DHAKA — Thousands of Bangladeshi protesters demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign clashed with pro-government supporters Sunday, with eight people killed as mass rallies and violence erupted countrywide. Huge crowds of protesters, many wielding sticks, packed into Dhaka’s central Shahbagh Square, with street battles in multiple sites as well as in other key cities, police […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi has sought the release of prisoners from Jammu and Kashmir who have been held “without trial” for an extended period, the party said in a statement. The MP from Srinagar met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi late on Friday to advocate for the […]
KULGAM — A youth died while three others were injured after a head-on collision between two motorcycles in Kulgam’s Zazripora area on Saturday, officials said. An official told news agency Kashmir News Observer that two motorcyclists collided near Zazripora, resulting in injuries to four individuals. He said the injured were shifted to district hospital Kulgam, […]
DHAKA — Bangladeshi student leaders on Saturday said they would carry on a planned nationwide civil disobedience campaign until Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned following last month’s deadly police crackdown on protesters. Rallies against civil service job quotas sparked days of mayhem in July that killed more than 200 people in some of the worst […]
SRINAGAR — Five policemen and a teacher have been dismissed from their positions for their alleged involvement in narco-militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. This move is part of a broader crackdown by the administration on militant financing and the separatist ecosystem in the region. Most of the dismissed policemen are from border areas and have […]
SRINAGAR — Mohammad Yousuf Bhat, son of Mohammed Subhan Bhat and a resident of Gulshan Nagar Bypass, passed away on Friday after a prolonged illness. Bhat was a respected resident of the Gulshan Nagar Bypass locality, known for his warm personality and dedication to his family and neighbors. The Bhat family has announced that the […]
JERUSALEM — A senior Muslim cleric was detained on suspicion of inciting “terrorism” on Friday after he mourned slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque, his lawyer told. Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, 85, the former grand mufti of Jerusalem and current head of its Supreme Islamic Council, called Haniyeh a “martyr” in his […]
SRINAGAR — The Election Commission, led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar along with Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and SS Sandhu, will visit Jammu and Kashmir from August 8-10 to review the preparedness for the upcoming assembly elections in the Union Territory. In Srinagar, the Commission will first meet with political parties. They will also […]
JAMMU — J&K Police are on the lockout for a person involved in a blast at a bus stand here in 2019, in which two people died and 32 others were injured. The police are putting up posters of the accused across the city. “We have put up posters of the accused involved in the […]
JAMMU — Atleast two Children died and fifteen other fell sick due to Poisoning in Satyalata village in Udhampur district on Friday. Officials told GNS that during a wedding in Udhampur two Children died and 15 others fell sick after taking food. Those two dead Children have been identified as 3-year-old Mohit son of Parshotam […]