NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Wednesday (August 28) recently reiterated that the high court is empowered under section 482 CrPC to quash an FIR even after charge sheet is filed if the court is satisfied that continuing the proceedings would be an abuse of the process of law. “law seems to be well-settled […]
NEW DELHI — Oil marketing companies have increased the rate of 19 kg commercial LPG gas cylinders by Rs 39, effective from Sunday. After the hike, the retail sales price of a 19 kg commercial LPG cylinder in Delhi is Rs 1,691.50. Earlier on July 1, in a move to offer relief to businesses and […]
SRINAGAR — To boost the BJP’s election campaigning in J&K, Prime Minister Narendera Modi, Amit Shah and other senior ministers of the party are all set to arrive in the UT from September 8 onwards, party sources told news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO). They said talks about the final date about PM Modi’s arrival […]
ISLAMABAD — The United Nations will continue to engage all stakeholders in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, a U.N. spokesman said, even though Afghanistan’s rulers issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public and severed ties with the U.N. mission after it criticized them. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric in New York defended the […]
JERUSALEM — A health official said a polio vaccination campaign had begun in Gaza on Saturday after the war-torn territory recorded its first case of the disease in a quarter of a century. Local health officials along with the UN and NGOs “are starting today the polio vaccination campaign in the central region”, Moussa Abed, […]
SRINAGAR — The famous Gulmarg ski resort in Jammu and Kashmir now boasts a new tourist attraction, with the inauguration of a unique museum showcasing the union territory’s rich history and heritage, along with the Army’s role in the valley’s security and development. The Gulmarg Army Museum ‘Gul-A-Seum’ was inaugurated by Army commander, Northern Command, […]
SRINAGAR — The National Conference will prioritise the lifting of AFSPA from Jammu and Kashmir and put an end to the “unjust harassment faced by Kashmiri youth” if it is voted to power, party vice-president Omar Abdullah said on Saturday. Abdullah had pitched for the revocation of the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) […]
KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA — The third case of M-Pox virus in Pakistan was confirmed at the Peshawar airport, Dawn reported on Saturday citing officials. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Health Director Dr Irshad Ali Roghani informed that another suspected patient has also been moved to a hospital. Earlier this month, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the recent […]
MOSCOW — Independent Russian media outlet Mediazona said Saturday according to its estimates more than 66,000 Russian military personnel have died during the war in Ukraine. Mediazona has been drawing up a list of known soldier deaths in conjunction with the BBC Russian Service using open-source data. Previously in April, they announced they had found […]
SRINAGAR — The PDP has banked on Iltija Mufti, the daughter of party chief Mehbooba Mufti and a third-generation member of the family, to retain its Srigufwara-Bijbehara Assembly seat, a PDP bastion since 1996. The Srigufwara-Bijbehara Assembly seat, earlier known as the Bijbehara constituency before the delimitation exercise of 2022, is going to polls in […]