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 […]
LEH — A bridge and standing crops were damaged on Sunday in flash floods in several villages in Ladakh, where authorities sounded an alert after an outburst of an artificial lake resulted in blockage of the Zanskar river, officials said. Chief Executive Officer, District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Sonam Chosjor said there was an outburst […]
ALIGARH — Afghan students at the Aligarh Muslim University have been assured of full safety by the university administration. Vice-Chancellor Professor Tariq Mansoor assured the Afghan students studying at the AMU of all help and cooperation. “They need not worry about their stay and studies as the university will take all necessary measures to ensure […]