Srinagar: Chief Education Officer Budgam has ordered closure of schools, govt and private, in the district on April 17 and 18 in the backdrop of upcoming parliamentary polls. The Srinagar-Budgam-Ganderbal parliamentary seat goes to polls on April 18. An order issued by the CEO has also directed all the heads and class IV staff of the […]
Srinagar: Scores of family members of Central Jail Srinagar inmates held a protest demonstration on Tuesday urging the authorities that the jail should not be turned into Guantanamo. Reiterating that the jail was not safe for the prisoners, they said that they have been subjected to trauma for lack of access to the jail. Violent protests […]
Srinagar: An anti-terrorism operation in Peshawar’s Hayatabad area concluded Tuesday afternoon after a 17-hour standoff, with five suspected terrorists killed and a policeman slain. The suspects had taken cover in a residential building in Phase 7 of the Hayatabad locality, from where they attacked security forces, Dawn reported. Peshawar city police chief Qazi Jameel told […]
Srinagar: A 13-year-old boy was crushed by an army vehicle at Gulpora area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district Tuesday afternoon. An official said that the boy, Sajad Ahmad, son of Mohd Taj, a resident of Gulpore was injured critically after being hit by an army vehicle. He was immediately rushed to district hospital Poonch where […]
Islamabad: Massive thunderstorms and a dust storm lashed Pakistan’s Punjab and Sindh provinces, killing at least 23 people, injuring scores of others, according to media reports on Tuesday. Heavy rain and storm caused by a westerly wave uprooted electricity poles and trees in different parts of the country and also damaged properties on Monday. Intermittent downpour […]
Srinagar: A sub district magistrate was on Tuesday thrashed by Army and his official vehicle was also damaged while he was on his way to Qazigund. Reports said that the SDM was stopped by the Army near Ujroo. They claimed that SDM Duroo had an argument with the Army officer. Army officer allegedly manhandled the SDM and damaged his […]
Khartoum: At least 14 people were killed in clashes inside a camp for internally-displaced persons (IDPs) in the southern Sudanese state of Darfur, official SUNA news agency reported Monday. “Clashes took place inside Kalma camp on Saturday with 14 IDPs killed,” South Darfur State’s Acting Governor Hashim Khalid was quoted as saying. “Weapons are everywhere in […]
Srinagar: Militants Tuesday afternoon hurled a grenade upon the house of National Conference leader Muhammad Ashraf Bhat at Upper Tral. Sources said that the grenade attack took place while Ashraf was addressing his workers inside his house. However the grenade exploded outside the house. No loss of life or injury was reported in the incident. […]
Srinagar: One-way traffic has been resumed on the Kashmir highway, the only all weather road linking the Kashmir valley with the rest of the world, after remaining disrupted for several hours due to landslides, a traffic police official said on Tuesday morning. He said vehicles will ply from Srinagar to Jammu and no traffic, including security […]
Srinagar: A 37-year old activist of Peoples Conference who was injured critically after he fell from a moving vehicle near Bakhihaker in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district last week succumbed to injuries at SMHS hospital in Srinagar. Mushtaq Ahmad Mir, son of Ghulam Mohammad Mir, a resident of Bhawan Watser, Rajwar suddenly fell off […]
