SRINAGAR — Three persons were arrested on recovery of contraband substance during a naka checking in Bijbehara, officials said on Tuesday morning. Identifying the arrestees as Mehraj Ahmad Shiekh son of Mohammad Ismail Shiekh, resident of Dalgate Srinagar, Mohammad Altaf Baluki son of Abdul Rashid Baluki, resident of Rainawari Srinagar and Rayees Ahmad Lone son […]
NEW DELHI — Vodafone Idea, better known as Vi, has hiked its mobile tariffs for prepaid connections just a day after Airtel. The telecom operator said the mobile tariff hike will help improve the average revenue per user (ARPU) and “help address financial stress faced by the industry.” The new mobile tariffs will come into […]
BENGALURU — Web hosting company GoDaddy Inc said on Monday email addresses of up to 1.2 million active and inactive Managed WordPress customers had been exposed in an unauthorized third-party access. The company said the incident was discovered on November 17 and the third-party accessed the system using a compromised password. “We identified suspicious activity in […]
SRINAGAR — People Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was detained by police at her Gupkar residence ahead of her visit to Slain Altaft’s family who was killed at Hyderpora in Srinagar. Reliable sources told that Mehbooba Mufti was scheduled to visit the relatives of slain Altaf’s family at Barzulla. However […]
SRINAGAR — Freezing cold conditions prevailed in Kashmir Valley as Srinagar, the summer capital of JK, experienced the coldest night of the season with temperature plummeting as low as minus 2.3°C on Tuesday. A meteorological department official said that the minimum temperature in Srinagar was minus 2.4°C below normal for this time of the year […]
BANIHAL — The family of youth from Ramban district killed in Hyderpora Srinagar encounter, who police claim was a militant associate, said that if authorities will prove that their son was a militant they won’t ask for anything. Lateef Ahmad Magray father of Aamir Magray said that after they had written to DC Ramban to […]
SRINAGAR — National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested a Kashmiri Human Rights activist in Srinagar. Official sources said that sleuths of NIA carried out searches at the residence and office of Human Rights activist Khurram Parvez in Srinagar, in connection with a case already registered at NIA. They said that the residence of Khurram […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Monday said that every penny of tax collected will be utilized positively for the betterment and development of Jammu and Kashmir. While talking to reporters on the sidelines of inauguration of Income Tax complex in Srinagar, LG said it is the responsibility of the […]
SRINAGAR — The Finance Minister of India, Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said that the funds for development and projects which have been provided to the people of JK post the abrogation of article 370 have made all aspirations of the people come true. Sitharaman while interacting with the officials of the Central Board of Indirect […]
UJJAIN (MP): After a video of waiters on board the Ramayan Circuit Special Train went viral on social media, religious leaders from Ujjain objected and demanded that the dress of waiters should be changed with immediate effect, else they would be forced to stage a sit-in. They have written a letter to railway minister Ashwin […]