SRINAGAR — A driver died in a road accident at Shaitani Nallah near Jawahar tunnel, officials said on Wednesday. Officials told that a tanker bearing registration number JK14A/9786 was on way to Srinagar from Jammu in the intervening night of Tuesday-Wednesday when it fell down into a deep gorge at Shatani Nallah. The driver of […]
SRINAGAR — A day after Srinagar recorded the season’s coldest night so far, the minimum temperature rose in the summer capital and elsewhere in Kashmir Valley on Wednesday. A meteorological department official said that mercury settled at 0.3°C against the previous night’s minus 1.7°C which happened to be the coldest low temperature recorded so far […]
SRINAGAR — The administration in Kashmir University has failed to provide electricity to the hostel boarders of Quratul Ain Hyder hostel by not repairing a faulty generator. Students told that from the last one month the electricity generator is not working in the hostel, which is compelling them to spend nights in the dark. “Whenever […]
NEW DELHI — Apple Inc said on Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit against Israeli cyber firm NSO Group and its parent company OSY Technologies for alleged surveillance and targeting of U.S. Apple users with its Pegasus spyware. The iPhone maker said it is also seeking to ban NSO Group from using any Apple software, […]
NEW DELHI — Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari will lay the foundation stone for 25 National Highway projects of total length 257 km with an investment of Rs 11,721 crores in Jammu on Wednesday. As per an official statement released by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, these projects will […]
JAMMU — Over two dozen activists, including a PDP leader and a prominent trade union leader, joined the BJP here on Tuesday, a party spokesman said. Senior PDP leader Suresh Gupta, trade unionist Prem Chand Sharma and 23 other social activists were welcomed into the party fold by J&K BJP president Ravinder Raina and former […]
SRINAGAR — The main exam for prosecuting officer post will be held in the last week of December, the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) said on Monday. The detailed schedule of the exam will be issued separately, it has informed candidates. The preliminary phase of the prosecuting officer exam was held in August. […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmiri journalists on Tuesday organized a blood donation camp in the memory of the colleagues who lost their lives in the past few years, here at Press Club. The fraternity remembered the journalists- Mudasir Ali, Javed Ahmad, Shahid Bukhari and others who died at a very young age. Besides blood donation camp, a […]
SRINAGAR — Rights groups including the United Nations have criticised the arrest of a prominent Human Rights activist Khurram Parvez in Kashmir on terror funding charges. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday evening arrested Khurram Parvez after raiding his residence and office in Srinagar earlier in the day. Parvez has been booked under Unlawful […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Tuesday ordered registration of an FIR against BJP leader Sambit Patra for allegedly posting a doctored video of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on social media. Patra, in January this year, had shared an edited 17-second clip of the Aam Aadmi Party leader on Twitter, where he could be […]