SRINAGAR — Anti-Corruption Bureau Wednesday said to have trapped and arrested Patwari Halqa Kathwar, Khansahib, Budgam besides his ‘agent’ on charges of ‘demanding and accepting bribe for mutation of land records’. “Anti Corruption Bureau received a complaint alleging therein that Raja Mudasir Ali Khan, Patwari, Halqa Kathwar, Khansahib, Budgam is demanding Rs. 1,00,000/- (one lakh) […]
SRINAGAR — Court of special mobile magistrate Anantnag on Wednesday convicted two persons and awarded three years of imprisonment to them for cheating a person on the pretext of providing MBBS seat in a college in Karnataka. According to a statement, Court of Special Mobile Magistrate Anantnag convicted two accused persons namely Muzaffar Ahmad Khan […]
SRINAGAR — With the approval of influenza drug Molnupiravir for Covid-19 patients, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Wednesday said the drug reduces the risk of hospitalization and death in Covid patients. “Molnupiravir prevents death in Covid patients when given early in the course of illness,” said DAK President and Influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. […]
NEW DELHI — Actor Naseeruddin Shah has said those calling for a genocide of Muslims are in effect calling for a full-scale civil war. In an interview to The Wire seeking his opinion on the genocide calls, Shah told Karan Thapar: “I wonder if these people know what they are talking about. What they are […]
SRINAGAR — J&K Peoples Conference has termed the findings of the SIT on Hyderpora Killings as a fig leaf to legitimise violence by the state. The party said that this is just one of the thousands of probes since last three decades, which has revealed nothing apart from justifying murder. “There are no surprises in […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Lone while reacting to the Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) report on Hyderpora encounter said it was on expected lines and that it was one more addition to hundreds of ‘ornamental probes.’ Sajad Lone in a tweet said, “Hyderpora probe on expected lines. One more addition to hundreds of ornamental […]
SRINAGAR — Former minister and Apni Party president, Syed Altaf Bukhari on Wednesday rejected the clean chit given by police Special Investigation Team (SIT) in Hyderpora incident. Bukhari said that they don’t accept the probe conducted by police, saying that the killers should be brought to book. “Who is police to give clean chit in […]
LUCKNOW — Probe has been ordered after well-known poet Akbar Allahabadi has been mentioned as ‘Akbar Prayagraji after the name of Allahabad was changed to Prayagraj by the Yogi Adityanath government, three years ago, IANS reported. The name of the poet as Akbar Prayagraji appeared on the website of the Uttar Pradesh Higher Education Service […]
SRINAGAR — All Parties Hurriyat Conference Tuesday appealed the international community to take cognisance of what it termed the systemic demographic change being foisted upon Muslim majority Jammu and Kashmir, by settling outsiders in the region including through a new policy of sale of land and natural resources to them. This comes a day after […]
SRINAGAR — The family members of slain building owner Altaf Ahmed Bhat and Dr Mudasir Gul Wednesday rejected the SIT probe of police stating that “it seems a fairy tale” adding that Altaf was tortured and killed while as Dr Gul’s family urged police to show them CCTV footage where slain doctor is ferrying foreign […]