SRINAGAR — Former Rajya Sabha member and senior leader, Mir Mohammad Fayaz on Sunday announced an additional reward of Rs 2 lacs for those who give any information about missing child from Awoora area of Kupwara district. Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, Mir Fayaz said that he feels and shares the pain of the missing […]
NEW DELHI — Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Watali, arrested by the National Investigation Agency in 2017 in a militant financing case, has been moved out of a jail and put under house arrest to facilitate treatment for a terminal disease. A special NIA court earlier this month rejected Watali’s application for a regular bail but took […]
SRINAGAR — Army on Sunday paid tribute to two soldiers who lost their lives during an encounter in Shopian in South Kashmir on Saturday. The Northern Commander of Indian Army tweeted, “#LtGenUpendraDwivedi, #ArmyCdrNC & all ranks #salute the Bravehearts Sepoy Santosh Yadav and Sepoy Chavan Romit who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of […]
SRINAGAR — ‘Dangal’ famed former film actress Zaira Wasim while reacting over ‘Hijab’ row said that ‘Hijab’ is not a choice but an obligation in Islam. Zaira Wasim took to social media and wrote that as a hijab-wearing woman, she resents this “entire system where women are being stopped and harassed for merely carrying out […]
JAMMU — A suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant was arrested in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. Adil Iqbal Butt, a resident of Sazan-Bajarni village, was apprehended by a joint search party of police, Rashtriya Rifles and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) during checking of vehicles at Thathri on Saturday, the officials said. […]
NEW DELHI — India reported 19,968 new cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday. A total of 11,87,766 samples were tested during the last 24 hours. The positivity rate for the day stands at 1.68 per cent while the weekly positivity rate stands at […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir home department on Sunday ordered transfer and postings of eight SSPs and SPs and assigned additional charge to another SSP in the interest of administration with immediate effect. Shridhar Patil, AIG Technical will hold additional charge of Director Police Telecommunication. Shailender Singh, SSP Reasi has been transferred and posted as […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry and pleasant in J&K and Ladakh on Sunday as the Meteorological (MeT) Department forecast the same conditions to continue during the next 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain dry in J&K and Ladakh during the next 24 hours. Another Western Disturbance (WD) is likely to become active over the […]
SRINAGAR — Three residential houses collapsed in Ghani mohalla area of Nowhatta, Srinagar on Saturday late night. Official sources said that three residential houses belonging to Mohammad Altaf Bhat, Azad Ahmad Bhat and Bashir Ahmad Shah collapsed in Ghani mohalla Nowhatta. Officials said that in the incident there was no loss of life or injury […]
JAMMU — Senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Ghulam Nabi Azad Saturday reached Jammu to held deliberations on the interim report of Delimitation Commission. Sources said that Azad arrived in Jammu late evening where several leaders including former minister Viqar Rasool Wani, Manohar Lal Sharma, Jugal Kishor Sharma and others […]
