Srinagar: Hours after woman SPO Saima Akhter was arrested and slapped with UAPA besides terminated from services, PDP president and former Chief Minister of erstwhile state Mehbboba Mufti termed police action “cruel”. “Saima Akhter from Kulgam has been slapped with UAPA for raising legitimate questions about searching her home repeatedly without any reasons. Saima’s ailing […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of Technical Education (JKBOTE) on Friday announced the postponement of Polytechnic exams for 1st, 3rd, 5th and 6th semesters till further notice, in-view of a surge in COVID-19 cases in the Union Territory. “It is for the information of all the principals/concerned students that the examination of all the […]
Srinagar: The district administration Srinagar has advised the teaching community, especially private coaching centres, to refrain from misbehaving with students and provide them a cordial atmosphere while teaching. The directive from the administration comes two days after a teacher at a private coaching centre was arrested by Srinagar Police for slapping a student 20 times […]
Mumbai: In a major development, the Hajj Committee of India (HCI) has said that no Indian Muslims shall be allowed to go for the annual Hajj pilgrimage unless they have taken the two vaccine doses. The HCI CEO Maqsood Ahmed Khan made the announcement late on Thursday following the latest directives from the Saudi Arabian […]
Islamabad: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has decided to block social media sites for four hours in Pakistan. A temporary ban has been imposed on Facebook, Google, Twitter, Tiktok, WhatsApp, and YouTube. They will resume working at 4pm. The decision has been taken to maintain the law and order situation in the country. The step comes […]
Kulgam: Jammu and Kasmir Police on Friday claimed to have booked a woman Special Police Officer (SPO), hailing from Frisal area of Kulgam under the Unlawful activities Prevention Act UA(P)A. Officials told that a woman SPO identified as Saima Jan, daughter of Ghulam Nabi Rah of Frisal area of Kulgam was seen shouting at security […]
New York: At least 71 journalists have been arrested by Myanmar authorities since the military coup in February, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing on Thursday. “From Myanmar, our colleagues at the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) say that 71 journalists have been arrested, with more than half of them […]
New Delhi: India reported over 2 lakh new COVID-19 cases and more than 1,100 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry on Friday. In the last 24 hours, 1,185 COVID-related deaths were reported in the country taking the death toll to 1,74,308. As many as 2,17,353 new COVID-19 cases have […]
Lahore/Karachi: At least four policemen were killed during the clashes as violence erupted across Pakistan over demand of the expulsion of a French envoy over the publication of alleged blasphemous caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad, according to media reports. The police also used baton-charge on the demonstrators. Violence erupted across Pakistan after security forces fired […]
New Delhi: As India witnesses an unprecedented surge in Covid caseloads, voices for a short-duration national lockdown or in severely-hit states/UTs grew louder on Wednesday and experts urged the Centre to immediately plan and execute a 15-day lockdown to break the chain of infection and manage the second wave of the pandemic. The fact is […]