San Francisco: Twitter on Wednesday began making it easier to report tweets aimed at interfering with people voting, starting first in Europe and India. An option to report Twitter messages as being misleading about voting was being added to the one-to-many messaging service’s app in India and Europe, with a promise it would be expanded […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Wednesday expressed grief over loss of lives in a road accident after a mini bus came under a boulder at Piyakul in Doda district yesterday. Governor prayed for peace to the departed souls and strength to the bereaved families in their hour of grief. On Tuesday, […]
Srinagar: Clashes between civilian protesters and government forces erupted in Bijbehara town on Thursday moments after a local militant killed in a gunfight was laid to rest. Witnesses said that the local youth pelted stones and bricks on the government forces deployed in the main town. The forces resorted heavy tear smoke shelling and pellet firing […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday arrested five gamblers and recovered stake money from them in north Kashmir district of Bandipora. A police official said that following specific information, a police team raided a gambling site at Sumbal in Bandipora. “During the raid, police apprehended five people, while they were gambling,” they added. Stake money […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday visited the residence of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik at Maisuma in Srinagar. Mirwaiz was accompanied by senior party leader Bilal Gani Lone. Reports said that Mirwaiz met Malik’s family including his mother and sister and enquired about their well being. They […]
Srinagar: Iran has criticized US talks with the Taliban on ending the Afghanistan war, saying Washington was elevating the role of the militants. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif acknowledged that Iran had also opened dialogue with the Taliban but said that the US push for a deal with the extremists was “seriously wrong”. “An attempt […]
Srinagar: Violent clashes between local youth and government forces erupted in Turkuwangum village of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday morning amid a massive search operation. Reports said that a joint team of government forces acting upn inputs about presence of militants in the village, launched a massive search operation to trace the hiding militants. As […]
Srinagar: Four people have suffered injuries after an air compressor of a tyre shop exploded in Aripanthan area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district Thursday morning. The injured have been identified as Riyaz Ahmad son of Mohammad Shafi a resident of Beerwah, Raju son of Riyaz Ahmad, a resident of Beerwah, Khursheed Ahmad Khan son of Ghulam […]
Colombo: Following Sunday’s terror attacks in Sri Lanka, the police said 16 more suspects were arrested in special operations conducted in the early hours of Thursday and one of those taken into custody is suspected to be linked to a terrorist group. The police said 76 suspects have been taken into custody so far and […]
Srinagar: Thousands of people including women and children thronged the funeral prayers of the slain militant killed in a pre-dawn gunfight with government forces in Bagander Mohalla of Bijbehara in southern Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday. Witnesses said that thousands of people from different areas of Anantnag district participated in the funeral of Burhan-ud-din at […]
