NEW DELHI — Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Sunday stepped down as anchor for a show on Sansad TV after being suspended from the Rajya Sabha for the entire winter session of the Parliament. In a letter to the Chairman of the Upper House M Venkaiah Naidu, the Shiv Sena MP said: “It is with great […]
SRINAGAR — A BSF intermediary in unauthorised possession of five lac rupees cash was on Saturday evening held by police in Sopore in Baramulla district, sources said. They said that one Ishfaq Ahmad Khan son of Aziz Khan was intercepted by a police team in Tarzoo area. Upon frisking, the police team recovered five lac […]
SRINAGAR — Rains lashed plains while upper reaches in Jammu & Kashmir Valley and Ladakh experienced snowfall on Sunday, officials said. With overnight cloud cover, most places other than Gulmarg recorded above sub-zero temperature during the night for the first time in many days. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar had 2.1mm […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah Sunday asked the party men to be ready for a stage where they may have to offer similar sacrifices as that of Indian farmers, for getting back the rights snatched by the Centre. Addressing party workers at his father and NC patriarch Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah’s mausoleum at […]
NEW DELHI — In a horrific incident, 13 villagers were shot and killed by army, who thought the villagers were “militants” in Nagaland. The incident took place in and around Oting village in Mon district during a counterinsurgency operation conducted by members of the Assam Rifles, a part of Indian security forces deployment in the […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan said Saturday it will host a conference of foreign ministers from Islamic countries later this month in a bid to avert a looming humanitarian and economic crisis in Afghanistan. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told reporters in the eastern city of Lahore that the “extraordinary session” of the 57-nation Organization of Islamic […]
SRINAGAR — After spending 12 days under the National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody, prominent human rights activist Khurram Parvez on Saturday was taken into judicial detention and shifted to Tihar jail in New Delhi. Parvez has been booked under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and other multiple charges after NIA on 22 November raided his […]
JAMMU — Government of Jammu and Kashmir Saturday put under suspension three Public Works (R&B) Department engineers in Udhampur after names of the trio were mentioned in a First Information Report by CBI, Jammu. The Government Order number 361-PW(R&B) of 2021, reads that pending into their conduct, the Engineers, Hilal Ahmad Sheikh, designation Superintending Engineer, […]
SRINAGAR — A railway policeman escaped unscathed after being fired upon by militants on Saturday evening in Awantipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, official sources said. Quoting the sources, news agency GNS reported that while the policeman escaped unhurt, police and security forces cordoned off Dogripora village of the Awantipora nearby amid reports that […]
SRINAGAR — With omicron appearing to spread much faster than previous strains of the virus, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday called for vaccinating children against Covid-19. “Amid Omicron variant threat Covid vaccination for children becomes crucial,” said DAK President and Influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “Up until now, Covid-19 has caused mild symptoms […]