CHANDIGARH — Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday said he has resigned as the party’s Punjab chief. The cricketer-turned-politician shared the information about his resignation on his twitter handle. “As desired by the Congress President I have sent my resignation”, his tweet read. Following the party’s drubbing in the recently held Assembly polls in […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry in J&K and Ladakh on Wednesday as the Meteorological (MeT) department forecast dry weather with plenty of sunshine in the two UTs during the next 24 hours. “Weather is expected to remain dry with plenty of sunshine in J&K and Ladakh during the next 24 hours”, said an official of […]
NEW DELHI — India logged 2,876 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,29,98,938, while the active cases dipped to 32,811, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 5,16,072 with 98 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The active cases […]
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 […]