BENGALURU — A First Information Report (FIR) has been filed by the principal of a college in Tumakuru, Karnataka against some Muslim students for wearing hijab inside the college. The development comes as the Karnataka High Court Special Bench continues to hear the hijab case on a daily basis, reports claimed. The principal of Empress […]
NEW DELHI — India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 4,28,02,505 on Saturday with 22,270 more people testing positive for the viral disease, while the number of active cases came down to 2,53,739, according to Union health ministry data. The death toll reached 5,11,230 with 325 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. Daily COVID-19 […]
KYIV (UKRAINE) — U.S. President Joe Biden said Friday that he is “convinced” Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine, including an assault on the capital, as tensions spiked along the militarized border with attacks that the West called “false-flag” operations meant to establish a pretext for invasion. A humanitarian convoy was hit […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry and partially cloudy in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Saturday as the Met Department predicted mainly dry weather in the next 24 hours. Srinagar had minus 0.9, Pahalgam minus 5.4 and Gulmarg minus 7.5 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature on Saturday. Drass in Ladakh region had minus 18.0, […]
JAMMU — Three people, who had been evading arrest for past several years, were on Friday arrested in Jammu and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Two of the absconders — Nazir of R S Pura (Jammu) and Milkha of Gahti (Kathua) – were wanted in cases of trespassing and theft. A police […]
House owner arrested under anti-militancy laws SHOPIAN — A newly recruited local militant and two army personnel were killed in an encounter between government forces and militants at Chermarg village of Zainapora in Shopian district in South Kashmir on Saturday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF […]
JAMMU — Principal Secretary Higher Education Department, Rohit Kansal today reiterated that the J&K Government is committed to supporting the Indian Institute of Technology Jammu and other institutions to build a culture of innovation and growth. He also committed to supporting innovation hubs not just in IIT Jammu but in other universities in J&K also. […]
SHOPIAN — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Chermarg village of Zainapora in Shopian district in South Kashmir on Saturday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) in Chermarg village of Zainapora following the inputs about presence of militants […]
JAMMU — The upcoming meeting of People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on February 26 will discuss the draft proposal of the Delimitation Commission and future course of action to be adopted by the political parties to counter the move. This was stated by former minister and General Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party Ghulam […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) on Friday rejected the ‘draft report of Delimitation on Jammu and Kashmir’, which was recently released through associate members (member parliament from Jammu and Kashmir). JKPCC chief G A Mir accompanied with other Congress members said that the recently released report has been prepared by the […]
