SRINAGAR — Unknown gunmen, suspected to be militants, shot dead owner of Bindroo medicate at Iqbal Park here on Tuesday evening. Official sources told that the man was fired upon at his shop and was shifted to SMHS hospital with multiple injuries. Medical Superintendent SMHS Hospital Dr. Kanwar Jeet Singh told that the person had […]
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Girl injured in acid attack in Shopian
SHOPIAN — An unknown person on Tuesday attacked a girl was attacked with acid in Kral Check area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district, officials said here. Official sources told that the girl (name withheld) of Kral Check Keller was attacked with acid by the unknown person today afternoon. They said that the girl received injuries […]
Mehbooba Mufti demands release of Priyanka Gandhi
SRINAGAR — PDP president and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday demanded the release of Indian National Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi. Priyanka was arrested on her way to Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district to visit the families of the farmers killed on Sunday, and had been arrested in Hargaon Taking to the micro-blogging […]
JKPCC stages protest against Priyanka Gandhi’s detention, demands UP CM’s resignation
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Tuesday staged a protest against the “arrest” of senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh and demanded the resignation of the Yogi Adityanath from the Chief Ministership post in the state. Priyanka was detained in Sitapur on Monday on her way to Lakhimpur Kheri, […]
Around 300 Apple Boxes Stolen in Pulwama Village
PULWAMA — Unknown burglars barged into a storage shed and stole nearly 300 boxes of Apples in the Wahpora area of Murran in South Kashmir’s Puwama district. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that unknown burglars broke into the shed of a local orchardist, Irshad Ahmed Shah, son of Sayed Shah and stole nearly 300 apple boxes packed in […]
India hits out at Pakistan for raising Kashmir issue again at UN
SRINAGAR — India has said a constructive contribution cannot be expected from Pakistan as it has an established practice of hosting terrorists and is the “epicentre” of global terrorism, and the biggest destabilising force in the world. Strongly hitting out at Pakistan for again raking up the Kashmir issue at the UN Counsellor in India’s […]
Self-regulation in social media not working: White House
WASHINGTON — Social media platforms have made clear that self-regulation is not working, the White House asserted on Monday, saying reports about efforts to attract young users and negative effects on teenagers’ mental health are troubling. As we saw the revelations that came out in that interview, in our view, this is just the latest […]
‘Sorry for the disruption’, says Mark Zuckerberg as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram services return online
NEW DELHI — Services of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are coming back online after several hours of disruption that impacted millions of people worldwide. While apologising for the disruption in the services of Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram, tech giant’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that services are returning online on Tuesday. “Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger […]
Mark Zuckerberg loses $7 bn in hours as Facebook crash takes down firm’s stock
NEW DELHI — Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by nearly $7 billion in a few hours, knocking him down a notch on the list of the world’s richest people, after a whistleblower came forward and outages took Facebook Inc.’s flagship products offline. A selloff sent the social-media giant’s stock plummeting around 5% on Monday, […]
WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook down globally
SRINAGAR — Facebook and its owned applications WhatsApp and Instagram are reporting loading issues as several users worldwide complained. Downdetector showed there were more than 20,000 incidents of people reporting issues with Facebook and Instagram. Meanwhile, the social-media giant’s instant messaging platform WhatsApp was also down for over 14,000 users, while Messenger was down for […]








