SRINAGAR — A Sikh organisation here on Wednesday demanded the implementation of the Inter-Caste Marriage Act and the enactment of an anti-conversion law in Jammu and Kashmir. This comes amid a row over the allegations of alleged forced conversion of four women from the Sikh community to Islam in the union territory. “I, on the […]
SRINAGAR — The family of Shahid Nazir Bhat hasn’t seen him since the morning of June 21, when he left home for a walk. For two days, they did not hear from him till police came knocking on their door saying Bhat had eloped with a woman from the Sikh community and her family had […]
KULGAM — Three local LeT militants were slain in an anti-militancy operation between government forces and militants at Chimmer area in Kulgam district in South Kashmir. The militants slain in anti-militancy operation have been identified as Waseem Ahmad Bangroo from Redwani Kulgam, Shahnawaz Ahmad from Kilbal Shopian and Zakir Bashir from Chimmer Kulgam. Reports said, […]
ISLAMABAD — Asserting that as a Pakistani, he had never felt more “insulted” than when Pakistan decided to join America’s war on terror in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said his country would be a “partner with the US in peace and never in conflict”. During a wide-ranging speech in the National Assembly, […]
ISLAMABAD — The World Bank has approved a loan of USD 800 million to cash-strapped Pakistan, financing schemes on clean energy and human capital development, according to a media report on Wednesday. The loan amount would be utilised for schemes that are not covered due to the budget deficit for 2021-22 fiscal, The Express Tribune […]
JAMMU — The winter capital Jammu recorded its hottest day of the season on Wednesday with the mercury settling at 42.9 degrees Celsius “five notches above season”s average, weather office said. The minimum temperature in the city was also 2.4 notches above normal at 28 degrees Celsius, the regional meteorological department official said. Most parts […]
POONCH — A massive fire has broken out in Mendhar along Line of Control in Mendhar, triggering landmine blasts in the hinterland, sources said. They said that the fire broke out of some uncertain cause this evening, following which a team of forest officials rushed the spot to douse off the flames. The team has […]
BUDGAM — Authorities Wednesday sealed a brick kiln for operating within the radius of 8 kilometers of Srinagar Airport. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a team led by Naib Tehsildar sealed a brick kiln at Madbal village of Chadoora. As per norms no brick kiln can operate within a radius of 10 […]
SRINAGAR — Saying goodbye to the 149-year-old official practice of rotating the seat of governance between the twin capitals of Srinagar and Jammu on six-monthly basis called the ‘Darbar Move’, J&K government on Wednesday cancelled the practice and the accommodations given to employees who would shuttle between the twin capitals. Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha had […]
SRINAGAR — Police have registered a case against unknown persons for resorting to stone-throwing in Narbal area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Narbal area witnessed stone-throwing after the killing of a LeT commander Abrar Nabi in Maloora HMT area of Srinagar outskirts. Police sources told KNT that an FIR vide number 145/2021 under sections 147, […]