LUCKNOW — Twenty-three children from a government-run school in Srinagar, who are on an eight-day Bharat Darshan tour, visited the Bada Imambara and later went to the Lulu Mall in Lucknow. The tour organised by Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Frontier Unit reached the Uttar Pradesh state capital from Chandigarh. The children were amazed to see […]
JAMMU — In a meeting chaired by the Chief Secretary to deliberate upon misinformation created regarding property tax in Jammu and Kashmir, it was clarified that all the poor, marginalized having small houses having built-up area up to 1000 square feet have been exempted by the government from paying any property tax to be levied […]
SRINAGAR — A man from Pulwama was killed after being hit by moving train on Budgam-Srinagar section on Thursday. The man identified as Sanaullah Bhat, son of Abdul Ahad Bhat, a resident of Lajoora Pulwama was seriously injured after being hit by a train. He was immediately evacuated from the spot to the hospital, where […]
SOPORE — A man was injured in a mysterious blast in Warpora area of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday. Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that the man identified as Mohammad Jamal Dar, son of Ghulam Mohammad Dar of Warpora Sopore was digging earth at his orchard in Warpora when the […]
KULGAM — A residential house and some shops were damaged on Thursday after a landslide occurred in Noorabad area of Damhal Hanjipora in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. An official told news agency KNO that landslide took place at Shalmachi Yarikhah in Noorabad in which almost 3-5 shops belonging to Fayaz Ahmad Hajam and Abdul Majeed […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department on Thursday forecast mainly clear weather in Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours. The weather was dry and clear during last 24 hours in the Union Territory. An official of the Meteorological Department said, mainly clear weather is expected in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. He […]
RAMALLAH — A total of 10 Palestinians were killed and 102 others injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry published the names of 10 victims, which include an elderly man, a teenager and eight members […]
DUSHANBE — An earthquake of 6.8 magnitude has hit eastern Tajikistan on Thursday, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake struck around 5.37 am local time at a depth of about 20.5 kilometres. The epicentre appeared to be in Gorno-Badakhshan, a semi-autonomous eastern region that borders Afghanistan and China, about 67 kilometres from the […]
LAHORE — Over 60 workers, including six senior leaders, of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party were arrested on Wednesday following its mass court arrest movement over what it called the violation of fundamental rights, abuse of the Constitution and the economic meltdown. The party, however, claimed that between 500 and 700 workers and leaders have […]
JAMMU — The Jammu chapter of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association on Wednesday announced a one-day suspension of work against the decision of the administration to impose property tax in the Union Territory. Bar association president M K Bhardwaj said the decision to suspend work on Thursday was taken at a meeting which […]