SRINAGAR — A local court in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Monday remanded a district development council (DDC) member of Jammu and Kashmir Apni party to 10 days police custody. Official sources told that chief judicial magistrate Bandipora remanded Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Rather, a DDC member from Arin block of Bandipora district to 10 days police […]
SRINAGAR — A Srinagar Court has directed the SHO Sadder to file status report by 12th of this month to a petition filed by a student activist seeking FIR against Majinder Singh Sirsa and BJP JK president Ravidner Raina. The Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar has directed the SHO Saddar Srinagar to file status report failing […]
ANANTNAG — The Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday claimed to have foiled bank robbery attempts by arresting two burglars in Dooru village of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. An official told that during last night, burglars first made an unsuccessful attempt to rob J&K bank branch in Chenigund village in Dooru after they managed to […]
ANANTNAG — A driver was killed after two vehicles collided head-on at Jablipora area of Bijbehera in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday afternoon. An official told that a truck collided head-on with an Alto car at new bypass near Jablipora area, resulting in serious injuries to Alto driver identified as Riyaz Ahmad Wani son […]
SOPORE — Local Muslims here in apple town of Sopore extending a help hand to a non-local Hindu family to get one of their family members cremated after his death on Monday. A 25-year non-local labourer identified as Pawan Kumar son Pokhan Kumar, a resident of Ferozpore Punjab died today after developing some complications. The […]
SRINAGAR — Ahead of the Delimitation Commission’s Jammu and Kashmir visit, the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Monday said that there was no joint decision over meeting the panel. Addressing a presser, PAGD spokesman Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami said that the PAGD has not taken any joint decision vis-a-vis meeting the Delimitation panel, which […]
Google has removed nine Android apps that were downloaded more than 5.8 million times from its Play marketplace after security researchers revealed they had been stealing users’ Facebook passwords. Analysts for Doctor Web, a Russian anti-malware company, found the apps contained different variations of the Android.PWS.Facebook trojan. All of the apps functioned as expected with […]
NEW DELHI — The Apex Court on Monday expressed shock and concern on being told that more than 1,000 cases have been filed invoking Section 66A of the IT Act. The controversial act in the question, which allowed authorities to arrest individuals for posting “offensive” content online, was scrapped seven years ago. A three-member bench […]
DUSHANBE — More than 1,000 Afghan troops fled into neighbouring Tajikistan in the early hours of Monday after clashes with the Taliban, the Central Asian country’s national security committee said. Taliban militants have launched several major offensives in northern Afghanistan in recent weeks as US and international troops withdraw from the country, including seizing its […]
SRINAGAR — The historic 86 km-km-long Mughal road and Anantnag-Sinthan-Kishtwar road on Monday opened for passenger traffic after remaining suspended for about seven months due to accumulation of snow and COVID-19 restrictions. Meanwhile, the national highways connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country and Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh with Srinagar are also […]