80-year- old Pedestrian dies after hit by speedy Truck at Lethpora

AWANTIPORA:A 80-year-old man was crushed to death by a speedy truck on Srinagar -Jammu national highway near Awantipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday. Reports said that that a speedy truck hit a pedestrian on the national highway Lethpora area of Awantipora The Police official indentified the deceased as Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Dar son […]

Vehicles Without HSRP To Be Seized After June 15: Police

Srinagar : Police on Saturday gave ‘final reminder’ regarding affixation of mandatory High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) by June 15. “This is Final Reminder by Transport/Police/Traffic departments. Mandatory Affixation of HSRP to be done by 15th June 2022 on all vehicles,” police said in a statement, adding, “Failing this all such Vehicles Without HSRP Shall […]

Authorities say process on to identify people behind communal tension in Jammu’s Chenab valley

Bhaderwah/Jammu,: Advising people to avoid irresponsible comments on social media, a senior government official on Saturday said strict action as per law will be taken against the people who stoke communal tension in Jammu region’s Chenab valley leading to the imposition of curfew and restrictions to maintain peace. Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Ramesh Kumar also said […]

RS poll results: No cross-voting by MVA MLAs; at least 5 Independents didn’t vote for us: Praful Patel

Nagpur: Senior NCP leader and newly-elected Rajya Sabha MP Praful Patel on Saturday said not a single MLA from NCP, Congress and Shiv Sena cross-voted in the RS elections for six seats from Maharashtra, which saw the defeat of Shiv Sena’s second nominee against his BJP challenger. Prima facie, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)- comprising […]

Man held by Maha ATS for recce of RSS structure handed back to J-K police

Nagpur: An alleged Jaish-e-Mohammad operative who was interrogated for over two weeks by Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad for conducting reconnaissance of the Dr Hedgewar Smriti Bhavan in Nagpur last year has been handed over to Jammu and Kashmir police, an official said on Saturday. Raees Ahmed Sheikh Asadulla Sheikh (26), a resident of Awantipora town […]

Target killings aimed at provoking security forces to set base for street protests: J&K LG Manoj Sinha

Kulgam: Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday said that targeted killings of members from the minority community were aimed to provoke security forces to commit a mistake so that people can hit streets in protest. He, however, was quick to add that police and security forces won’t touch any innocent and instead continue […]

Curfew in parts of Jammu region’s Chenab valley; efforts on to defuse tension

Bhaderwah/Jammu: A curfew clamped in parts of Jammu’s Chenab valley was in effect on Saturday, while a day-long shutdown called against recent remarks on Prophet Mohammad by two now-suspended BJP leaders disrupted life in the Peer Panchal region, officials said. Even as efforts were intensified to defuse communal tension, prominent citizens from both the communities […]

Lightning strike kills woman in Ganderbal

Ganderbal: A woman was killed and three other injured after lightning struck on their mudhut at Wanghat forests in Kangan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, official said on Saturday. An official said that a woman was killed and three other injured when lightning struck at Wanghat forests in Kangan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal […]

Suspicious object found on Srinagar-Baramulla highway, traffic suspended

Srinagar: A suspicious object has been found on the Srinagar-Baramulla Highway at Bulgam, prompting authorities to suspend traffic on the thoroughfare. Official sources said that some suspicious box, suspected to carry an IED, was found at Bulgam Hygam near Timepass hotel in Sopore area of the north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Soon police and Army’s 52 […]

Don’t go for TV debates whose sole intention is to ridicule Islam: AIMPLB to Muslim scholars

New Delhi, Jun 10: Claiming that the sole intention of some news channels is “not to reach any conclusion through a constructive discourse but to ridicule and defame Islam” and its followers, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has asked Islamic scholars and intellectuals not to participate in their debates. In a joint […]