ANANTNAG — The Anti-Corruption Foundation, Anantnag District and Kulgam Unit distributed face masks sanitizers and face shields among police, CRPF locals, and especially for those who belong to Kulgam Devsar areas. On Contrary masks and other items were distributed among fruit and vegetable vendors in Achabal area. The team was led by District President ACF […]
SRINAGAR — When Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan was arrested in August 2018, the police claimed he worked for the banned militant group, Hizbul Mujahideen. He was charged with murder and conspiracy in a case related to an exchange of gunfire between militants and security forces in Srinagar. He was also booked under the stringent anti-terror […]
ANKARA — Turkey has offered to guard and run Kabul’s airport after the United States and other NATO forces withdraw from Afghanistan, but U.S. officials say Ankara is imposing conditions which need to be resolved as their leaders prepare to meet next week. Turkish officials say Ankara made the proposal at a NATO meeting in […]
SRINAGAR — The Director, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Dr A G Ahangar Tuesday said that the institute has kept some provisions of the out-patient departments (OPDs) open for patients who require physical examination and consultation. The statement is significant for people who are unhappy with the decision of SKIMS to provide virtual OPD […]
NEW DELHI — India’s daily cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) dipped below the 100,000-mark for the first time in more than two months, as 86,498 infections were registered in the last 24 hours, the Union ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) said on Tuesday. The country’s death toll rose to 351,309 after 2,123 […]
ISLAMABAD — At least 17 people were killed after a passenger van they were travelling in plunged into a river in Pakistan’s mountainous Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. The vehicle was heading from Chilas to Rawalpindi when it fell into the Indus River in the Paniba area of Kohistan district, Dawn new reported. The van, privately hired by […]
SRINAGAR — A 10-year old boy from Srinagar has created a world record by identifying flags, countries, capital and currencies of 195 countries in 9.26 minutes. Class 6th student of Tyndale Biscoe School Srinagar, Abdul Aleem appeared in an online show and took everybody by surprise by displaying his excellent memory power by identifying flags […]
SRINAGAR — With J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and more paramilitary troops being rushed to Kashmir, speculation has been rife that the Centre is about to make some major decisions on Jammu and Kashmir. This has prompted Jammu-based parties to come forward demanding that Jammu be made a separate […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has once again reiterated its firm opposition to India’s actions in Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement, Foreign Office said that we have noted with serious concern reports indicating that India might be plotting further division, bifurcation and demographic changes in the Jammu and Kashmir. The Foreign Office said that no new […]
SRINAGAR — The administration has invited a barrage of criticism over the vaccination of people by health workers in unscientific ways which have won applause on social media but have been censured by the keen health experts. Recently, the district administration in Pulwama applauded the vaccination of a famous health worker who was seen vaccinating […]