5 million tulips with 68 varieties and different species of […]
SRINAGAR — With many employees failing to submit property return details, the government on Thursday decided to give “last and final opportunity” to the defaulting workforce. The defaulting employees can now submit details through online mode on the Property Returns System (PRS Portal) from March 22 to 28, according to a government notification issued here, […]
UDUPI — Senior BJP leader and vice-president of Udupi Government Pre-University College Development Committee Yashpal Suvarna has called the girls who approached the Karnataka High Court demanding hijab-wearing on the college campus as anti-nationals who were members of a terrorist organisation. The court on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by the girls seeking permission to […]
HANDWARA — A driver was killed on Thursday after a tractor he was driving turned turtle at Kunnel-Ashpora area Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. An official said that a tractor turned turtle at Kunnel-Ashpora area of Handwara this afternoon, resulting in on spot death of the driver. The official identified the deceased driver as […]
POONCH — A 37-year-old man from Qasba village of Poonch, who was missing from last 15 months, has been repatriated by Pakistani Army, who according to them was found in area on the other side of Line of Control. Officials said that Mohammad Javed, son of Nazar Din went missing in second week of December […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar Police has claimed to have arrested 15 persons for stone pelting during post encounter sanitization at Nowgam Srinagar and asks citizens to stay away from encounter sites. In a statement police said, “On 16-03-2022 at Shankarpora Nowgam Srinagar, 03 militants were killed. As per the SOP, the site was being cleared to […]
SRINAGAR— “Story related to good governance, or positive intervention by GoI hardly finds any mention in the online news portal- thekashmirwalla.com-” these are some of the many allegations leveled against journalist Fahad Shah by the Jammu and Kashmir administration, according to the Public Safety Act (PSA) dossier. The dossier which forms the basis of PSA […]
HANDWARA — Four residential houses and a cow shed were completely damaged in a massive fire that broke out at Behnipora Rajwar area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district late last night. Officials said that the fire broke out from a residential house in the intervening night of Wednesday-Thursday. They said that the fire […]
NEW DELHI — With 2,539 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,01,477, while the active cases have declined to 30,799, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll has climbed to 5,16,132 with 60 daily fatalities, the data updated at […]