SRINAGAR — Scores of media persons were on Tuesday allegedly thrashed by the policemen when they were performing their processional duties at Jehangir Chowk in Srinagar. Waseem Andrabi, a photojournalist, working with Hindustan Times, told that the media men were covering Muharram procession at Jahangir Chowk today. However, he said that the policemen from Shergari […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities on Tuesday imposed restrictions in and around commercial hub Lal Chowk to foil the Muharram procession. Official sources told that in view of Muharram procession that was scheduled to be taken out from Abi Guzar today, restrictions were imposed in Maisuma, Abiguzar, Trc, Dalgate, Budshah bridge, Gowkadal and Kralkhud areas. Notably, Muharram […]
SRINAGAR — The Taliban takeover of Kabul has triggered fears of an Afghan spillover in the Valley, with a propaganda blitz on Jammu and Kashmir by India’s diplomatic mission in Mazar-i-Sharif seen as evidence of how the country is preparing to prevent a possible upheaval. Kashmir was on the lips of India’s consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif […]
UNITED NATIONS — United Nations chief Antonio Guterres called on the world to work together Monday to “suppress the global terrorist threat in Afghanistan.” “The international community must unite to make sure that Afghanistan is never again used as a platform or safe haven for terrorist organizations,” Guterres told an emergency UN Security Council meeting […]
TASHKENT — An Afghan military jet was shot down by Uzbek air defence forces and crashed after crossing the border into Uzbekistan, the Uzbek defence ministry said on Monday. The Afghan government collapsed on Sunday and the Taliban insurgents took control of the capital Kabul. The jet crashed late on Sunday in Uzbekistan’s southernmost Surxondaryo […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday seemed to endorse the Taliban taking over Kabul by saying that Afghanistan has broken the “shackles of slavery” in the neighbouring war-torn country. The longstanding war in Afghanistan reached a watershed moment on Sunday when the Taliban insurgents closed in on Kabul before entering the city […]
NEW DELHI — Delhi police has found that Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ashwini Upadhyay had connections with the men who raised anti-Muslim threats at a demonstration in Jantar Mantar on August 8. While Upadhyay and five others had been arrested two days after the crime took place, Upadhyay who has been a BJP spokesperson has […]
SRINAGAR — The administration of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has approached the Crime Branch to probe an appointment list which was in circulation on social media. A senior official of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh told that the list is fake and they are approaching the Crime Branch […]
BEIJING — China is ready to deepen “friendly and cooperative” relations with Afghanistan, a government spokeswoman said Monday, after the Taliban seized control of the country. Beijing has sought to maintain unofficial ties with the Taliban throughout the US’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, which spurred an advance by the Islamist hardliners across the country that saw […]
Have lost everything including gold, cash: Owner SRINAGAR — A fortnight before the marriage ceremony, the dreams of twin would-be brides got shattered after a massive blaze reduced their residential house at Basant Bagh area of Srinagar into ashes. The blaze broke out in the wee hours of Monday morning. In the blaze, one residential […]