New Delhi: The government on Thursday announced new rules to curb misuse of social media platforms, as it mandated firms to appoint grievance officer, disclose the first originator of the mischievous information and remove, within 24 hours, content depicting nudity or morphed pictures of women. Concerns have been raised about rampant abuse of social media […]
New Delhi: The Delimitation Commission constituted by the Modi government last year to redraw Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the northeastern states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland is likely to get an extension of another year, ThePrint has learnt. This means assembly polls in […]
Anantnag (KIMS): Two militants were killed in a gunbattle that broke out between Government Forces and Militants at Shalgul Forests in Sirhama area of Bijbehara town in Southern Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday. The identification and affiliation of the slain militants is yet to be ascertained. Earlier, Government Forces including Indian Army’s 3RR, CRPF and […]
Pulwama: A leopard was killed by locals after it injured a person in Pathan village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday. Locals told that a leopard attacked a local namely Bilal Ahmad in Pathan village after which he was shifted to a hospital for treatment. The locals subsequently attacked and killed the leopard in […]
Ahmedabad: The newly-refurbished cricket stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad has been renamed the Narendra Modi Stadium, it was announced at the inauguration on Wednesday ahead of the third Test between India and England. It was earlier called the Sardar Patel stadium. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the world’s largest cricket stadium in the presence of Home […]
New Delhi: Microsoft is bringing text predictions to its Word tool on Windows next month that would work like the ‘Smart Compose’ option in Google Docs. According to a report in Neowin, a recent entry to the Microsoft 365 roadmap revealed that text predictions will roll out to Microsoft Word users in March. The feature […]
New Delhi: A Delhi court has framed militancy, sedition and other charges against Kashmiri separatist Aasiya Andrabi and her two associates for allegedly waging war against the government of India and conspiring to commit terror acts in the country. The case relates to waging war against the country with support from Pakistan including militancy entities. […]
Srinagar: New York based international press freedom watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called upon the Indian government to drop investigations into the work of three Kashmir-based journalists and allow them to report without “harassment, intimidation, and criminal investigations.” In a statement issued on 22 February, the CPJ called upon the authorities to drop […]
Jammu: Chairman of the J&K United Kisan Front, Mohinder Singh, was arrested here on Monday night for alleged involvement in violence in Delhi on Republic Day. This is the first arrest from Jammu Kashmir in connection with the violence. According to family members, he was called by SP South at Gandhi Nagar police station from […]
New Delhi: Lieutenant General Devendra Pratap Pandey will take over the reins of the Srinagar-based Chinar Corps (XV Corps) on March 18. XV Corps is entrusted with the responsibility of handling vigilance along 343 km of the Line of Control (LoC) and hinterland operation in the Kashmir Valley. Lt General DP Pandey is an alumnus […]