JAISALMER — A MiG-21 Bison fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer in the evening during a training exercise killing onboard pilot Wing Commander Harshit Sinha. IAF in a tweet confirmed the death of the pilot expressing sorrow over the tragic incident. “With deep sorrow, IAF conveys the sad demise […]
SRINAGAR — Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid Srinagar has expressed strong resentment over the decision by authorities to once again disallow Friday prayers at historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar for the 20th straight week. While condemning the ‘police action’, the Auqaf said in a statement said that it is unable to understand that on the one […]
REASI — A father-son duo from Punjab has been arrested for allegedly duping a person on pretext of construction of a residential house in Reasi district, police said on Friday. Police said that a written complaint was lodged in Police Station Reasi by one Ghulam Rasool of Reasi, claiming that Muhammad Sharif, son of Roshan […]
SRINAGAR — The University of Kashmir, Dargah Hazratbal Srinagar and its campuses shall observe winter vacation from January 1, 2022, the authorities announced on Friday. According to notification issued by Joint Registrar, Academic Affairs at Kashmir University, all the teaching Departments of the University and its satellite campuses shall observe winter vacations w.e.f 1st January, […]
NEW DELHI — The Legends League, which will be held in January 2022 at the Al-Amerat Cricket Stadium in Oman, will feature former Pakistan batsmen Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Akhtar. The pair will play for the Asia Lions, which also comprises Sanath Jayasuriya, Muttiah Muralitharan, and Younis Khan. “Asia Lions our team from Asia. We […]
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin during his annual news conference on Thursday said that insulting Prophet Muhammad does not count as freedom of expression. Insults to the prophet are a “violation of religious freedom and the violation of the sacred feelings of people who profess Islam,” said Putin, according to the Russian News Agency […]
SRINAGAR — Private Schools’ Association Jammu and Kashmir will not compromise on quality education especially the curriculum followed by various schools across Jammu and Kashmir. The association strongly condemns all the controversial content in some books that has surfaced during past few days. PSAJK has already constituted a committee to check the content of all […]
NEW DELHI — The Uttarakhand Police have registered a first information report (FIR) against Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi, formerly known as Waseem Rizvi, and others for allegedly giving a “provocative speech” against “a particular religion” at a Dharma Sansad in Haridwar on December 17-19, ANI reported. Wasim Rizvi was former chairman of the Uttar Pradesh […]
SRINAGAR — Three tourists and a local driver were injured after a vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday afternoon. Reports reaching GNS said that a Sumo vehicle bearing registration number JK05D 2892 on way to Gulmarg skidded off the road near Hilltop Crossing, resulting in […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police Friday claimed to have arrested two ‘militant associates’ linked with banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba in a joint operation with army’s 50 Rashtriya Rifles and 181 Battalion CRPF in Chadoora area in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Identifying the arrested ‘associates’ as Imran Majeed Magray son of Abdul Majeed, a resident […]