NEW DELHI — Days after the reports of alleged Sikh girls being abducted and forcefully converted to Islam, a delegation of All Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee – Kashmir met Union Home Minister Amit Shah here on Sunday. Taking to twitter, Mr Shah said, “Met a delegation from All Sikh Gurudwara Mangaement Committee- Kashmir”. Though, the […]
KARACHI — Pakistan’s former ambassador Abdul Basit on Saturday said that he is not optimistic about the prospects of Pak-India relations, calling India a difficult country especially under the Modi regime. Also, he was of the view that the incumbent Pakistani government perceives no clear policy towards the long-standing Kashmir dispute at the moment. At […]
KULGAM — A 24-year-old youth on Sunday allegedly committed suicide by jumping into Aharbal waterfall in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Official sources told that the youth (name withheld) from Sanigam village of Kulgam appeared near Aharbal waterfall this afternoon and in the blink of a moment jumped into it. “Rescuers immediately swung into the action […]
PULWAMA — The Jammu and Kashmir police Sunday claimed to have seized a huge quantity of ”fukki” in the South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. An official told that acting on a tip-off, a police team headed by SHO Pulwama Manzoor Ahmad raided a residential house in Arihal village of Pulwama. He said that during the raid […]
BUDGAM — Police have booked a contractor and his nephew after top government official accused them of assault and lodged a police complaint against them. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that on Saturday, a contractor who resides in Khansahab accompanied by his nephew visited office of the Executive Engineer Roads and Buildings (R&B). […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday relaxed the Covid restrictions in 13 districts across Union Territory. The weekend curfew has also been lifted in these districts. However daily night curfew will continue to exist from 08:00 pm to 07:00 am. These districts include Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Poonch, Rajouri and Udhampur in […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir People Democratic Party (PDP) President, Mehbooba Mufti has sought LG Manoj Sinha’s intervention in stopping removal of PDP legislators from government allotted accommodation in Srinagar. Mehbooba has shot a letter to Sinha and expressed her concern over “selective targeting” of PDP leaders and former MLAs by asking them to vacate […]
UDHAMPUR — A teen from Udhampur has overcome many obstacles to top his district with 98.06 per cent marks in the Class 10 results declared by the state education board. As per the reports, Mandeep Singh said he could not go to school due to the lockdown last year and did not have a phone or […]
NEW DELHI — Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday demanded Bharat Ratna for ‘Indian doctors’ and healthcare workers, who were on the frontline in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic. Taking to Twitter, Kejriwal said Bharat Ratna will be a ‘real tribute’ to doctors who lost their lives while on frontline duty. “This year “Indian […]
ABU DABHI — Saudia, state-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines, said it will operate 23 flights to bring back citizens from the UAE before the travel ban takes effect today (Sunday), according to Bandar Al Fawzan, Director of Saudi Airlines Operations at Dubai Airport. Al Fawzan told Al Ekhbariya TV that 23 scheduled and unscheduled flights will […]