Mogadishu: At least 20 people have been killed and dozens more injured after three car bomb explosions near the popular Sahafi Hotel in Somalia’s Capital Mogadishu on Friday. Somali officials said that Islamist militant group al-Shabab claimed the responsibility for the blasts, a BBC report said. Al-Shabab said that it targeted the government officials staying […]
Jammu: An Army man was killed Saturday in alleged sniper fire by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. This was the second sniper attack along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir in as many days. An Army porter lost his life in a similar incident in […]
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of BJP on Saturday announced its candidates for the post of Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Jammu Municipal Corporation elections. “After a threadbare discussion with party cadre, the candidates for Mayor and Deputy Mayor were announced this afternoon,” party sources here said. They said that senior leader and treasurer […]
Srinagar: Terming the announced scale of relief under “state-specific special natural calamity” for orchards damaged due to recent heavy snowfall as quite inadequate, CPI (M) on Saturday demanded adequate compensation to the farmers, whose trees got damaged. CPI (M) held a protest rally at Press Enclave near here, demanding adequate compensation to the snow-affected growers. […]
Jammu: Over 27.85 lakh children were given the Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccine during an ongoing vaccination campaign across Jammu and Kashmir, an official spokesman said Saturday. The campaign was launched on September 24 to cover nearly 38 lakh children in the age group of nine months to 15 years to eliminate the congenital rubella syndrome, caused […]
Srinagar: The Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday filed a case against a consultancy for cheating students by promising admissions in various universities of China. Crime Branch registered a case against the owner of Kolkata based M/S AB Global Subashish Baumik for duping his Kashmiri business partner Mohammad Hussain by collecting Rs.14.0 lacs […]
Srinagar: A massive protest demonstration by Central University of Kashmir students on Bye-Pass against the nocturnal arrest of two varsity students has led to massive traffic jam on the highway. Witnesses told The Kashmir Press that hundreds of students of the varsity have come out on roads and blocked the highway. “The students are demanding the […]
Srinagar: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel has died of cardiac arrest in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district Saturday morning. Reports said that assistant sub-inspector, Sourabh (913275405G) posted with 118 Bn fell unconscious at his camp in Hariganiwan Kangan on Saturday morning. He was immediately shifted to SDH Kangan where doctors declared him brought dead.
Srinagar: Hundreds of thousands of people on Saturday attended the funeral prayers of two militants who were slain in a gunfight with government forces in Tikken village of southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Witnesses told The Kashmir Press that massive throng of people was witnessed in Bellow village of the district where one of the slain […]
Srinagar: Government forces have arrested two post-graduate students of Central University of Kashmir from their rented accommodation in Nowgam on city outskirts. The arrests have sparked off massive protests in the varsity campus at Nowgam. Witnesses said that scores of students assembled in the campus this morning and staged protest against the arrest of two political […]
