Srinagar: Scores of Shia Muslims held a protest demonstration on Friday in Srinagar against executions in Saudi Arabia. Reports said that scores of Shia Muslims after congregational Friday prayers held a protest demonstration at Imam Bada Hassanabad at Saidakadal in Srinagar against the execution of over 30 Shia Muslims of Iran in Saudi Arabia. They raised slogans against […]
Srinagar: Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that the conflict in Kashmir has only benefited the colonial powers. Mahmoud has served as the sixth President of Iran from 2005 to 2013. “All parties should refrain from endorsing to the devilish goals of the capitalist system which is ruining the world and they should try […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer has officially sounded poll bugle across Jammu and Kashmir for the assembly elections overdue in Jammu and Kashmir state. In a letter bearing number 1876/CEO/ELEC/2019/3060-82 dated 26-04-2019 to all deputy commissioners as district election officers of Jammu and Kashmir, the CEO has asked them to appoint nodal officers for […]
Karachi: At least 15 people have died due to heatstroke while attending the annual religious rites at a revered shrine in Pakistan’s Sindh province, an official said Friday. Sarwar Shaikh, the in-charge of the Edhi Centre in Sehwan area, said the death toll of devotees at Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine had reached 15 as the […]
Jammu: Government on Friday ordered the transfer and new postings of three top police officials including two senior IPS officers. An order issued from Jammu and Kashmir Home Department reads as under: D R Doley awaiting orders of posting in the Home Department is posted as Chairman-cum-Managing Directors, Police Housing Corporation, J&K, relieving Abdul Ghani […]
Srinagar: In response to the statement of Farooq Abdullah in which he congratulated Yasin Malik for his sacrifices, Peoples’ Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone said that he is not surprised by Farooq Abdullah’s utterly disdainful hypocrisy but pained at the audaciousness of his utterances. In a statement Sajad said that Farooq Abdullah is nothing but a […]
Beijing: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday mooted launching of joint projects among the China-backed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) member countries to promote tourism, combat climate change, corruption and poverty. The multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is entering the next phase after substantial progress, Khan said while speaking at the 2nd Belt and […]
Srinagar: As the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi filed his nomination papers in Varanasi on Friday, he said that BJP’s alliance with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir was its “mahamilavat”. “We went with the PDP because Mufti Saab [Mufti Mohammad Syed] was there, but it was like mixing oil and water. […]
Srinagar: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that there is no evidence yet to suggest any particular country has backed the terrorist attacks that struck the country last week. “All the countries in our region are faced with the same threats. India is trying to prevent global terror from spreading into our countries. […]
Srinagar: A 35-year-old man was on Froday killed in a road accident in Udianpur village of Doda district. Identified as Feroz Ahmad Naik, a resident of Kulhand, reports said that he was riding his motorcycle when the driver of a truck (registration number JK06 7429) suddenly started reversing the vehicle. Naik came under the back […]
