SRINAGAR — Media personnel boycotted a press conference of a Sikh body after some Sikh leaders tried to manhandle them before the start of the presser here in Kashmir capital Srinagar. Leaders of Sikh Community were scheduled to hold a press conference at Gurudwara Shaheed Bunga Sahib, Baghat Barzulla at 11 AM today. The organizers […]
NEW DELHI — Prices of Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) were on Thursday hiked by oil marketing companies. The price of domestic LPG cylinder has been increased by Rs 25.50 per cylinder with effect from today and domestic cylinders weighing 14.2 kg will now cost Rs 834.50 in Delhi, sources told ANI. “The price of 19 […]
GANDERBAL — A 75-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at her home in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Thursday. An official told that the woman was rushed to SMHS hospital for treatment, where doctors declared her dead on arrival. Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the incident and have started investigation […]
ISLAMABAD — Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that Pakistan would not restore diplomatic ties with India until New Delhi revokes its decision of scrapping the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. India abrogated the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 on August 5, 2019 and bifurcated it into two Union […]
NEW DELHI — An expert panel of the country’s central drug authority on Wednesday recommended against granting permission to the Serum Institute of India (SII) to conduct the phase 2/3 trial of Covid-19 vaccine Covovax on children aged two to 17 years, News agency PTI reported. The SII had applied to the Drugs Controller General […]
NEW DELHI — Abhimanyu Mishra on Wednesday became the youngest chess grandmaster in history. The 12-year-old player from New Jersey scored his third GM norm in Budapest, having already crossed the required 2500 Elo rating barrier. “On Wednesday, Mishra won the biggest game of his short but sweet career so far. He defeated the 15-year-old […]
BANDIPORA — A 52-year-old man of was killed while two others were injured during a scuffle over erection of tent at Kachi Behak (meadow) near Vewan village of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday. An official told that the three persons including a female of a Bakerwal community from Rajouri were injured during scuffle with […]
NEW DELHI — The government was bound to pay ex gratia to the next of kin of all those who died of Covid-19, the Supreme Court has said. It rejected the Centre’s plea to declare Section 12 of the National Disaster Management Act as nonmandatory and absolve the government of any duty to pay ex […]
SRINAGAR — A Sikh organisation here on Wednesday demanded the implementation of the Inter-Caste Marriage Act and the enactment of an anti-conversion law in Jammu and Kashmir. This comes amid a row over the allegations of alleged forced conversion of four women from the Sikh community to Islam in the union territory. “I, on the […]
SRINAGAR — The family of Shahid Nazir Bhat hasn’t seen him since the morning of June 21, when he left home for a walk. For two days, they did not hear from him till police came knocking on their door saying Bhat had eloped with a woman from the Sikh community and her family had […]