POONCH — A 50-year-old man was injured after attacked by a wild boar (wild pig) in Mendhar area of Poonch district on Friday. Official sources said that the Wild boar attack Abdul Haq (50) son of Lal Din at Nakka Manjhari village in Mendhar, leaving him injured. He was shifted to hospital. Dr Naveed Anjum […]
SRINAGAR — An 8-year-old girl died after drowning in a rivulet in Tekipora in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday afternoon. Reports said that Sania, 8, daughter of Shamsuddin Bhat drowned in Machhar nallah. Soon after the news spread, locals of the area rushed to the site and fished out the girl in unconscious condition […]
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir along with the development initiatives undertaken in the Union Territory. Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Army Chief Gen Mukund Naravane and top security officials of the central government and […]
JAMMU — In yet another relief to senior BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Dr Nirmal Singh, and his wife Mamta Singh, the Jammu and Kashmir Special Tribunal has extended the stay on demolition order of the Jammu Development Authority that had asked the couple to demolish their “illegally” built […]
SRINAGAR — CPI(M) leader Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami on Friday said that the decision of the government to downgrade and withdraw security of political leaders, activists of different parties is arbitrary and has no justification. The decision could endanger the lives of these leaders and activists. The political process in the region is itself a difficult […]
BENGALURU — An lecturer of a private college in Karnataka’s Tumakuru district has resigned after being asked to remove her hijab by the college management. Chandini Naz, an English lecturer at Jain PU College called the college management’s decision an “assault on her self-respect”. In a letter Naz said, “I am resigning from my position […]
SRINAGAR — A policeman sustained minor injuries in a grenade blast at Khajbazaar Nowhatta area of Downtown Srinagar on Friday. As details emerge, policeman Ashiq Hussain sustained minor injuries in the blast in which three shops were also minorily damaged. The incident happened around 1:00 Pm when suspected militants hurled the grenade at joint police […]
PULWAMA — The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Pulwama, Baseer Ul Haq Choudhary today chaired a meeting here regarding the arrangements and preparedness for reopening of educational institutions in the district. At the outset, Choudhary said that the education system was affected by the global pandemic and after a gap of two years educational institutions can resume […]
KUPWARA — Deputy Commissioner Kupwara, Imam Din today visited the home of 8 year old boy who has gone reportedly missing since Tuesday this week. Deputy Commissioner was accompanied by SSP Kupwara, Yougal Manhas; concerned DDC Member and BDC Chairperson, besides, officers. On the occasion, the Deputy Commissioner expressed sympathy with the family of the […]
AHMEDABAD — A special court on Friday awarded death sentence to 38 convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case, which had claimed 56 lives and left over 200 injured. Special court judge A R Patel also sentenced 11 other convicts in the case to life imprisonment till their death. On 8 February, 2022, the […]