35 killed, over 80 injured in blast at Shia mosque during Friday congregation in northwest Pakistan

  Peshawar: A powerful suicide blast ripped through a crowded Shia mosque during the Friday congregation in Pakistan’s northwestern Peshawar city, killing at least 35 people and wounding more than 80 others, in one of the deadliest attacks in the restive province, bordering Afghanistan. A rescue official said the blast occurred at a Jamia mosque […]

Russia shells Europe’s largest nuclear plant, starting fire

  Kyiv,:Russian forces pressed their attack on a crucial energy-producing Ukrainian city by shelling Europe’s largest nuclear plant early Friday, sparking a fire and raising fears that radiation could leak from the damaged power station. The assault on the eastern city of Enerhodar and its Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant came as the invasion entered its second […]

Biden speaks with Zelenskyy on fire at Ukrainian nuclear power plant

  Washington:US President Joe Biden spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy to receive an update on the fire at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and urged Russia to cease its military activities in the affected area and allow access to emergency responders, the White House has said. On Thursday, Russian forces pressed their attack […]

Rs 7.25 crore properties in JKCA money laundering scam attached

Rs 7.25 crore properties in JKCA money laundering scam attached

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday said it has “provisionally attached” immovable properties worth Rs 7.25 crore of Ahsan Ahmad Mirza in an ongoing case of alleged money laundering by former office bearers of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA). This is the third attachment order in the case. Former Jammu and Kashmir […]

GoI renames VDC as JK Village Defence Guard, hikes honorarium

GoI renames VDC as JK Village Defence Guard, hikes honorarium

New Delhi: The Centre has decided to change the name of the Village Defence Group in Jammu and Kashmir to Village Defence Guard (VDG) and give members a monthly honorarium. The move came apparently to bolster the security grid in Jammu and Kashmir, especially in rural areas. According to a Home Ministry communication to the […]

Govt issues draft rules for displaying fitness certificate, registration mark on vehicles

Govt issues draft rules for displaying fitness certificate, registration mark on vehicles

New Delhi: Vehicles will have to display validity of fitness certificate and registration mark in a prescribed manner, as per a draft notification issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) on Thursday. The ministry, in a statement, said in case of heavy goods / passenger vehicles, medium goods/passenger vehicles and light motor […]

16 Covid cases in Ladakh

16 Covid cases in Ladakh

Leh: Ladakh reported 16 fresh Covid cases in a day which took the tally of infections in the Union Territory to 28,061 while the number of active cases has declined to 138, officials said on Thursday. No death was reported in the Union Territory in the last 24 hours. It has so far recorded 228 […]

No Assembly elections held, no free movement of journalists in Kashmir: US official

No Assembly elections held, no free movement of journalists in Kashmir: US official

Washington: A senior US diplomat has told American lawmakers that no assembly elections have been conducted since the abrogation of Article 370 and pointed out that there is no free movement of journalists in Kashmir. “There are challenges to the human rights situation in Kashmir,” he noted. “We have not seen the holding of Legislative […]