QAZIGUND — A motorcyclist was killed while two others were injured after a tractor and motorcycle collided with each other at Y K Pora village of Qazigund area in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Monday evening. Official sources told that an accident occurred when a motorcycle and a tractor had a head-on-collision at Y K […]
NEW DELHI — COVID-19 has devastated many lives and it is “heart wrenching” that the survival of children who lost either or both parents during the pandemic is at stake, the Supreme Court said, but expressed satisfaction over schemes announced by the Centre and states to provide succour to them. The apex court said that […]
SRINAGAR — Senior leader and former minister Prof. Saif-ud-din Soz Monday said that the Supreme Court of India has shown itself in poor light by not including Justice Akil Kurashi in the list of nine judges that the collegium has recommended to the government. In a statement, Soz said that the general run of people […]
SRINAGAR — An advertisement – seeking girls, house wives and widows for a leading spa in Delhi – that featured on Kashmir’s leading newspaper has caused shock and anger in the region. The advertisement placed by Walnut Adverstisers on Greater Kashmir newspaper had sought “girls, house wife’s, widows for a leading spa in New Delhi” […]
BUDGAM — The subscribers of private telecommunication companies have complained of erratic mobile services in several villages of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. The residents of Kralpatheri, Rayaar, Mujhpathri, Gurwath, Chakshaira Khansahab villages said both the call connectivity and internet services in these area are poor for the past several years. They said that they cannot […]
NEW DELHI— “Convict him or acquit him,” an anguished Supreme Court observed on non-framing of charges on an accused jailed for 11 years over serial blasts in multiple Rajdhani Express and other trains in 1993. Underlining the right to speedy trial, the top court sought a report from the special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) […]
ESS ENN ANANTNAG — Army’s 19th Rashtriya Rifles SIKHLI organized the first ever Chinar Women’s Cricket Premier League for young girls in Southern part of Dooru Town in which 8 teams from different districts of the Valley are participating. The inaugural match was played between Anantnag and Kulgam on Monday. Leading Indian cricketer Yousuf Pathan […]
KATHUA — The Central Bureau of Investigation Monday said that it has arrested an assistant sub-inspector of Police Station Kathua for demanding and accepting bribe of from a complainant. In a statement, a CBI spokesperson said that a case was registered on a complaint against the accused on the allegations of demanding bribe. “It was […]
POONCH — Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested a policeman for the murder of his 36-year-old wife in Poonch district. Quoting officials news agency GNS reported that the woman, a teacher by profession, was strangulated by the policeman along with his mother and the duo had placed the body at around 100 meters from the […]
NEW DELHI — Flights between India and Bangladesh will resume from September 3, 2021. The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) said that passenger airlines can resume operations after four months under an air bubble agreement signed by the two countries last year. Air travel services between destinations of the two countries were suspended as Covid-19 […]