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 — Two young entrepreneurs from Srinagar have come up with ‘At Your Service’, valley’s ‘Tech Enabled’ logistics company. In the fast paced world, convenience and ease of access is a mantra that no business can afford to ignore. In Kashmir too, the customer demands his pound of flesh and businesses have begun to cater […]
JAMMU — National Health Mission, Jammu and Kashmir today releases ranking of Public Health facilities on Hospital Management Information System (JK e Sahaj) for the month of October 2022. Under first phase of implementation of this initiative, 578 facilities have been covered and more will be further extended to other facilities in a phased manner. […]
SRINAGAR — Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Kashmir, Vijay Kumar on Thursday said that a local resident was involved in killing of Kashmiri Pandit Puran Krishan Bhat at Chowdharygund village in Shopian district. Kumar said that the accused namely Mohd Latief Lone S/O Nisar Ah of Check Kachidoora Shopian is missing from his home […]
BARAMULLA — The Wildlife department with the assistance of Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday captured a leopard alive from Narwaw area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Quoting an official, news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that the wildlife department with the assistance of J&K Police captured a leopard from Kalayban Narwaw village of Sheeri […]
ANANTNAG — The body of a missing man has been recovered from the forest area of Larnoo in Kokernag area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday, official said. Quoting an official news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that Ghulam Mohammad Lone, son of Lassa Lone of Lessu Larnoo had gone to see his sheep […]
JAMMU — Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik appeared before a special court here via videoconferencing on Thursday an cross-examined a witness in the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, the daughter of then Union home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. Malik, who is lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail in a militant financing case, was […]
BARAMULLA — A class 8th student has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in Boniyar area of Uri in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday. Quoting an official news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that the boy hanged himself to death at his residence at Bimyar village of Boniyar today. He said soon after the […]
NEW DELHI — The administration of Delhi’s famed Jama Masjid has put up notices outside the main gates banning the entry of ‘girls’, whether alone or in groups. As controversy escalated, the mosque’s Shahi Imam on Wednesday said the order is not applicable to those coming to offer prayers. The issue led to an outrage […]
SRINAGAR — The School Education Department Kashmir has proposed winter vacations in a phased manner from the first week of December for winter zone of Kashmir division. Quoting official sources news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that DSEK has forwarded a proposal to government for approval in this regard. They said DSEK has proposed that […]
ISLAMABAD — Lt Gen Asim Munir, a former head of Pakistan’s spy agency ISI, was on Thursday named as the new Army chief to succeed incumbent General Qamar Javed Bajwa, ending the suspense over the key appointment. Bajwa, 61, is scheduled to retire on November 29 after a three-year extension. He has ruled out seeking […]
