SHEIKH NADEEM ANANTNAG — Raksha Bandhan celebrated with traditional fervour across Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.A large number of people thronged several temples to pay their obeisance. Women were seen tying the sacred threads (rakhis) on the wrists of their brothers. People who observed a fast on the occasion relished delicacies and sweets in the […]
ESS ENN ANANTNAG — BDC Chairperson Shah Firdoosa and VC Achabal greets peopleon the auspicious occasion of Rakhsha Bandhan. The auspicious day learns us brotherhood respect, love and responsibilities. The brothers on this day promises to their sisters for the protection in times of need and difficulty. May this great day would bring all our […]
SRINAGAR — Ladakh got its first roving cinema on Sunday with a private company installing an inflatable theatre in the union territory. A spokesman of PictureTime Digiplex said in a statement that in an endeavour to make world-class digital cinema watching experience accessible to every corner of India, the company has installed its travelling, inflatable […]
SRINAGAR — Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, senior PDP leader and close aide of former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, has approached the Jammu and Kashmir High Court for quashing of an FIR against him by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, citing violation of fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution and “sameness” of the charges also being probed by […]
SRINAGAR — A ban under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act may be imposed on both factions of the secessionist conglomerate Hurriyat Conference which has been spearheading the separatist movement in Jammu and Kashmir for over two decades, officials said. They said a recent probe into the granting of MBBS seats to Kashmiri students by […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Saturday arrested a person accused of extorting money under the cover of being a journalist, nearly two weeks after a complaint was lodged against him, his organization ‘Kashmir Crown’, and its editor-in-chief Imran Ahmad Ganai, popularly known as Shahid Imran in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. The arrested accused has been identified […]
ESS NADEEM ANANTNAG — As the country celebrated Raksha Bandhan on Sunday, tying rakhi’s who vowed to protect them. The festival celebrates the bond between a brother and a sister. In South Kashmirs Anantnag district Social worker celeberates Raksha Bandhan with Army Jawans of 1 Rashtriya Rifles at Highground Anantnag. On Sunday in show of […]
ESS ENN ANANTNAG — Army’s 19 RR organised medical cum Vet camp and distribution of free medicines for the local populace of Larnoo and adjacent villages.Medical Camp organised by Major Pankaj and his team. The need of organising a medical cum vet camp was most of these villages were suffering from Seasonal illness and children […]
KABUL — Days after vowing to respect women’s rights in Afghanistan, Taliban officials in the restive Herat province have banned co-education in government and private universities, describing it as the ‘root of all evils in society’. The decision was taken after a meeting between varsity professors, owners of private institutions, and Taliban authorities, Khaama Press […]
JAMMU — Two senior employees of Military Engineering Services (MES) were arrested after they were allegedly caught accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 here, an official said on Sunday. Assistant Garrison Engineer Abhay Kumar and Junior Engineer Atma Singh were trapped by sleuths in a swift operation on Saturday following a complaint about their involvement […]