SRINAGAR — A camp of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and a tin shed were partially damaged in a fire incident in Indra Nagar area of Srinagar on Tuesday morning. Quoting an official news agency KNO reported that fire broke out from the top floor of 73BN CRPF camp at Indra Nagar this morning. He […]
NEW DELHI — India on Tuesday strongly condemned the visit of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), and said that any interference in the country’s internal affairs was “completely unacceptable”. External Affairs Ministry’s official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, “We strongly condemn the visit of OIC Secretary General to PoK […]
SRINAGAR — A policeman was killed after a vehicle he was travelling in met with an accident in Pampore area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, an official said. Quoting an official news agency KNO reported that an accident took place on Jammu-Srinagar national highway near Samboora Awantipora link road in which Alto vehicle (JK04H-0495) hit […]
SRINAGAR — The minimum temperatures again dropped in Jammu and Kashmir due to clear night sky. Weather was cold and dry in J&K during the last 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) office said on Tuesday that similar conditions were likely to continue. “Cold, dry weather with mainly clear sky is likely in J&K during […]
JAMMU — Hotel and lodge owners on Monday raised concern over the loss of business over the past several years and demanded immediate restoration of ‘darbar move’, a practice under which the government functioned six months each in Jammu and Srinagar. The Lt Governor Manoj Sinha-led administration stopped the age-old practice in June last year […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s plan to create a ‘unique family ID’ for residents of the Union Territory was emblematic of the widening “trust deficit” after the 2019 abrogation of Article 370. The former chief minister said Kashmiris are viewed with suspicion and dubbed the unique […]
CHENNAI — An alert CRPF personnel at the airport here foiled an alleged suicide attempt by a student from Jammu and Kashmir, said police on Monday. Noticing the youth attempting to jump over departure road railing, about 60 ft high from ground level, the CISF personnel deployed at NIT departure gate, swiftly rushed to the […]
ISLAMABAD — The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has said that it has been working on a plan to find a channel of discussion between Pakistan and India on the Kashmir issue. India has previously hit out at the 57-member grouping of Muslim-majority nations, saying bodies like OIC should refrain from allowing vested interests to […]
NEW DELHI — The government on Monday issued directions for blocking a Pakistan-based OTT platform’s website, two mobile applications, four social media accounts and smart TV app, saying a series being shown by it was detrimental to India’s national security and integrity. The platform Vidly TV had released a web series titled “Sevak: The Confessions” […]
SRINAGAR — The J&K Government on Monday constituted a committee to look into the alleged irregularities in the selection process of Fireman/ Fireman Drivers of 2020 in the Fire and Emergency Department. The committee shall be headed by the Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary) Home Department and its two more members include Secretaries to the […]