SRINAGAR — Seven houseboats and three sheds were gutted in a massive midnight fire in Nigeen Lake here on Monday, officials said. They said fire started from a houseboat and engulfed adjacent ones. Though locals and police launched a firefighting operation, the houseboats were “substantially” gutted before the blaze was finally contained. An official of […]
NEW DELHI — The Customs official arrested two persons, an Air passenger and a receiver for smuggling at Lucknow Airport and recovered 460 grams of gold valued at Rs 24.38 lakh from their possession. The passengers reached Lucknow Airport from Dubai on April 3. His receiver was waiting outside the airport. A senior Customs official […]
NEW DELHI — After hate speech against Muslims at Dharam Sansad in Haridwar, Yati Narsinghanand, the head priest of the Dasna Devi temple, stoked yet another controversy on Sunday with his comment that “50 per cent of Hindus will convert” in 20 years if a Muslim became the prime minister of India. Addressing a ‘Hindu […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 20 fresh Covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Sunday. They said five of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 15 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 453813. Giving district wise details, […]
PULWAMA — Two non-local labourers were shot at by the unidentified gunmen in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday evening, officials said. An official said that unidentified gunmen fired upon at two non-local labourers at Nowpora, Pulwama, leaving them seriously injured. The wounded labourers were rushed to a nearby hospital and were identified as Surinder […]
ISLAMABAD — The Pakistan military has nothing to do with what happened on Sunday, Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar told Geo News after the country witnessed a political roller-coaster within a span of a few hours. Replying to a question regarding the consent of the Army in the political developments […]
NEW DELHI — The World Health Organization suspended procurement and supply of Covaxin, a Covid-19 vaccine made by Bharat Biotech International Ltd., citing issues following an inspection at the company’s facilities. The Indian vaccine maker has committed to address deficiencies in good manufacturing practices and is developing a corrective and preventive action plan, the World […]
SRINAGAR — The Army has initiated general court martial proceedings against a captain for the killing of three men in a staged encounter in Amshipora in south Kashmir in July 2020 after a Court of Inquiry found that troops had “exceeded” powers vested under the AFSPA, officials said here on Sunday. The three men hailing […]
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul held its first Tarawih prayer in 88 years late Friday, a special evening prayer during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. A number of events for Ramadan will also be held at the mosque, which was converted into a museum in 1934 and regained its status […]
ISLAMABAD — In a surprise move, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday that he has advised President Arif Alvi to dissolve the National Assembly and call for fresh elections, minutes after the deputy speaker rejected a no-confidence motion against the embattled leader. Prime Minister Khan, who had effectively lost majority in the 342-member […]