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 […]
NEW DELHI — Congress’s Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor has stepped down as the host of a talk show on Sansad TV to show solidarity with the 12 Opposition MPs who were suspended from the Rajya Sabha. In a Twitter post, Shashi Tharoor said he was stepping down as the host of talk show ‘To […]
KOHIMA — The Eastern Naga Students’ Federation condemned the “inhuman massacre of our Konyak brothers” by the Indian Army personnel at Oting village under Mon district. “The inhuman act of the security forces leading to the killing spree of the innocent civilians cannot be accepted and tolerated when the Nagas are at the zenith of yearning […]
JAMMU — Police have registered a case after posters of a militant group were found pasted in a village in the Thanamandi area Rajouri district, officials said on Sunday. Two posters of the Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force (JKGF) were found pasted outside shops in the border district’s Azmatabad village on Saturday, they added. The […]