JAKARTA — Indonesia issued a tsunami warning after an earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck its region of East Nusa Tenggara, the meteorological department said. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre estimated the magnitude at 7.7, placing it at a depth of 5 km (3.11 miles). The US-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre further stated that tsunami waves could […]
SRINAGAR — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed condolences to the families, who lost their beloved in a militant attack at Zewan in Srinagar outskirts and also sought details of the attack. The PM in a tweet sought details on the militant attack in Jammu and Kashmir. “PM @narendramodi has sought details on the […]
SRINAGAR — The former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir as well as the political parties and leaders on Monday condemned the attack on police bus at Zewam area of Srinagar in which two cops were killed and 12 others wounded. National Conference (NC) Vice President and former J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in a […]
NEW DELHI — Hailing the high disposal rate of the newly created Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) benches of Jammu and Srinagar, Union minister Jitendra Singh on Monday said they would provide speedy relief to central government employees on service matters. While reviewing the functioning of these two benches along with CAT Chairperson Manjula Das, the […]
JAMMU — Jammu police on Monday claimed to have arrested two persons with Chinese pistol near Jammu Airport. A police spokesman said that a team of police station Satwari led by SHO Inspector Deepak Jasrotia while on patrolling duty near Airport Jammu found one Vehicle (Baleno) bearing number JKO2CE-5360 parked on roadside in darkness. The […]
KUPWARA — National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah on Monday said that the much debated development is only visible on social Media hashtag and sponsored news. He said this while addressing a huge workers convention here at TRC ground in North Kashmir Kupwara district. Addressing the convention, Omar said, “Our state was split, our […]
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 […]