SRINAGAR — Two policemen including an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) were killed and 12 others injured, two of them critical, after militants attacked a police bus at Zewan area of Srinagar on Monday. A police official said that at around 6 pm, militants fired indiscriminately at a bus ferrying policeman from Armed Reserve Police (ARP) […]
NEW DELHI — The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has come under fire over a comprehension passage in the class 10 English paper held on Saturday promoting “misogyny” and “gender stereotyping”. In the class 10 exam, the question paper, as per wire agency PTI carried a comprehension passage with sentences like “emancipation of women […]
JAMMU — A woman about 65 years of age was killed after being hit by a train in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official of the Railway Police said on Monday. The body of the unidentified woman, hit by Sealdah Express, was found near Balole bridge on Sunday evening, the official said. He […]
SRINAGAR — With no hope left to get the body, the family members of Amir Ahmad Magray, who was killed in the alleged gunfight of Hyderpora in Srinagar, have decided to hold a protest at the press enclave on Tuesday afternoon this week to demand the return of the mortal remains of their kin. Amir’s […]
KUPWARA — An army man was injured in an accidental fire in Pharkiyan Gali in Kupwara, officials said on Monday afternoon. They said that Sepoy Gurpej Singh, 24, of 6 Rashtriya Rifles was injured after getting hit in his right foot during post duty at 268 Infantry Brigade. The soldier, they said, was taken to […]
NEW DELHI — Actor-model Harnaaz Sandhu made history on Monday as she was crowned Miss Universe 2021 — beating contestants from 80 countries — 21 years after India last brought home the title. Only two Indians before Sandhu have won the title of Miss Universe – actors Sushmita Sen in 1994 and Lara Dutta in […]
NEW DELHI — Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has condemned the reported decision of Saudi Arabia to ban Islamic missionary movement Tablighi Jamaat after denouncing it as a ”gateway of terrorism”, news agency PTI reported. Chief Rector of the seminary, Maulana Abul Qasim Nomani, has asked Saudi Arabia to rethink its decision, saying otherwise a […]
JAMMU — An woman infiltrator was killed last night after BSF officials noticed a suspicious movement, BSF said Monday. A BSF spokesman said that alert BSF troops neutralized “a lady Pakistani intruder last night.” “The BSF troops noticed suspicious movement in R S Pura area and warned the intruder many times not to cross IB […]
KUPWARA — A soldier ended life by shooting himself dead inside a camp in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, official said on Monday. They said that the soldier of Havildar rank identified as Shinde Sandeep Arjun was posted at Drangyari Chowkibal when he shoot himself with own service rifle at around 4:30 a.m. He was […]
SRINAGAR — Intense cold conditions continued in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Monday as Srinagar recorded a low of minus 3.5 degrees Celsius. A meteorological department official here told GNS that the minimum temperature in Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, was 2.5 degrees Celsius below the normal for this time of the year. […]