Srinagar: Women will be included for the first time in the Taliban delegation to peace talks this month with US officials and Afghan representatives in Qatar, according to the movement’s main spokesman. “There will be women among Taliban delegation members in the Doha, Qatar meeting,” Reuters quoted Zabihullah Mujahid as saying on Monday. The group […]
Srinagar: Police have booked a youth under Public Safety Act (PSA) in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district and shifted him to Kot Bhalwal Jail in Jammu. Officials said Aijaz Ahamd Bhat son of late Habibullah Bhat, a resident of Nihama Kralgund was shifted to Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu last evening after execution of […]
Srinagar: A 40-year-old man was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Mendhar area of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. Reports said that Mohd Farooq (40) son of Allah Ditta of Charoon village of Mendhar left home today morning for a nearby Khanter forest area to collect firewood but did not return till evening. […]
Jammu: BJP national vice president Avinash Rai Khanna met Governor Satya Pal Malik Monday and appraised him about the prevailing situation in Kishtwar district following the killing of RSS leader Chanderkant Sharma, a party spokesperson said. Sharma and his security guard were shot dead by a militant inside a hospital in Kishtwar on April 9, following […]
Jammu: Day curfew was lifted from the communally sensitive Kishtwar township of Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday after remaining in force for a week following the killing of a senior RSS leader and his security guard, a senior government official said. However, night curfew along with prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPC banning assembly of more than […]
Srinagar: As the iconic cathedral of Notre Dame burned in Paris, a fire broke out at al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. The fire broke out in the guard’s room outside the roof of the Marwani prayer room, Antar al-Hazmawi, a guard of the al-Aqsa mosque confirmed to the The New Arab. The fire brigade of the […]
Srinagar: Notre-Dame Cathedral went up in flames on Monday in a roaring blaze that devastated the Parisian landmark, a searing loss for the city and for France. Flames that began in the early evening burst through the roof of the centuries-old cathedral and engulfed the spire, which collapsed, quickly followed by the entire roof. A […]
Srinagar: Most of the employees in civil secretariat, the highest seat of power in the State, are disappointed at the cold shoulder to their demands by the government and they believe that the same is being done at the behest of some senior officers. A number of employees who talked to GNS said that attempts are […]
Srinagar: The prisoners at central jail Srinagar have started a hunger strike to press for their demands including withdrawal of FIR against them in connection with a recent incident inside the prison. Official sources saidthat inmates started the hunger strike from 8:15 am today and their demands include the transfer of jail Superintendent and that […]
Srinagar: Expressing serious concern over the escalating tensions between the armies of India and Pakistan especially in Poonch and Rajouri sector resulting in immense damage, Hurriyat Conference (M) stated that every time there is exchange of firing on the LoC, people on the both sides of fence become the primary target and bear the brunt. […]
