SRINAGAR — Watherman on Wednesday forecast light to moderate rain at widespread places of Jammu and Kashmir on August 14 and 15. Quoting a meteorological department official, news agency GNS reported that there were 60% chances of brief spell of light rain at scattered places of Jammu and Kashmir on coming Saturday. Also, there was […]
NEW DELHI — The government is taking steps to restore ancestral properties of Kashmiri Hindu migrants who had to run away from Kashmir in the wake of terrorist violence there and so far nine properties have been given back to the rightful and original owners, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Union Minister of […]
SRINAGAR — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha will preside over the main Independence Day function in Jammu and Kashmir while District Development Council (DDC) chairpersons shall be the chief guests in their respective districts. According to an order issued by the General Administration Department, the lieutenant governor will preside over the main Independence Day function to […]
KABUL — The Taliban seized three more provincial capitals in Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, putting nine of the nation’s 34 in the insurgents’ hands amid the U.S. withdrawal from the country. The fall of the capitals of Badakhshan and Baghlan provinces to the northeast and Farah province to the west put increasing pressure on the […]
BANDIPORA — The security forces on Wednesday recovered a cache of arms and ammunition near the Line of Control (LoC) in Tarbal village of Gurez in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district, official sources said here. Official sources told that the recovery was made during a search and cordon operation jointly conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir […]
NEW DELHI — A Jaipur family court has granted divorce to IAS couple Tina Dabi and her husband Athar Amir Khan. Family court No. 1 in Jaipur granted the divorce under Section 28 of the Special Marriage Act after deciding on their petition filed in November last year on mutual consent. The 2016-batch IAS toppers got married […]
JAMMU — A 28-year-old youth was “murdered” after being stabbed while asleep inside his house by unknown person(s) in Rajouri district, triggering off a protest by family members joined by relatives and neighbours on Wednesday. The protesters staged a protest on Rajouri-Poonch highway, demanding those behind the incident be brought to justice. Reports said that […]
SRINAGAR — The Kashmir Press Club today issued a statement condemning the harassment of journalists and their summoning to the police stations. The Kashmir Press Club in a statement said, “In the latest incident, Journalist Irfan Amin Malik, who worked for the Rising Kashmir was summoned by police for a tweet and questioned for hours […]
SRINAGAR — Two politicians and a journalist from Ladakh have moved an impleadment application to the Supreme Court in a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre’s decision to revoke the special status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, Bar and Bench reported on Tuesday. An impleadment application is filed seeking permission to be made […]
SRINAGAR — Soon after a grenade attack at Hari Singh High Street near Srinagar’s Lal Chowk Tuesday, which left 10 civilians injured, Jammu & Kashmir Police arrested a journalist near the area. J&K Police said the journalist — identified as Aadil Farooq Bhat, who works with the local CNS News Agency — had two hand […]