NEW DELHI — The Congress on Wednesday elected Mallikarjun Kharge as its president, the first non-Gandhi to head the party in 24 years at a time the 137-year-old party is struggling to reverse its slide in the country’s electoral politics. A staunch Gandhi family loyalist from Karnataka, the 80-year-old leader defeated Shashi Tharoor in an […]
JAMMU — A policeman lost his life on Wednesday while saving his two children from drowning in a river in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said. The two children had slipped into the Ujh river while taking a bath in Jasrota area on Wednesday, they said. As father Seshipal Singh saw them drowning, he […]
HOBART — Curtis Campher and George Dockrell shared an unbeaten 119-run stand for the fifth wicket in Ireland’s successful chase of 177 to seal a come-from-behind six-wicket win over Scotland in their Group B match of the first round in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at Bellerive Oval on Wednesday. After opener Michael Jones hit […]
SRINAGAR — At least 17 drug peddlers and narcotic smugglers have been booked under PIT-NDPS in Srinagar, police said here on Wednesday. Srinagar police on its official Twitter handle informed that PIT-NDPS is preventive detention for one year akin to PSA. “Seventeen Drug peddlers and Narcotic smugglers booked under PIT-NDPS. PIT-NDPS is preventive detention for […]
SRINAGAR — Former minister and BJP leader Sunil Sharma on Wednesday said that BJP will form the next government on its own in Jammu and Kashmir and that they were ready for elections anytime. Talking to reporters in Dooru, Sharma said that BJP was ready for elections in Jammu and Kashmir and the way Election […]
RAMBAN — The panel launching of 240 feet CI-40R Bailey suspension bridge over the river Chenab in Maitra area of Ramban district has been started today, officials said. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the project was approved by National Highway Authority of India this year for de-launching of the existing […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Wednesday rapped the Jammu and Kashmir administration over unscientific dumping and disposal of solid waste, saying it cannot play with the lives of the people. A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and C T Ravikumar dismissed a plea by Municipal Committee of Bandipora against imposition of environmental compensation […]
NEW DELHI — Pulitzer-winning Kashmiri photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo has said she was stopped from flying to the United States by immigration authorities at the Delhi airport “despite having a valid visa and ticket”. The 28-year-old photojournalist, who was awarded the Pulitzer for the coverage of COVID pandemic for Reuters, was scheduled to fly to […]
NEW DELHI — The CBI has arrested Border Security Force medical officer Karnail Singh in connection with alleged irregularities in the recruitment of sub-inspectors by the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB), officials said on Wednesday. Singh was taken into custody on Tuesday and will be produced before the special Central Bureau of Investigation […]
BANIHAL — The digging work was completed Tuesday on a 10.2 km tunnel connecting Sumbar and Dharam villages on the 111-km under-construction Banihal-Katra Railway link, an official said. The breakthrough on T-48 Tunnel was executed by conducting a blast under the supervision of Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Railways S P Mahi, the official […]