QUETTA — At least four Pakistan Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed and 10 other personnel were injured in a blast on an FC convoy in the Sangan area of Quetta’s Sibi district on Tuesday, officials said, Dawn reported. Sibi Assistant Commissioner Sana Mahjabeen said the blast was caused by an improvised explosive device (IED). […]
LUCKNOW — All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) general secretary Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani has expressed ‘regret and disappointment’ on the Karnataka High Court order upholding the ban on hijab in educational institutions. The cleric told reporters that the board will be holding an online meeting soon to discuss the way forward on the […]
SRINAGAR — Three Lashkar-i-Toiba (LeT) militants were killed in a encounter between government forces and militants at Nowgam area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Summer Capital, Srinagar on Wednesday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Nowgam following the inputs about presence of militants in […]
BUDGAM — A 45-year-old man was found hanging with walnut tree in Waragam area of Beerwah in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday morning. Sources said that a man from Waragam Beerwah was found hanging with walnut tree in nearby graveyard following which he was subsequently rushed to SDH Beerwah where doctors declared him brought […]
NEW DELHI — There is no plan by the government to introduce cryptocurrency, the Parliament was told on Tuesday. There is no plan to introduce a cryptocurrency and currently it is unregulated in India, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply. “Reserve Bank of India (RBI) does […]
NEW DELHI — Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Farooq Abdullah, said on Tuesday that the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits should be investigated. Speaking to IANS, Abdullah said: “Appoint an independent judicial inquiry commission to look into the events. That will show who was responsible.” He also urged the Union government to take urgent steps […]
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised the opposition to ‘The Kashmir Files’, a movie based on the killings of Kashmiri Pandits, and said the campaign to discredit the account of atrocities committed in the 1990s and the resultant mass exodus of the community has exposed those who style themselves as votaries of free […]
SRINAGAR — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Nowgam area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Summer Capital, Srinagar on Wednesday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Nowgam following the inputs about presence of militants in the area. They said that […]
SRINAGAR — After completing the inoculation of adults and teenagers, the J&K government has now decided to start the vaccination drive for children between the age group of12-14 from tomorrow (Wednesday). The Jammu and Kashmir has already completed 100 percent vaccination of 18-65 age group and have also inoculated around 99 percent children in the […]
SRINAGAR — Two persons were killed and as many others injured when they came under earthslide during extraction near Waigila area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. Official sources said that four persons came under the earthslide during its extraction. The deceased have been identified as Ali Mohammad Malik son of Farooq Ahmad Malik […]
