SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police has recovered a Sculpture from a brick kiln in Gadusathu area in central Kashmir’s Budgam district after getting specific reports. Sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that the Sculpture was recovered from the brick kiln B-11 during the search by a team of police station Budgam. If sources […]
NEW DELHI — A total of 5,25,997 deaths due to COVID-19, including those of doctors and healthcare workers, have been reported in the country till July 23, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar informed Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Responding to a question, Pawar said the government maintains data of total cases and deaths […]
NEW DELHI — Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting feels that Pakistan can’t win the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup later this year if their captain Babar Azam doesn’t have a great tournament with the bat. Pakistan’s Waqar Younis recently said his former team had an excellent chance of claiming a second T20 World Cup title […]
SRINAGAR — Amarnath Yatra has been suspended between Panchtarni and the cave due to inclement weather, officials said on Tuesday. Heavy rainfall occurred in the mountains around the holy cave shrine this afternoon due to which water level in a nearby stream also rose, they said. The pilgrims were rushed back to Panchtarni camp, the […]
NEW DELHI — The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday said it has filed a chargesheet against former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah and some others in connection with its money laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA). The prosecution complaint was filed on June 4 before a […]
NEW DELHI — Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, who is on a hunger strike in Tihar Jail here for five days, is being given intravenous fluids and his health is being regularly monitored by doctors, officials said on Tuesday. Malik (56), the head of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), began his indefinite […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a batch of petitions by various private tour operators seeking GST exemption for Hajj and Umrah services offered by them to pilgrims travelling to Saudi Arabia. A bench headed by Justices AM Khanwilkar dismissed the plea filed by All India Haj & Umrah Tour Organizer Association […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday ordered transfer of ten police officers in the interest of administration with immediate effect. An order in this regard has been issued by J&K’s Home Department. Umesh Kumar, IPS, awaiting posting in the Police Headquarters has been posted as SO to ADGP, Railways, J&K, against an […]
GANDERBAL — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary, Arun Kumar Mehta on Tuesday said that to promote local economy, Manasbal festival was organised here and Manasbal will soon be among the popular tourist destinations in the Valley. Talking to reporters on the side-lines of the festival, Mehta said that Manasbal is not such a popular tourist […]
SRINAGAR — The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday said that no Kashmiri Pandit, working under the Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP), has resigned in the Kashmir Valley following the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit. In reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, MoS Home Nityanand Rai said that as per information provided […]