KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday accused Russia of intensifying strikes across the country to put pressure on Kyiv at upcoming talks after an overnight barrage triggered power cuts as temperatures drop. The latest strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure came days before the trilateral US-brokered meeting in Abu Dhabi scheduled for Tuesday and […]
NEW DELHI — Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has accepted the resignation of Srinagar MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, who on November 3 resigned from his Parliamentary seat and the National Conference following differences with the party leadership. “Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, an elected member of Lok Sabha from the Srinagar Parliamentary constituency, has resigned […]
SYDNEY — Former opener Usman Khawaja claimed on Saturday that the entire Australian team knew about the 2018 “Sandpapergate” scandal in Cape Town and said they also employed the tactic during the previous Test at Port Elizabeth. Captain Steve Smith, his deputy David Warner and Cameron Bancroft were sent home in disgrace and found by […]
SRINAGAR — The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Inc) President Sheikh Ashiq Ahmad Saturday said that the Chamber has been continuously calling attention of the State and Central Government to the unfair rate of airfare applied by different airlines operating on Kashmir air routes. According to statement, KCCI president said that the airfares for […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested a man for committing an unnatural sexual offense upon a minor boy in the Chadoora area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Police in a press release said they received a written complaint from parents of minor boy that their son has been kidnapped by one Mohammad Sidiq […]
Famous tourist resorts Pahalgam and Gulmarg also recorded season’s coldest night SRINAGAR — Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday recorded the coldest night of the season at minus 5.8 degrees celsius. “With minus 5.8 as the minimum temperature today, Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season so far. Cold, dry […]
SRINAGAR — Two extortionists who were pretending to be militants to extract money from shopkeepers were arrested in Srinagar, police said on Saturday. Police said that two extortionists namely Mohd Younis Zargar of Khushipora and Mohd Rafiq Bhat of Natipora were arrested for issuing fake threat letters to shopkeepers for monetary gains pretending to be […]
SRINAGAR — Five players from Jammu division are set to feature in IPL 2023 but not a single cricketer from Kashmir could get through during the auction. The players which were bought in auction on Friday in Kochi include Vivrant Sharma who was brought by SunRisers Hyderabad on Rs 2.6 crore, Avinash Singh for Rs […]
MUMBAI — Television and Bollywood actress Tunisha Sharma dies by suicide on Saturday after she was found hanging in make up room on the sets of her TV show Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul. “TV actress Tunisha Sharma committed suicide by hanging herself on the set of a TV serial. She was taken to a hospital where […]
Mudasir Yaqoob SRINAGAR — The Srinagar Court has recorded the statement of main accused in the acid attack case on a girl here in February 2022 after incriminating material were found against him during the trial. The Principal District and Sessions Court Srinagar put 55 questions before the accused to which he recorded the statement […]
JAMMU — Former Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief Minister Tara Chand said on Saturday said that resigning from the Congress in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad was a “blunder”. Chand, however, said they will remain secular till their last breath and would have no objection in joining the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra when it […]
SRINAGAR — Police along with Army recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition in Hathlanga Sector of Uri in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday. A top police officer told GNS that in a joint operation, Barmulla police along with 3Rajput of army recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition from Hathlanga sector of Uri. […]
RAJOURI — A man died while another one was injured after a house collapsed in Gadyog village of Rajouri district on Saturday. Quoting an official news agency KNO reported that the house collapsed during repair works today. He said in the incident a man died, while another one was critically injured, who was rushed to […]
