SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday expressed hope that the probe into the Nowgam police station accidental blast will provide answers to the questions surrounding the unfortunate incident that claimed nine lives. Speaking to reporters after visiting a hospital here to inquire about those injured in the accidental blast on […]
JAMMU — Five alleged drug peddlers, including a couple, were arrested along with narcotic substances from different places in Jammu, Udhampur and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, police said. Amjad Khan alias Taiya and his wife Shamshad Akhter alias Putti were apprehended from a suspected drug hotspot in Sakinderpur Kothey area of […]
JAMMU — Three persons, including a couple, were injured in a boar attack near a forest in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said on Tuesday. Mohammad Mazhar (30), Afsana Kouser (25), and another person sustained injuries after being attacked by wild boars on Monday night in the Khabla area of Thanamandi tehsil, they said. […]
NEW DELHI — The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted simultaneous searches in Delhi-NCR against the trustees and promoters of Al Falah University of Faridabad, the varsity central to the Red Fort area car blast case, officials said. Multiple teams of the federal probe agency raided at least 25 premises of the Al Falah trust and […]
NEW DELHI — The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Monday alleged that Kashmiri students across several northern states are facing profiling, eviction and intimidation in the aftermath of the Red Fort blast in Delhi, and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to publicly intervene to “call off the vilification” of the community. Addressing a […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference Lok Sabha member Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Monday said the accidental blast at the Nowgam police station needs to be thoroughly investigated and responsibility fixed for the “lapses” that led to the incident. “There is a need to fix accountability for the lapses that led to the accidental blast. A […]
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency has arrested Jasir Bilal Wani in Srinagar, who was an “active co-conspirator” of suicide bomber Umar un Nabi, in connection with the car blast near the Red Fort last week that claimed 13 lives, officials said on Monday. A resident of Qazigund in Anantnag district of Jammu and […]
JAMMU — General Manager of Northern Railway, Ashok Kumar Verma, on Monday conducted an extensive inspection of the Srinagar-Baramulla section of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project, an official said here. Divisional Railway Manager, Jammu, Vivek Kumar, and other senior officials accompanied Verma during the inspection which was aimed at assessing the progress of ongoing […]
JAMMU — Several Hindu groups on Monday staged a joint protest at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME) in Reasi district, urging authorities to revoke the first seat allocation list for MBBS admission. They also demanded a fresh admission process and a review of existing rules to guarantee sufficient reservation for Hindus […]
HYDERABAD/JEDDAH — At least 45 Indians, majority of them Umrah pilgrims from Telangana capital Hyderabad, were killed in Saudi Arabia’s Madina after their bus collided with an oil tanker, officials said on Monday. Citing preliminary information, Hyderabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar put the toll at 45, saying a total of 54 persons from the […]