SRINAGAR — A man has been arrested for killing a girl and chopping her body into pieces in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district, Police said on Sunday. The girl was missing from last four days in Soibugh village of Budgam district. Police said, the 45-year-old man identified as Shabir Ahmad Wani son of Abdul Aziz Wani, […]
UNITED NATIONS — Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has admitted that Islamabad faces an “uphill task” to get the Kashmir issue into the “centre” of the agenda of the United Nations. Zardari also fumbled as he went on to refer to India, describing it first as “our friend” before using the term “neighbouring” country. […]
RAMALLAH — A Palestinian teenager Amri Oudeh (16) was killed after he was shot by Israeli soldiers in the chest during clashes in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilya, reports quoting Health Ministry said on Friday. Murad Ishteiwi, the Palestinian coordinator of the popular resistance in the village of Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya, […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department on Sunday forecast dry and sunny weather in Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours. The weather remained dry in the Union Territory during last 24 hours. An official of the Meteorological Department said, pleasant sunny weather is expected in J&K during the next 24 hours. He said, Srinagar recorded […]
JAMMU — The job aspirants in Jammu and Kashmir on second consecutive day on Friday continued to protest against the hiring of black-listed company, APTECH Limited, by the Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (JKSSB) for conducting exams. The aspirants were demanding ban on APTECH Limited for conducting exams. After protests in Srinagar and Jammu, […]
RAMBAN — The most vulnerable stretch of Panthyal on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway in Ramban district is set to get bypassed with the inauguration of the T5 tunnel next week. The work on the twin-tube 880-metre tunnel, part of the highway realignment project, started in 2020 and is expected to be completed within the next five […]
BEIJING — Xi Jinping was unanimously elected president of China for a historic third term at the ongoing session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) on Friday. He was also elected as chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), reports Xinhua news agency. Nearly 3,000 members of the (NPC) voted unanimously at the Great […]
SRINAGAR — At least seven shops were gutted in a fire incident in Maisuma area of Srinagar on Friday morning, news agency KDC reported. According to the report, the fire broke out in a shopping complex owned by Khursheed Ahmed Dar in which six shops were gutted completely while one shop suffered partial damage. The […]
SRINAGAR — Dry and sunny weather will continue in Jammu and Kashmir during next 24 hours, the Meteorological Department said on Friday. The weather was dry and sunny during the last 24 hours in the Union Territory. An official of the Meteorological Department said, pleasant, dry weather is likely to continue during the next 24 […]
JAMMU — A government employee has been arrested on Thursday for allegedly uploading a ‘hateful’ post on social media in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, PTI reported. According to the report, Amrik Singh, a resident of Beoli village, a Class IV employee in the office of chief education officer Doda, was booked for uploading […]