SRINAGAR — Nearly two years after reorganization of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, the administration of Ladakh has declared snow leopard as state animal and black-necked crane as state bird for the Union Territory. A notification in this regard was issued by the UT’s Forest, Ecology and Environment. “The Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu Kashmir Medical Supplies Corporation (JKMSC) has issued a ‘drug alert’ after several patients at JVC Bemina developed allergic symptoms after they were administered ‘Ringer Lactate’ injection. Chief Medical Officers from Srinagar, Budgam, Pulwama, Ganderbal and Medical Superintendent JLNM Hospital Rainawari, Srinagar have been directed to stop the use of ‘Ringer Lactate’ injection […]
WARIS SHAH ANANTNAG — One person was killed and two others were injured in a road accident in Achabal area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday evening. Reports said that a man was killed and two others injured after a Venue vehicle (JK03K- 6600) turned turtle and fell into a deep gorge at Achabal […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday registered an FIR after a communally sensitive video went viral on social media, officials said. A few people were detained for allegedly sharing the video, they said, adding that the clip showed the skin of a bovine. Considering that the clip could disturb communal harmony in […]
NEW DELHI — After the US completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, Taliban initiated dialogue with India in Qatar over safety, security and early return of Indian nationals stranded over there, the Ministry of External Affairs said Tuesday. For the first time, India has made public a meeting held between the two sides. The ministry stated […]
SRINAGAR — Four Overground Workers of LeT militant were arrested for grenade attack on the house of a Sarpanch at Shrakwara Kreeri ten days ago, police said on Tuesday. A police officer told that on August 22, about 2100 hours, a telephonic call was received by Police Station Kreeri regarding blast like sound from village […]
JAMMU — A 17-year-old Afghan national was on Tuesday arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir police at Lakhanpur in Kathua district while on his way to Kashmir. Identified as Abdul Rehmani of Kabul, the teenager had come to India on valid travel documents in July this year as an attendant to his brother, an Afghan […]
NEW DELHI — Prominent Muslim body Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Monday advocated setting up of separate schools and colleges for girls and said non-Muslims should also refrain from giving co-education to their daughters to “keep them away from immorality and misbehaviour”. In a statement issued after the working committee meeting of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (Maulana Arshad […]
KABUL — The Taliban have proclaimed “full independence” for Afghanistan after the last US soldiers flew out following 20 years of war. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said early Tuesday that “American soldiers left the Kabul airport, and our nation got its full independence.” The US confirmed its last forces withdrew ahead of a Tuesday deadline, […]
BUDGAM — Jammu and Kashmir Police has recovered a Sculpture from a local in Khansahib area in central Kashmir’s Budgam district after getting reports that the local was attempting to sell it. An official told that the Sculpture was recovered from the house of Nawaz Ahmad Sheikh son of Abdul Rashid Sheikh, a resident of […]