SRINAGAR — An active militant of LeT was arrested on Thursday by security forces at Budgam in central Kashmir, official sources said. They said that militant identified as Jehangir Ahamad Naikoo son of Ghulam Mohammad, a resident of Mememder area of Shopian district was arrested near Budgam Town. “Jehangir was missing since 01 Jan 2022,” […]
ISLAMABAD — A Muslim woman was sentenced to death in Pakistan on Wednesday after being convicted of sending a blasphemous text message and caricatures of Prophet Muhammad via WhatsApp, a court said. Aneeqa Ateeq, 26, was arrested in May 2020 and charged with posting “blasphemous material” as her WhatsApp status, according to a summary issued […]
SRINAGAR — Light rains lashed plains in Jammu and Kashmir while upper reaches including Gulmarg received fresh snowfall, officials said on Thursday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar received 2.9mm rainfall in last 24 hours till 0830 hours today while the summer capital of the J&K recorded a low of 2.2°C against […]
NEW DELHI — India logged 3,17,532 new coronavirus infections, the highest in 249 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,82,18,773, which includes 9,287 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The active cases rose to 19,24,051, the highest in 234 days, while the death […]
NEW DELHI — The Chinese Army has reportedly abducted an Arunachal Pradesh teenager from the Indian territory where China had constructed 3-4 km road in 2018. His friend, who managed to escape, reported the matter to the authorities and brought it to the attention of Tapir Gao, an MP from Arunachal Pradesh. The incident has […]
LONDON — A London-based law firm filed an application with British police Tuesday seeking the arrest of India’s army chief and the Union Home Minister over their alleged roles in war crimes in disputed Kashmir. Law firm Stoke White said it submitted extensive evidence to the Metropolitan Police’s War Crimes Unit documenting how Indian forces […]
JAMMU — Leaving enough scope for mis-utilization or diversion of funds, the district level disaster accounts have never been audited in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir mainly because of absolute non-seriousness at every level in the Government. This is notwithstanding the explicit directives of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India made […]
NEW DELHI — Days after 20 YouTube channels and two websites were blocked for spreading anti-India propaganda and fake news, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday warned that the government will continue to take such action against those “hatching conspiracy” against the country. “I had ordered for action against them.. I am happy […]
NEW DELHI — The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has included the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh under the category of ‘Hard Areas’ for the joint AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories) cadre for IAS and IPS officers. The categorisation, which was brought in by an 18 January amendment to the earlier […]
NEW DELHI — Vijay Rawat, brother of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat who recently died in a helicopter crash, joined the BJP on Wednesday. The BJP may field him as its candidate in poll-bound Uttarakhand, sources said. Vijay Rawat, who retired as a colonel from the army, joined the BJP in […]