JAMMU — The security wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police has taken charge of the M A M Stadium, the venue of the Independence Day function in Jammu, in view of the high degree of threat perception following au chain of terror attacks in the region, officials said on Tuesday. Security has been beefed […]
GAZA STRIP — After a career in the shadows, spent in Israeli prisons and the internal security apparatus of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar has emerged as leader of the Palestinian group in the middle of a full-blown war. Sinwar, who until now was the movement’s Gaza chief, replaces Ismail Haniyeh, whose killing in Tehran last week […]
SRINAGAR — An explosion took place on Tuesday near a security forces camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara where two women were injured. The injured women were identified as Nahida Akther and Afroza Begum, both are reportedly residents of Chek Keegam in the Gujarpati area of Kupwara. The injured women were taken to a hospital […]
NEW DELHI — Muslim girls of a Mumbai college have filed a Special Leave Petition before the Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court judgment, which had rejected their plea challenging the ban on sporting hijabs, veils, stole, caps, etc. On Tuesday Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud told the petitioners’ counsel that he has […]
SRINAGAR — The Election Commission of India will meet political parties in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday to get feedback on conducting Assembly polls in the Union Territory. The office of the chief electoral officer, Jammu and Kashmir, on Tuesday issued letters to various political parties, inviting them for a meeting with the Election Commission […]
DHAKA — Nobel winner Muhammad Yunus said on Tuesday he was ready to head an interim government in Bangladesh after mass demonstrations forced longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina to flee the country. “I am honoured by the trust of the protesters who wish for me to lead the interim government,” he said in a written statement […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar police on Tuesday said that it has taken cognizance of a sexual assault on a minor student at a private school in the city. On Monday, reports said a minor student of a private school been subjected to physical and sexual assault by his classmates. The student was threatened that he should […]
DHAKA, BANGLADESH — Families of political prisoners secretly jailed in Bangladesh under the autocratic rule of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina waited desperately Tuesday for news of their relatives, as some of those missing were released. “We need answers,” Sanjida Islam Tulee, a coordinator of Mayer Daak, meaning “The Call of the Mothers”, a group campaigning […]
JAMMU — Yuva Rajput Sabha (YRS), a leading non-political organisation of Rajputs, took out a rally here on Tuesday to press for early restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood. This came a day after fifth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution that provided special status to Jammu and Kashmir and its […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said India should be extremely careful and watch the situation on its eastern front in Bangladesh with great care in wake of the developments in the neighbouring country. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister also said that all dictators must remember they will face the […]