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 […]
NEW DELHI — Veteran journalist Vinod Dua, arguably one of India’s most popular and influential news broadcasters, died here on Saturday. He was 67. Dua was known for questioning the government of the day in shows he anchored and had recently been hounded by the police in states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party for […]
BUDGAM — Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested an Active militant of Lashkar-i-Toiba outfit in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. A senior police officer said that a joint team of Police and army’s 02 RR, 62RR apprehended a Active militant at Pushkar. He identified the arrested militant as Hamid Nath resident of Peth Zanigam who […]
MUMBAI — New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel on Saturday etched his name in the history books at the Wankhede Stadium after becoming only the third cricketer to claim 10 wickets in a single innings of a Test match after Jim Laker and Anil Kumble. Ajaz dismissed Mohammed Siraj to complete a perfect 10-wicket haul on […]
PULWAMA — Police have seized 45 bags of rice belonging to the Food Corporation of India (FCI) being allegedly ferried illicitly in a grass-laden load carrier in this south Kashmir district late last night, officials said on Saturday. A senior police officer told GNS that a police team stopped a load carrier— Tata Mobile (JK05D-0445) […]
BANDIPORA — The administration in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Saturday closed Bandipora-Gurez and Dawar-Tulail roads till further orders in wake of the fresh weather advisory. An order issued by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate Gurez reads, “In view of the weather advisory issued by the meteorological department regarding snowfall in the intervening night of 4 and […]
SRINAGAR — As Kashmir Valley braces up for first snowfall of the season, night temperatures rose across amid cloud cover on Saturday. “Snowfall is most likely to commence from late night of December 4th, increasing gradually in intensity and spatial distribution with peak on December 5th,” an official of the meteorological department here said. He […]