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 — Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police (DPG) Dilbagh Singh Tuesday said that the number of local militants active in Kashmir has been reduced to two digit while a “miniscule number of foreigners were active who are being tracked down.” “As far as the status of militancy is concerned, the number of active […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was dry in J&K and Ladakh during the last 24 hours as the night temperatures continued to drop further in the 2 Union Territories. “Weather is expected to remain dry in J&K and Ladakh during the next 24 hours. Night temperatures are likely to drop further during the coming days in the […]
DUBAI — The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday, announced a new format for the biggest ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in 2024, scheduled to be hosted in the West Indies and the United States of America (USA). The record 20-team T20 World Cup will take place in two phases before the knockout stages. In […]
JAMMU — A Pakistani intruder was killed and another arrested on Tuesday as the BSF foiled their separate attempts to infiltrate into this side from across the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir, a spokesperson of the border guarding force said. The infiltration attempts were scuttled by the alert troops in Arnia sector of […]
CIANJUR (INDONESIA) — A powerful earthquake killed more than 160 people in Indonesia’s West Java province on Monday, with rescuers searching for survivors trapped under the rubble amid a series of aftershocks. The epicentre of the 5.6 magnitude quake was near the town of Cianjur in mountainous West Java, about 75 km (45 miles) southeast […]
NEW DELHI — A dozen human rights organisations including Amnesty International on Monday called for immediate release of Kashmiri activist Khurram Parvez who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a militant funding case last year. On May 13, NIA had filed a charge sheet against seven people, including Parvez and said the […]
RAJOURI — A non-local resident was on Monday arrested by Jammu and Kashmir police in Rajouri for allegedly murdering his friend, who hails from Bihar. Addressing a press conference, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rajouri said that Mohammad Aslam said that in the morning hours on 18 November, an unidentified body was found lying in […]
KULGAM — A PDD daily wager died after he was electrocuted while repairing a live wire in Frisal area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam Kulgam on Monday. Quoting an official news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that the daily wager received an electric shock when he was repairing a transmission wire in Chanpora Chinigam area of […]
KULGAM — Deputy Superintendent of Police from south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, who had gone to Saudi Arabia for performing Umrah, died of a cardiac arrest on Monday afternoon. Quoting an official news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that Rukhsar Ahmad, a DySP rank officer from Chandian Pajan area of Kulgam died of cardiac arrest in […]
SRINAGAR — The School Education Department Kashmir Monday said some leading private schools were misleading the parents by issuing examination date sheet illegally and in violation of the government guidelines. According to a notice, Central Joint Director of DSEK said it has come to the notice of DSEK that some leading private schools in Srinagar […]
