Sajad Lone Says NIA Plea ‘Dangerous’ Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday called for a review of JKLF chief Yasin Malik’s case, while People’s Conference chief Sajad Lone termed NIA’s plea seeking death penalty for the separatist leader as “dangerous”. However, Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari said deterrent measures should […]
Srinagar: A group of Kashmiri Pandit devotees on Saturday held a protest in Ganderbal district, alleging inadequate facilities for the pilgrims at the annual Kheer Bhawani Mela. A group of devotees who reached the revered temple shrine of Ragnya Devi in Tulmulla area of the central Kashmir district for the annual fair to be held […]
Jammu: Authorities on Saturday announced an ex-gratia relief to a family which lost three of its members in a house collapse incident in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. Deputy Commissioner, Kishtwar, Devansh Yadav also assured every possible support to the affected family. Three visually impaired brothers were killed when their house […]
Srinagar: While most parts of the country are reeling under heat wave conditions, tourists are enjoying the pleasant weather in Kashmir as the Valley has witnessed rains over the past few days, leading to a drop in the mercury. The maximum temperature in the Valley, over the last few days, hovered around 20 degrees Celsius […]
Srinagar: Security forces on Saturday arrested a militant associate of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said. Acting on information about movement of militants in Nagbal village in the north Kashmir district’s Chandoosa area, the security forces placed a mobile vehicle checkpoint (MVCP) at the Shranz Crossing Nagbal, a police spokesman […]
Jammu: Security forces on Saturday detected and destroyed a landmine and two grenades, all in rusted condition, at two different places in Mendhar sector of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The landmine was detected by the Army troops during patrolling in Malikpur village near the Line of Control, they said, adding it […]
New Delhi: An Android malware called ‘Daam’ that infects mobile phones and hacks into sensitive data like call records, contacts, history and camera has been found to be spreading, the national cyber security agency has said in its latest advisory. The virus is also capable of “bypassing anti-virus programs and deploying ransomware on the targeted […]
DU Academic Council clears syllabi changes New Delhi: The Delhi University‘s Academic Council has approved several resolutions, including some contentious ones like the implementation of a four-year integrated teacher education programme, despite dissent by some members. The council also cleared several syllabi changes, including the scrapping of a chapter on Muhammad Iqbal from the BA […]
New Delhi: Court is not an institution to sermonise society on morality and ethics and rather, it is bound by the rule of law while taking decisions, the Supreme Court has said. The top court made this observation while ordering premature release of a woman convicted for murder of two children. The woman had an […]
New Delhi: Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday hit out at the Opposition for its decision to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building, saying it was an “insult” to the institution. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the new Parliament building on Sunday and 20 Opposition parties, including Congress, AAP, TMC […]