NEW DELHI — Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik went on a hunger strike in Tihar jail on Friday, alleging that his case is not being investigated properly. Malik, sentenced by a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Delhi this year, is serving two life sentences and varying jail terms, all running concurrently, under the […]
SRINAGAR — The MeT department on Saturday forecast light to moderate rain with thundershowers in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. An official of the MeT department said: “Light to moderate rain with thundershowers is likely during the next 24 hours. “Amarnath Yatris are advised to remain cautious of flash flood and landslide […]
JAMMU — Three minors among four people lost their lives, while 15 others were injured in a road accident that took place near bus stand Samba on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. An official said that an auto and a truck had a head-on collision near Samba bus stand, resulting in injuries to […]
JAMMU — Border Security Force troops late last night observed a suspicious blinking light coming from Pakistan side and fired upon it in Kanachak area of Akhnoor sector of Jammu district. In a statement, PRO BSF Jammu said that search operation in the area was going on. “On Friday at about 2140 hrs BSF troops […]
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani female mountaineer and another from Iran scripted history on Friday by becoming the first women from their countries to scale the summit of the mighty and treacherous K2, the second-highest mountain peak in the world, a mountaineering official said on Friday. At 7.42 am local time, Samina Baig, 31, completed the […]
RIYADH — A Saudi who allegedly helped a non-Muslim enter the holy city of Mecca has been arrested, police in the kingdom said on Friday, after online backlash against an Israeli journalist. The journalist, Gil Tamary of Israel’s Channel 13, on Monday posted to Twitter video of himself sneaking into Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, in […]
NEW DELHI — The Enforcement Directorate Friday said it has seized Rs 20 crore in cash after raids on the premises of Arpita Mukherjee, a close associate of West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee, in connection with an alleged teacher recruitment scam in the state. “The said amount is suspected to be proceeds of crime of […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board on Friday ordered cancellation of OMR based objective Type Written Examination conducted for the posts of Sub-Inspector of Jammu and Kashmir police. According to an order, the decision to cancel the written examination was taken today during a board meeting. “The matter was deliberated in the Board […]
BHADERWAH — Security forces on Friday busted a hideout and recovered arms and explosive material in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, police said. On specific information, the J and K Police and the Army’s Rashtriya Rifles launched a joint operation in Khasodi Chansar forest of Gandoh area and busted an old hideout of militants, a […]
PULWAMA — Lone son of a Pulwama family drowned to death in Ranbiara rivulet, while he was taking a bath on Pulwama-Shopian border on Friday. The body of the teenager was later retrieved by the SDRF team and handed over to the concerned police station for completion of legal formalities. An official told news agency […]