New Delhi: State-owned construction firm NBCC today said it has received sanction for the construction of 14,460 bunkers in villages along the Indo-Pak border in Jammu and Kashmir amounting to Rs 415.73 crore. “NBCC has received sanction from Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India, for the Construction of 14,460 bunkers in villages along […]
Jammu: Four people, including three students, were injured in a lightning-related incident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, police said today. The incident took place at the Joura Kahara Middle School in the Gandoh area yesterday. Three students — Simran Devi and Haroon Rashid (both 12 years), Nadeem Ahmad (13) — and Parveena Begum (40) […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat (M) chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was detained on Wednesday after he attempted to defy restrictions to march towards Shopian where Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called a public rally today. As soon as Mirwaiz came out of his residence at Nigeen in Srinagar and tried to march towards Shopian, a police party detained […]
Srinagar: Police on Wednesday suspended a police constable pending inquiry into the killing of Gowhar Ahmad Rather, the 22-year-old youth who was injured in police action at Kangan on Monday and succumbed later. SSP Ganderbal Fayaz Ahmad told a local news agency that constable Gulzar Ahmad has been placed under suspension in connection with the […]
Srinagar: Restrictions continued in parts of Kashmir for the third day today as a precautionary measure following protests over killings in Sunday’s encounters, even as a shutdown was observed here and in several other areas of the Valley. The restriction on movement of people was put in place in the wake of agitations and a […]
Srinagar: Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Geelani will march towards Shopian today, a party spokesman said on Wednesday. He said that Geelani will leave his residence at 12:00 noon. Pertinently, the Joint Resistance Leadership of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik have called for a march towards Shopian to express […]
Washington: A woman opened fire at the YouTube headquaters today in the US state of California, wounding three people before killing herself, officials said, calling it a prima facie case of domestic dispute. The suspect, who died of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, has been identified as 38-year-old Nasim Aghdam, two police officials were quoted as […]
Srinagar: Gowhar Ahmed Rather, a 22-year-old youth from Kangan who succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday afternoon, was buried during mid-night today after district administration agreed to demands of the locals, sources said. Pertinently, the local residents refused to bury the body, saying until their demands were accepted, they won’t bury the deceased. Following this […]
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that Article 370 of the Constitution which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir is not a temporary provision. The apex court said that in its earlier verdict of 2017 in the SARFESI case, it has been already held that Article 370 was “not a temporary […]
Manila: President Rodrigo Duterte has launched a foul-mouthed attack on the UN human rights chief, calling him “empty-headed” in a row over international criticism of the Philippine leader’s deadly drug war. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, had last month said Duterte needed “psychiatric evaluation” and that his verbal attacks […]