NEW DELHI — Expressing regret over the Nagaland firing incident, Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) will be completed within a month and asserted that all agencies must ensure such happenings do not recur while taking action against insurgents. In his statement in Lok Sabha, […]
NEW DELHI — Following the killing of over two dozen civilians by government forces Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio called for the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Power) Act, 1958, saying the “law has blackened the image of the country” “We are asking the central government to remove Afspa from Nagaland,” Neiphiu Rio was […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association Srinagar has condemned depiction of certain content in History and Civics textbook of Class 7th by a Delhi based publishing house. In a statement, a spokesperson said that in a meeting of the Bar Association presided over by its chairman, advocate N.A. Ronga, it was […]
LUCKNOW — Waseem Rizvi, the former chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board, renounced Islam and converted to Hinduism Monday, taking the name Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi. It was Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati, the controversial chief priest of Ghaziabad’s Dasna Devi temple, who officiated the conversion. In a statement, Rizvi also said that when […]
SRINAGAR — Pursuing the Department’s vision of introducing/promoting the Kashmir based vegetables, spices, and other agriculture commodities on the global marketing platform, the Department of Agriculture Kashmir in collaboration with an international marketing group (Lulu Group) has showcased the Kashmir specific vegetables, spices, cereals, at Dubai (UAE). The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal said […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police along with security forces have arrested an active militant along with his associate in Sopore. In a statement issued to media, Police said that acting on specific input regarding presence of militant in Ningli area of Sopore, a cordon and search operation was launched by Police, 52RR and 177Bn […]
SRINAGAR — Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Monday said Omicron variant causes mild illness in individuals who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19. “If you have received both doses of Covid-19 vaccine, you are less likely to get severe disease from the new variant,” said DAK President and Influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. The DAK […]
SRINAGAR — Mehbooba Mufti on Monday staged a dharna at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to protest the alleged repression of people of Jammu and Kashmir and demanded that killing of innocents be stopped immediately, Press Trust of India reported. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said she decided to stage a dharna in […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar-Ladakh national highway and Mughal road connecting Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri in Jammu division remained closed for the vehicular traffic due to accumulation of snowfall, a traffic police official said on Monday. However, Srinagar-Jammu national highway was through for the vehicular traffic, the traffic official said. He further said, about a […]
SRINAGAR — Weatherman on Monday forecast mainly dry weather for next ten days with possibility of light rain and snow around December 8-9 at some places in Jammu and Kashmir. “As expected, weather has improved and is mainly clear in all districts,” an official of the meteorological department here said. Regarding forecast for next ten […]