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 — A civilian was killed and an armyman was injured while as militants managed to flee from the encounter spot at Redwani village in Kulgam district of South Kashmir on Friday. Reports said the civilian and armyman were injured during the initial exchange of fire and both were taken to hospital for treatment. However […]
SRINAGAR — Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday has sought monkeypox testing facility at Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar of Kashmir valley. “That would help in quicker testing of suspected monkeypox virus samples and hasten detection of cases,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. Dr Hassan said we have the recommended […]
NEW DELHI — The CBI on Friday conducted searches at 30 locations in connection with alleged irregularities in the selection of police sub-inspectors by the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB), officials said. The searches were launched at 28 locations in Jammu and one each in Srinagar and Bengaluru after the registration of an […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday directed all the officials above the rank of Under Secretary to attend the main function of Independence Day on August 15 at Jammu and Srinagar. The government in a circular also said that any absence will be only permissible with prior permission of their immediate superior. […]
ANANTNAG — A pedestrian died after being hit by a Scorpio vehicle in Dooru area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday, officials said here. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the pedestrian identified as Mohammad Ramzan Shero son of Ghulam Mohammad of Kapran was injured when a Scorpio vehicle hit […]
KUPWARA — Authorities on Friday suspended two teachers after their video regarding absence during duty hours went viral in Chamkote area of Karnah in north kashmir’s Kupwara district. In an order, issued by zonel education officer (ZEO) today on 05-08-2022, a video regarding late arrival of teacher of UPS Haridal has gone viral on social […]
ANANTNAG — A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel shot himself dead with his service rifle in Ashmuqam area of South Kashmir’s Annatnag district, officials said here on Friday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that a BSF personnel shot himself with his service rifle during Yatra duty at JNV Ashmuqam. He said […]
SRINAGAR — Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Vijay Kumar, on Friday said that hybrid militants are no longer a challenge for police and security forces. He said the abrogation of Article 370 has put an end to the frequent strikes, closure of schools and stone pelting incidents at encounter sites. “A year before, the […]
KULGAM — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Redwani village in Kulgam district of South Kashmir on Friday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Redwani village in Kulgam district following the inputs about presence of militants in […]
SRINAGAR — The weather remained mainly dry in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the Met Department said on Friday that partly cloudy sky with light rain at isolated places is likely. Srinagar had 20, Pahalgam 14.8 and Gulmarg 12 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature on Friday. Drass town in Ladakh […]
