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 […]
ANANTNAG — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Sirhama village in Anantnag 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) at Sirhama village following the inputs about presence of militants in the area. They […]
SRINAGAR — The Crime Branch Kashmir (CBK) on Friday said that it filed a charge-sheet in before the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption Kashmir Srinagar against a former bank employee for fraudulently and dishonestly raising unauthorized loans and using the amount so withdrawn for personal uses and share trading. “The Crime Branch Kashmir received a […]