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 […]
KULGAM — Panic gripped in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) school in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Friday evening after two of its students suffered burn injuries as they mistakenly wash hands with acid instead of sanitizer. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that two student identified as Umar Nazir Malik and Umar […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday claimed to have arrested three hybrid militants in Handwara area of Kupwara district and also recovered arms and ammunition from them. According to a statement, on August 04, joint parties of Police, Army 21 RR and 92 Bn CRPF had arrested 03 hybrid militants in Handwara and […]
SRINAGAR — Former Member Parliament Muzaffar Hussain Baig on Friday lashed out at Chief Electoral Officer J&K for what he said an irresponsible statement made by him during a news conference. Addressing a news conference, Baig said that CEO’s statement has created chaos in Jammu and Kashmir. “I think he has made the statement about […]
Sahil Gulzar SHOPIAN — Creating panic among locals, Cattle thieves have stolen five cattle including two cows, two calves and one sheep from cowsheds in the Reban area of Zainapora helmet in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on the intervening night of Thursday-Friday. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that “cattle thieves are on the prowl in the area. In […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday took out a protest march here against the inclusion of non-local voters in the electoral rolls in Jammu and Kashmir. Several PDP leaders led by the party’s chief spokesperson Suhail Bukhari took out the march from the party’s head office near Sher-e-Kashmir Park here. Bukhari said the […]
POONCH — Burglars targeted three shops and a house in Surankote area of Poonch last night and allegedly decamped with goods worth lakhs of rupees. Locals told GNS that theft occurred in three shops and a house near BDO office Surankote. The shops, they said, include that of Abdul Ghani (sold and silver shop), Rohil […]
JAMMU — A suspected member of a militant module involved in collection and ferrying of weapons and explosives dropped via drones along the International Border in Jammu frontier died after suffering a heart attack in the Kotbalwal jail here, officials said. The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the module involved in the May […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Lone on Friday said that the recent statement by officials of the Election Commission pertaining to allowing non-locals to vote in the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir has created a new set of apprehensions among the people, and that the Government of India must allay […]
SRINAGAR — A 20-year-old boy died after allegedly ended his life by committed suicide in Kharpora Khansahib village in central Kashmiri’s Budgam district, officials said. They told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that one Mohammad Shafi Hajam, son of Mohammad Ramzan, a resident of Kharpora Khansahib allegedly committed suicide at his home on Thursday. Hajam […]
SHOPIAN — A retired teacher, who was missing since yesterday from his home, was found dead on Friday in Feeripora area of Shopian district. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that Abdul Gani Rather (66) of Pudsoo village of Shopian was missing since Thursday. He said that today some locals spotted a […]
