New Delhi: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, who is in the national capital, called on the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi here on Wednesday evening. During the meeting, the Chief Minister apprised the Prime Minister about the overall situation in the State. She informed the Prime Minister that the people of Jammu & Kashmir have been suffering immensely […]
Jammu: Over 200 men, women and children blocked the road in front of the Hiranagar Police station in Kathua district as a protest against the PDP-BJP government alleging harassment and mass detentions by the Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Crime Branch which is probing the killing of an eight-year old girl. A senior crime branch official […]
Srinagar: Two minor boys were injured in an explosion in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir today, police said. “Liyakat Khan (14) and Ishfaq Khan (12) — were injured when they were fiddling with some suspicious object which exploded near Panchayat Mohalla, Rakh-e-Brah, in Anantnag district,” a police spokesperson said. He said the injured boys […]
Pulwama: Suspected militants on Wednesday evening fired upon a civilian and injured him near Eidgah Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Identified as Ajaz Ahmed Shah S/O Ali Mohammad Shah, the victim sustained serious bullet injures on his chest and was shifted to Sub district Hospital Tral from where he was referred to Srinagar hospital […]
Kupwara: A ten year old kid died after he fell down into a trench at Haidermal Mawar area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. A police official said that boy was playing when he fell down into the trench. He identified the deceased as Sharafat Ali Khan son of Asghar Ali Khan a resident of Haidermal […]
JAMMU: The police today said that some vested interests are trying to communalize the situation to put pressure on the agency investigating the murder of a teenage girl in Kathua and “unfortunately some media organizations have also started playing into the hands of such troublemaking elements.” Reacting to a news report published in a local […]
Dhaka: Three Nobel Peace laureates have accused Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the nation’s military of genocide for their role in violence that has forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh. The laureates, who are in Bangladesh to visit sprawling refugee camps, said at a news conference in Dhaka […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today welcomed the Centre’s decision to slash airfare for Hajj pilgrimage this year. The reduction, announced by the Union Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi yesterday, will be applicable to passages on Air India, Saudi Airlines and Flynas, an air carrier based in Saudi Arabia, to Jeddah and […]
Mumbai: Wrapped in tricolour, Indian cinema icon Sridevi on Wednesday began her final journey with thousands of mourners jostling with each other to catch a glimpse of her cortege as it slowly made its way through the city to the Vile Parle crematorium. The body of the 54-year-old, who died in Dubai on Saturday, was […]
Jammu: A National Conference delegation led by its chief Farooq Abdullah today called on Governor N N Vohra in Jammu. The delegation comprised of Davendra Rana and other leaders discussed many issues related to the state with Governor. Guest