SRINAGAR — All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association head Imran Ansari on Tuesday appealed to the Centre to take a “strong stand” against the persecution of the Shia community in Pakistan. “I am writing to bring to your attention a catastrophic situation unfolding in Parachinar, Pakistan, where the Shia community is facing an existential threat […]
LAHORE — Pakistan Cricket Board’s incumbent chairman Mohsin Naqvi is set to become the next president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) later this year as per its rotation policy. The matter of the president’s post was discussed at a recent ACC meeting with Naqvi in line to become the next head. “When the ACC […]
SOPORE — An Imam from Pattan lost his life in a bike road accident in the Nowpora Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. According to police, the deceased has been identified as (Molvi) Manzoor Ahmad Lone, 34, son of Ghulam Nabi Lone, a resident of Goshbugh Pattan, Baramulla. He had gone to Nowpora village […]
JAIPUR — The Rajasthan Education Department’s academic calendar for new session in state government schools has sparked a political debate as it proposes to celebrate revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 as ‘Swarna Mukut Mastak Diwas’ and birthday of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar on May 28. Article 370 of […]
JAMMU — Security forces have launched a cordon and search operation following information about movement of two suspected militants in a remote village in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. The two armed suspects, dressed in black, were seen moving in Salampura village near Dehra Ki Gali late Monday night, they […]
PULWAMA — Authorities in Pulwama have collected samples from a high-density apple orchard allegedly damaged by the application of a pesticide to determine the actual cause behind the incident. The orchard, located at Chandgam village in Litter area of Pulwama, suffered significant damage on July 11, after Gulzar Ahmad Bhat, a local farmer, observed severe […]
SOPORE — A tragic explosion in Sopore town in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district has resulted in the death of four people while they were unloading scrap from a truck from Ladakh. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the incident occurred at the residence of Abdul Rashid Bhat in Sher Colony, Sopore. […]
NEW DELHI — India will host the next edition of the men’s Asia Cup cricket tournament in T20 format in 2025 as a pre-cursor to the T20 World Cup scheduled in the country in 2026, the Asian Cricket Council stated in its Invitation for Expression of Interest (IEOI). The Asia Cup is always used as […]
DHAKA — For the first time, the Bangladesh government on Monday officially acknowledged that 150 people were killed across the country during the students’ unrest over the quota system. Violence gripped Bangladesh recently and the government called in the army to quell protests against job quotas. The protests, which started in universities and colleges earlier […]
SRINAGAR — The Congress Jammu and Kashmir affairs in-charge Bharat Singh Solanki claimed the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre gave more powers to the lieutenant governor as it wants to rule the Union Territory by “proxy” and not hold assembly elections. Earlier this month, the Centre significantly strengthened the authority of the lieutenant governor […]