SRINAGAR — Two men were killed and an 18-yr-old girl was seriously injured on Saturday afternoon in separate road mishaps in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. A police official told News Agency Kashmir Dot Com that in two separate road accidents in Budgam district two men were killed and a girl was seriously injured. He said […]
Attack widely condemned SOPORE — Two civilians and as many cops were killed and three others were injured in an attack in Sopore town in North Kashmir on Saturday. Reports said that suspected militants fired upon a joint party of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and police near Main Chowk Sopore, resulting in injuries […]
KABUL — The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Thursday called the raging war in Afghanistan as “genocide of Muslims”. The remarks were made by OIC Secretary-General Yousef Al-Othaimeen during a meeting with Afghan Hajj Minister before the gathering of religious scholars in Saudi Arabia, reported Anadolu News Agency. Al-Othaimeen dubbed the war in Afghanistan […]
NEW DELHI — Congress leader Digvijay Singh hinted at ‘relooking’ the decision of revoking Article 370 in a recent conversation with a Pakistan-based journalist on the Clubhouse app. During the conversation, Digvijay said, “Democracy was not there in Kashmir when they revoked Article 370, ‘insaniyat’ was not there as they had put everyone behind bars. […]
MAKKAH — Saudi Arabia hosted an event, which would bring together senior scholars from Afghanistan and Pakistan for a “historic, landmark event on the path toward reconciliation between competing groups, to end the fighting and create stability to the country.” The conference featured five sessions in which more than 20 senior scholars spoke on peace, […]
ISLAMABAD — United States, China along with several other countries have declined to accept mangoes that Pakistan had dispatched to heads of over 32 countries as part of its “Mango diplomacy” initiative. Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) on Wednesday dispatched boxes of the fruit but countries like US and China among others have declined to accept […]
NEW YORK — India on Friday said it desires “normal neighbourly relations” with Pakistan and the onus is on Islamabad to create a conducive atmosphere by taking “credible, verifiable” action to not allow any territory under its control to be used for cross terrorism. During a debate on the annual report of the UN Security […]
NEW DELHI — The Centre is planning a series of political initiatives in Jammu and Kashmir which may include discussion with mainstream parties of the Union Territory and elections to the assembly in the early part of next year, officials said here on Friday. The delimitation commission, which was set up immediately after passage of […]
Sahil Gulzar SRINAGAR — Gusty winds coupled with rains on Friday afternoon caused massive damage to orchards,trees and residential houses in parts of Kashmir Valley. Reports said that dozens of residential houses, electric transmission lines got damaged while trees were uprooted due to strong winds in several areas of south Kashmir as well as in […]
PATNA — A 27-year-old from Bihar has become the first woman from her community to be directly appointed as the deputy superintendent of police (DySP) after qualifying the state civil services examination. She wants to bring down cases of domestic violence and create harmony in the society. Razia Sultana, a resident of Hathua block in […]