‘Powers under AFSPA exceeded, Do’s and Don’ts of Chief of Staff contravened’ Shopian: The Indian Army on Friday admitted that its troops “exceeded” powers vested under Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in wrongly killing three Rajouri youths in Amshipora village of Shopian district on July 18. “Disciplinary proceedings” have been initiated against the troops […]
Budgam: Novel coronavirus cases have witnessed a steep spike in central Kashmir’s Budgam district in the past one month, more so since the second week of September. The district has risen two notches up in terms of the overall tally to emerge as the second-worst COVID-19 hit district in Kashmir after Srinagar. Health officials in […]
JAMMU: On day 115 of resumption of routine domestic operations in Jammu and Kashmir, 28 domestic flights with 3,479 passengers on board today arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports. A total of 1225 passengers aboard 12 regular commercial flights arrived at the Jammu Airport while 16 domestic flights with about 2254 passengers aboard landed at […]
New Delhi: Around 30 MPs and more than 50 employees of Parliament have tested positive for COVID-19, sources said on Monday. All parliamentarians and staff of the secretariats of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha had undergone mandatory COVID-19 tests before the start of the monsoon session. As per the reports of these tests, around […]
New Delhi: Around 30 MPs and more than 50 employees of Parliament have tested positive for COVID-19, sources said on Monday. All parliamentarians and staff of the secretariats of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha had undergone mandatory COVID-19 tests before the start of the monsoon session. As per the reports of these tests, around 30 […]
SRINAGAR: The losses to Kashmir’s tourism industry since August last year are rather well known, but it is bleeding from many other less-visible cuts as well, in the form of charges that the government continues to exact. President of Kashmir Hoteliers and Restaurant Association (KHARA) Abdul Wahid Malik told Kashmir Reader that every month a […]
JAMMU: On day 112 of resumption of routine domestic operations in Jammu and Kashmir, 27 domestic flights with 3,463 passengers on board today arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports. A total of 1254 passengers aboard 11 regular commercial flights arrived at the Jammu Airport while 16 domestic flights with about 2209 passengers aboard landed at […]
Itanagar: Five youths who were allegedly abducted by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China near the McMahon line in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Subansiri were released on Saturday in Anjaw district, around 1,000 km away. The youths — Tanu Bakar, Prasad Ringling, Ngaru Diri, Dongtu Ebiya and Toch Singkam — were handed over to the […]
Itanagar: Five youths who were allegedly abducted by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China near the McMahon line in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Subansiri were released on Saturday in Anjaw district, around 1,000 km away. The youths were handed over to the Indian Army by the PLA after completing necessary formalities, Tezpur-based defence spokesperson Lt […]
The year 2020 will be remembered distinctly in human history. While most of us will remember it for the disastrous Covid-19 pandemic, unfortunately some among the feminine gender will remember it for the brutalities of domestic violence. Though some people are of the opinion that despite being so unfair, Covid-19 has had some positive impacts, […]