New Delhi: A personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) who has been missing since Saturday’s ambush in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur, has been taken hostage by the Maoists who carried out the attack, ThePrint has learnt. The constable hailing from Jammu and identified as Rakeshwar Singh Manhas is alive but with the Maoist cadres, sources in the […]
Girl rescued & handed over to family, case registered Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday claimed to have arrested two persons who are involved in raping a girl inside vehicle (truck) in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. A police official told that on receipt of specific information that a girl (name withheld) was being raped […]
Srinagar: A 40-year-old woman and her son were charred to death after their house caught fire in Haftchinar area of Srinagar. Officials told that at least six residential houses were gutted during intervening night of Sunday-Monday in Haftchinar area of Srinagar, which falls under the jurisdiction of Shergari Police Station. “Fire broke out in a […]
Egypt’s first female ship captain Marwa Elselehdar was at the centre of a fake news campaign that blamed her for bringing one of the world’s most strategic shipping routes, the Suez Canal, to a halt, a BBC report said. But when reports of the container ship Ever Given being wedged across the Suez Canal emerged, […]
Kabul: At least 82 militants have been confirmed dead as warplanes pounded Taliban hideouts and positions in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, the former stronghold of the militant group, a top police official said on Sunday. The sorties began on Saturday night in parts of the restive Arghandab district, Xinhua news agency quoted the provincial police spokesman […]
Srinagar: In blatant violation of guidelines set by the Ministry of Ayush, University of Kashmir allotted an MD seat in its Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine (RRIUM) to the blue-eyed candidate of its Assistant Director in place of the deserving candidate. The Ministry of AYUSH conducted counseling for all India quota seats of Ayurveda, […]
Srinagar: The Government of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory on Sunday ordered closure of all educational institutions across Union Territory from 5th April, 2021 (Monday) for two weeks in view of sharp rise in Coronavirus cases in the Union Territory. The Classes upto 9th Standard shall remain closed for two weeks from 5th April (Monday) […]
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has called on the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) to play an “active role” in resolving conflicts and disputes, like Jammu and Kashmir, to promote peace and security in the region. “We must address disputes frontally,” Ambassador Munir Akram told a virtual meeting organized on Friday by […]
New Delhi: India should “not shy away” from discussing Kashmir with Pakistan even if they make it their core issue for talks, according to A.S. Dulat, former chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and former Intelligence Bureau (IB) special director. In an interview, Dulat, who served as an adviser on Kashmir in the Vajpayee PMO […]
Jammu: Four visually impaired cricketers namely Sahil, Abdul Raqib, Angrej Kumar and Ateeka of Cricket Association for Blind Jammu and Kashmir cracked J&K Bank Banking Associate Exam and were selected as Clerk in the J&K Bank and J&K Grameen Bank respectively. Sahil, who attained 93 marks out of 100, while Abdul Raqib clinched 89.75 marks, have […]