CAIRO — Two trains collided south of the Egyptian capital on Sunday, derailing several carriages, killing four and injuring dozens, according to the authorities. Egypt’s railway authority said a train traveling from Giza to Fayoum crashed into the rear of another service heading south from Cairo to the city of Aswan. The health ministry said […]
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 — J&K unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said that no demographic change would be made by special summary revision of voters. “Anyone living in Jammu and Kashmir from two, three or four years has the right to vote here. If leaders from Jammu and Kashmir can contest elections from outside J&K, […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone on Monday said they will sit on hunger strike before the Parliament and other constitutional bodies if there is an attempt by the Government to change the electoral demography of Jammu & Kashmir. Addressing a news conference here, Lone said that they will sit on a hunger-strike […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained mainly dry in J&K during the last 24 hours as the MeT office said on Monday that partly cloudy weather with light rain at isolated places is likely in the Union Territory in the next 24 hours. ‘Partly cloudy weather with chances of light rain at isolated places in J&K during […]
ISLAMABAD — An FIR has been filed against former Pakistan PM Imran Khan under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). Imran Khan was booked for threatening a judge and two top officials while addressing a rally in Islamabad. Earlier, Pakistan’s electronic media watchdog banned satellite television channels from broadcasting live speeches of ousted prime minister Imran Khan, […]
JAMMU — An intruding militant nabbed on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district was sent as ‘Fidayeen’ (suicide bomber) by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Army soldiers noticed suspicious movement in the Sehar Makri area of Nowshera sector Sunday evening. ‘After being challenged, the militant started running back towards the Pakistani side […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Saturday that star pacer Shaheen Afridi has been ruled out of the upcoming Asia Cup 2022 due to a knee injury. He will also stay out of action during the home series against England as well, which will start from September 20 onwards, but will return to […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday claimed to have cracked the grenade lobbing incident on minority community in Gopalpora area of Budgam district by arresting two hybrid militants of LeT. Kashmir zone police on its official Twitter handle informed that the vehicle used by militants has also been seized. The arrested militants have […]
AWANTIPORA — A labourer from Baramulla was injured after he accidentally came in-between two vehicles at AIIMS Awantipora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday afternoon. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the labourer identified as Bilal Ahmed Mir son of Ab Majeed Mir resident of Boniyar accidently came in between […]
SRINAGAR — A man who was critically injured in a road accident on Bypass near Tengpora area of Srinagar this afternoon, succumbed to his injuries. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that Abdul Majeed (65) of Chanapora, was critically injured after being hit by a vehicle near Tengpora area this afternoon. He […]
ISLAMABAD — Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan wants to have “permanent peace” with India through dialogue as war is not an option for either of the countries to resolve the Kashmir issue, according to a media report on Saturday. Speaking to a delegation of students from Harvard University, Sharif also said that […]
