SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir administration extended the suspension of railway service till 16th June in view of Covid-19 situation in the Union Territory. The railway service between Baramulla-Banihal and vice versa shall continue to remain suspended till 16th June, 2021. Earlier, the extension in suspension was scheduled to end today. — (KIMS)
SRINAGAR — Senior PAGD leader Muzafar Shah Wednesday appealed Government to allay the apprehensions of people and come clean on the rumours which are rife in Kashmir Valley. He said he hopes rumours flouting in Valley these days turn out rumours only but in Kashmir rumours mostly turn out true. “There are rumours that Jammu […]
KULGAM — Tehsildar Damhal Hanjipora in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district was on Wednesday hospitalised after a shopkeeper mistakenly sold him a bottle of acid instead of water bottle, official said here Official sources told that Tehsildar D H Pora, Niyaz Ahmad Bhat was coming back after destroying poppy cultivation and had asked for a bottle […]
SRINAGAR — Even as guns have fallen silent at the Line of Control (LoC) following a ceasefire with Pakistan, militant recruitment in Kashmir continues despite the Covid-19 pandemic and the consequent lockdown. According to sources in the security establishment, at least 40 youths have joined militant ranks this year while 50 are “missing”. Several of […]
ANANTNAG — The Anti-Corruption Foundation, Anantnag District and Kulgam Unit distributed face masks sanitizers and face shields among police, CRPF locals, and especially for those who belong to Kulgam Devsar areas. On Contrary masks and other items were distributed among fruit and vegetable vendors in Achabal area. The team was led by District President ACF […]
SRINAGAR — When Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan was arrested in August 2018, the police claimed he worked for the banned militant group, Hizbul Mujahideen. He was charged with murder and conspiracy in a case related to an exchange of gunfire between militants and security forces in Srinagar. He was also booked under the stringent anti-terror […]
ANKARA — Turkey has offered to guard and run Kabul’s airport after the United States and other NATO forces withdraw from Afghanistan, but U.S. officials say Ankara is imposing conditions which need to be resolved as their leaders prepare to meet next week. Turkish officials say Ankara made the proposal at a NATO meeting in […]
SRINAGAR — The Director, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Dr A G Ahangar Tuesday said that the institute has kept some provisions of the out-patient departments (OPDs) open for patients who require physical examination and consultation. The statement is significant for people who are unhappy with the decision of SKIMS to provide virtual OPD […]
NEW DELHI — India’s daily cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) dipped below the 100,000-mark for the first time in more than two months, as 86,498 infections were registered in the last 24 hours, the Union ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) said on Tuesday. The country’s death toll rose to 351,309 after 2,123 […]
ISLAMABAD — At least 17 people were killed after a passenger van they were travelling in plunged into a river in Pakistan’s mountainous Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. The vehicle was heading from Chilas to Rawalpindi when it fell into the Indus River in the Paniba area of Kohistan district, Dawn new reported. The van, privately hired by […]