NEW DELHI — NSA Ajit Doval on Friday pressed Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi for early and complete disengagement of troops in remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh, official sources said. He also called for removing “impediments” to allow the bilateral ties to take their natural course, they said. Wang, who holds the rank of […]
POONCH — The body of a 27-year-old girl from Saujiyan area of Poonch district was on Friday found lying in a river in Poonch. A girl identified as Raseela Kouser (17) daughter of Munir Hussain of Saujiyan, who was at her relative’s home in Poonch town, was found dead today. “She left her relative’s house […]
NEW DELHI — India reported 1,685 fresh Covid cases in a span of 24 hours, a marginal decline against the previous day’s count of 1,938. In the same period, 83 deaths were recorded taking the total to 5,16,755, said the Union Health ministry on Friday morning. Following a continuous downward trend, India’s active caseload has […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to accord urgent hearing on the pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict which dismissed the petitions seeking permission to wear hijab inside the classroom and stated that the headscarf is not a part of the essential religious practice in Islam. A bench comprising Chief Justice […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained partly to generally cloudy in J&K and Ladakh on Friday as the Meteorological (MeT) department said mainly clear to partly cloudy weather is likely in the two union territories during the next 24 hours. “Weather is expected to remain mainly clear to partly cloudy in J&K and Ladakh during the next […]
SRINAGAR — After remaining closed for over two months, 434 km strategic Srinagar-Leh highway was thrown open for light motor vehicles on Friday. A Beacon official told news agency Kashmir News Trust that the Srinagar-Leh highway had been cleared for all hurdles on 19 March, but vehicles were not allowed to ply on the highway. […]
JAMMU — Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials carried out raids at 11 places in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in connection with the fake gun licences scam in which Rs 2.78 lakh were issued to non-entitled persons. The ED carried out raids till Thursday evening. ED sources said teams from Chandigarh, J&K and Delhi started simultaneous raids […]
NEW DELHI — Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 80 paise a litre each on Friday, the third increase in four days as oil firms recoup losses from holding rates during the period prior to the recently-concluded assembly elections. Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 97.81 per litre as against Rs 97.01 previously […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Thursday allowed the NIA more time to complete its investigation in a case of militant funding in Jammu and Kashmir against human rights activist Khurram Parvez and two others. Special NIA judge Praveen Singh also extended the custody of Parvez, Muneer Ahmad Kataria and Arshid Ahmad Tonch by […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 31 fresh Covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. They said one of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 30 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 453626. Giving district wise details, […]