SRINAGAR — The intense cold conditions continued unabated in Kashmir valley on Wednesday as the minimum temperature fell at most places with Srinagar recording minus 1.5°C, the coldest night so far this season. The local meteorological department also issued a revised forecast, predicting dry weather to continue till November 23 and that there will be […]
BEIJING — China and the US have agreed to ease restrictions on each other’s media workers amid a slight easing of tensions between the two sides. The official China Daily newspaper on Wednesday said the agreement was reached ahead of Tuesday’s virtual summit between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden. Under the […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP passed a resolution on Tuesday that it will form a government on its own in the Union territory, without any outside support. The party also said that due to the strong and path-breaking leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the position of India in the […]
JAMMU — The district administration is imposing night curfew in Jammu from tonight in view of increasing Positivity Rate. The night curfew will be imposed from 10pm to 6am from 17th November (Wednesday) onwards. Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Anshul Garg in a tweet said, “In view of increasing Positivity Rate in Jammu, DDMA imposes Night Curfew […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association Srinagar on Tuesday condemned the broad day killing of Dr Mudasir Gull and prominent trader Altaf Ahmad in an encounter in Hyderpora area of Srinagar yesterday evening. In a statement, Bar said that it is deeply concerned on the pre-determined pattern of killing of civilians […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmir belies the projected claims of peace and development by GoI on the abrogation of the Articles 370, 35-A. This, he said, while addressing the provincial committee (Kashmir) meeting at party headquarters Nawa e Subha, Srinagar. “We […]
MUMBAI — Congress leader Salman Khurshid’s Nainital home was vandalised and set on fire today, days after his new book on Ayodhya sparked a controversy by comparing a “robust version” of Hindutva to the jihadist Islam of terror groups such as the ISIS and Boko Haram in his book. Khurshid shared the visuals on Facebook […]
SRINAGAR — A driver of a Scorpio vehicle has died while seven others were injured in a road accident on Srinagar-Jammu national highway inside Chenani-Nashri tunnel on Tuesday, officials said. Official sources told that a Scorpio vehicle bearing registration No JK15-2403 which was on its way from Jammu to Srinagar driven by Manzoor Ahmed Mir […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmiri singer and musician Qaisar Nizami has been nominated for the Grammy Awards for his song ‘Nazninay’ (O Beauty), India West reported. The nominations of the 64th Grammy Awards will be formally announced on 23 November, while the award ceremony itself will take place on 31 January 2022, The Quint reported. The first round […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) on Tuesday demanded judicial probe into the killings of civilians in Hyderpora encounter. In a statement, JKPCC Spokesperson sought time bound judicial probe into the killings of Altaf Ahmad and Mudasir Gul in Hyderpora encounter. “The circumstances in which these killings happened need to be […]