SRINAGAR — A trooper died of brain hemorrhage in Srinagar hospital today. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a CRPF Head Constable suffered a brain hemorrhage. He was taken to SMHS Hospital Srinagar where he expired. Sources identified the trooper as Vijay Narayan, a resident of Allahabad Uttar Pradesh. The deceased was affiliated […]
JAMMU — Two persons are feared dead in river Chenab in Ramban district, officials said on Friday. They said the truck, they were travelling in, is parked on Jammu-Srinagar and the duo was seen by someone drowning. The person subsequently raised the alarm and massive searches headed by SSP Ramban Mohita Sharma and SHO Ramban […]
SRINAGAR — The Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited on Friday informed that a transmission tower of Samba-Amargarh line has got damaged due to landslides in Thanamandi area of Rajouri, which will result in the additional power curtailments in Kashmir valley for next two weeks. “Due to landslides at Thanamandi Rajouri, 1 tower of 400 KV […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities yet again disallowed Friday prayers at historic Jamia Masjid. Anjuman Auqaf said that keeping the historic Jama Masjid continuously closed seems deliberate being done intentionally as part of an agenda. Anjuman Auqaf also demanded the release of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq from house detention. In a statement, Anjuman Auqaf said that State Authorities […]
MUMBAI — The Cyber Cell of Mumbai Police’s crime branch have made three arrests in connection to the obscene comments made against Muslim women on an audio-chatting application, Clubhouse. Police said that all three arrests were made from Haryana and Faridabad and they will be produced before a local court there for transit remand. According […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Police has released the photographs of three wanted militants in the Kashmir Valley. Police has released the photographs of three militants who are said to be residents of Kulgam, Pulwama and Srinagar. These photographs were pasted on walls in Summer capital Srinagar. As per Police Basit Ahmad Dar @Kamran […]
NEW DELHI — Travellers arriving in India from any country who will test positive for COVID-19 shall be treated/isolated as per the laid down standard protocol and will not mandatorily be managed at an isolation facility, authorities have said. According to the revised Guidelines for International Arrivals’ released on Thursday, the new norm will apply […]
CHENNAI — Principal of the Ekalavya Model Residential School in Tamil Nadu’s Chengalpattu, and the hostel warden have been arrested for concealing the rape and pregnancy of a 16-year-old tribal student, police said on Thursday. The girl consumed rat poison and died on Tuesday night at the Tiruvannamalai General hospital after battling for life for […]
HYDERABAD — Prime Minister Narendra Modi would unveil a 216-foot statue of Ramanujacharya, an 11th century saint and a social reformer, in Hyderabad on February 5. The statue, described as the ‘Statue of Equality’, is located in a 45-acre complex at Shamshabad on the outskirts of the city. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi government has proposed lifting weekend curfew, end odd even system for opening of shops and allow private offices to run with 50 per cent staff in the city, official sources said on Friday. The proposal has been sent to Lt Governor Anil Baijal for his consent, they said. The decision […]