JAMMU — Night curfew has been imposed along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district to ensure better area domination by BSF troops and to foil any nefarious activities close to the borderline, according to an official order. The step was taken to prevent cross-border infiltration and smuggling of weapons through drones […]
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday has been deferred in view of the prevailing inclement weather conditions and forecast, officials said on Monday. Shah was scheduled to visit the Union Territory to attend the ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalpa Yatra’, a Central government programme, in Jammu and inaugurate […]
NEW DELHI — Supreme Court on Monday quashed the remission of 11 convicts in the Bikis Bano gangrape case and the murder of her family members, by the Gujarat government. It stated that it was not under the territory of Gujarat that the sentence was passed and the accused were convicted. The convicts will have […]
GAZA — The Israeli army launched airstrikes on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip, killing at least 20 people, the media reported. According to the report released on Sunday, dozens of injured people have been sent to hospitals, many of whom were in serious condition. Local sources told Xinhua news agency that many […]
BAREILLY — Mufti Shahabuddin Razvi the Bareilly-based national president of All India Muslim Jamaat, has said that “Muslims in India have no reason to fear CAA”. This comes days after government agencies announced that rules of Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 will be notified before the Lok Sabha elections. “After a detailed analysis of the provisions […]
DHAKA — Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday secured a record fourth straight term as her Awami League party won two-thirds of the seats in the general elections marred by sporadic violence and a boycott by the main opposition BNP and its allies. Hasina’s party won 200 seats in the 300-seat parliament while counting […]
KOLKATA — West Bengal minister and senior TMC leader Chandrima Bhattacharya on Sunday filed a police complaint against BJP leader Amit Malviya for allegedly making ‘defamatory’ remarks against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Bhattacharya’s police complaint was in response to Malviya’s post on X where he claimed that absconding TMC leader Sahajahan Sheikh, the […]
NEW DELHI — Researchers have found that changes in blood flow in the retina could influence visual symptoms of some migraine patients, a new study has said. According to the study published in the journal Headache, the findings could represent a long-sought observable marker for migraines that doctors can use to aid in the clinical […]
SRINAGAR — In a significant political development, senior politician Muzaffar Beigh and his wife, DDC Chairperson Baramulla, Safina Beigh, rejoined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Bijbehara graveyard on the death anniversary of PDP founder late Mufti Mohammad Syed here on Sunday. Party sources told Srinagar based news gathering agency Kashmir Dot Com that […]
SRINAGAR — The opposition INDIA alliance partners will discuss seat-sharing in Jammu and Kashmir for the Lok Sabha elections when the polls are announced, senior Congress leader Ghulam Ahmad Mir said on Saturday. The people of J&K and Ladakh are ready to give all six seats to the INDIA alliance, said Mir, who is the […]