New Delhi: Pieces of the iconic finial of the main dome of Mughal-era Jama Masjid here which had fallen off on its terrace below in a storm have been brought down using a skylift and safely stored. Jama Masjid Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari on Sunday said that the mosque authorities, the Delhi Waqf Board, […]
New Delhi: The Railways cancelled almost 9,000 train services this year, out of which over 1,900 were due to coal movement in the last three months, according to an RTI response. In a reply to a query under the Right To Information (RTI) Act filed by Chandra Shekhar Gaur, the Railways has said that it […]
Srinagar, Jun 5 The first batch of 145 pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday left for Saudi Arabia on the annual Hajj pilgrimage which was resumed this year after remaining suspended for two years in the wake of COVID-19, officials said. About 6,000 pilgrims from the union territory are scheduled to undertake the pilgrimage […]
Srinagar: The BJP on Saturday took strong objection to making public the transfer list of Kashmiri Pandit employees and demanded action against the officials responsible for the leak, terming it a breach of security. According to the list, 177 Kashmiri Pandit teachers employed under the Prime Minister’s Rehabilitation Package have been transferred. The transfer list […]
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari on Saturday sought an end to the senseless targeted killing of innocent people in Kashmir and appealed to the people of the valley to come forward and support the government’s efforts in restoring confidence among the minorities. His remarks came days after a 29-year-old bank manager […]
Srinagar: A man has been booked under the stringent Public Safety Act for allegedly uploading a video in which he justified the killing of television artiste Amreen Bhat by militants in Budgam, police said on Saturday. “Acting tough on anti-social elements, police in Budgam booked a hatemonger under the Public Safety Act (PSA) for spreading […]
New Delhi: Muslim body Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking intervention in a pending petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. The plea said that petitioner advocate Ashwini Upadhyay has raised grounds which have already been considered and decided by the constitution bench […]
Srinagar: A division bench of High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh on Friday stayed a single bench order for exhuming the body of a civilian, who was dubbed as a militant by police during the Hyderpora encounter in November last year, and handing it to his family for last rites. Hearing a Letter […]
Jammu: Police arrested a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant and his two associates in connection with the low-intensity IED explosion outside a court complex in Udhampur district in March in which one person was killed and 14 were injured, officials said on Saturday. Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Mukesh Singh told reporters here that a number […]
Srinagar: Five fresh COVID-19 cases and zero fatality due to the disease on Saturday, taking the infection tally in Jammu and Kashmir to 4,54,276. Four cases were reported in Jammu district and one in Kathua district, officials said here. There are 58 active cases of the disease in the union territory at present, and the […]