SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police Saturday said to have arrested two sons from central Kashmir’s Soura area on charges of murdering their father and dumping his body in Dal Lake. “On 07/04/2022 on a reliable information that an unidentified body was lying in the Dal lake near Akhoon mohalla Foreshore road, Police station Nigeen […]
SRINAGAR — The Vice-Chancellor of Kashmir University has granted a “one-time concession” to the “innocent” PG students who had been admitted due to official lapses despite not having the required number of 24 credits at the undergraduate level which could allow their entry into PG programmes as per the eligibility norms. KNT is in possession […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday claimed to have arrested 13 accused persons involved in sloganeering inside the historic Jamia Masjid during the Friday congregational prayers. “Yesterday afternoon, there were friday prayers in Jamia masjid wherein huge number of gathering took place, around twenty four thousand persons attended the friday prayers, which is […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday said that Kashmir was witnessing a “golden period” on the Tourism front as 80 lakh tourists have visited the UT in the past few months alone, breaking all the records of past 20 years. “Record number people are visiting Kashmir. This is a golden period […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday arrested a former minister, Jatinder Singh @ Babu Singh in a case pertaining to Hawala money in the Union Territory. The name of former minister from Kathua surfaced in this case when police arrested a man from Kashmir alongwith some Hawala money, however, the former minister was […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) department has forecast cloudy weather with rain at scattered places in the Kashmir valley and clear weather in Jammu division during the next 24 hours. On Saturday, the weather remained dry in J&K and Ladakh. “Today, weather will remain cloudy at most places of Kashmir with light rain at scattered […]
NEW DELHI — India reported a single-day rise of 1,150 new COVID-19 cases, taking the infection tally in the country to 4,30,34,217, while the count of active cases fell to 11,365, according to the Union Health Ministry on Saturday. The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 5,21,656 with 83 daily fatalities being […]
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia said Saturday it will permit one million Muslims from inside and outside the country to participate in this year’s haj. The Ministry of Haj and Umrah “has authorised one million pilgrims, both foreign and domestic, to perform the hajj this year,” it said in a statement. It is “open to those […]
SRINAGAR — A Lashkar-i-Toiba (LeT) militant was killed in an encounter between government forces and militants at Sirhama village in Anantnag district while as militants managed to flee from encounter site in Checki Samad village in Damhal Hanjipora area in Kulgam district in Southern Kashmir after brief exchange of fire. Reports said a joint team […]
KULGAM — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Chaki Samad village in Damhal Hanjipora area of Kulgam district. It is second encounter within an hour in South Kashmir. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Chaki Samad village […]