Srinagar: Most people in Kashmir on Sunday morning had no water to clean, make food, and have tea, because the water supply lines had frozen during the night. The city recorded a low of minus 8.8 degrees Celsius which was further down from the minus 7.2 degrees Celsius a night before. There was not a […]
PAMPORE: Residents of Pampore in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district have appealed to authorities of the wildlife and wetlands department to arrange food grains for various migratory birds at Chatlam and Fashkoor wetlands, where the water has frozen due to extreme cold and the birds are struggling to find food. Imtiyaz Ahmad, a resident of Konibal […]
Srinagar: No Covid-19 related death was reported in Jammu and Kashmir in the last 24 hours up to Sunday evening. The government’s daily Covid-19 bulletin said that 57 new positive cases were reported in J&K in the last 24 hours, 14 from Jammu division and 43 from Kashmir division. The bulletin said that 70 patients […]
Srinagar: Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested three militant associates of Lashker-e-Toiba outfit in Budgam district. In a statement, police said that acting on a specific input, Budgam Police, 53 RR of army, and CRPF arrested three militant associates identified as Mohd Yousuf Dar @ Janbaz Kashmiri, son of Gh Rasool Dar; Ab Majeed […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court has granted one month’s time to government authorities to file their reply on the issue of insufficient medical facilities for women and children in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Rajnesh Oswal granted time after Assistant Solicitor General of India (ASGI) Tahir Majid Shamsi appearing […]
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Sunday sent freelance journalist and contributor to The Caravan magazine, Mandeep Punia, to 14 days of judicial custody. His lawyers said that the metropolitan magistrate court listed his bail application for hearing on Monday and asked the investigating officer in the case to file his response. Punia, a freelance […]
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday filed a first information report against The Wire’s Founding Editor Siddharth Varadarajan for tweeting an article published on the news website reporting that the farmer who was killed during a tractor rally on Republic Day had died in police firing. The article, published on Friday, cited the […]
Editors’ guild, journalist unions protest at PCI New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Saturday became the fifth one to file a case against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and six journalists for allegedly sharing unverified news about a farmer’s death on January 26 in Delhi. Besides Tharoor, the police named India Today journalist Rajdeep Sardesai, National […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday filed a First Information Report against two media websites – The Kashmir Walla and The Kashmiriyat – for publishing reports on the Army allegedly forcing authorities of a school in Shopian district to hold Republic Day celebrations. The FIR was filed on the basis of a complaint […]
Shopian: The Siraj ul Uloom school in Shopian on Saturday negated reports of any “pressure” by the army or police for holding Republic Day function on January 26. Last year, this educational institution had appeared in news when the Jammu and Kashmir Police accused it of brainwashing its students towards militancy. The allegations were refuted […]