Saudi rejects international probe in Khashoggi murder

Saudi rejects international probe in Khashoggi murder

Saudi Arabia has reiterated its rejection of calls for an international, independent investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, insisting it was well equipped to bring the perpetrators to justice. The head of a Saudi delegation speaking before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva insisted that his country was taking all the “measures […]

Army porter injured in Cross-LoC firing

Army porter injured in Cross-LoC firing

Srinagar: An army porter has sustained injuries on Friday in cross border firing in Kalal area of Nowshera. Officials said that Army porter namely Surjeet Kumar was working on a LoC location when small arms cross border firing started. He was hit by a bullet fired from across, officials said, adding that the injured was […]

Suspected militants kill 36-year-old man in Pulwama

Suspected militants kill 36-year-old man in Pulwama

Srinagar: Suspected militants Thursday night shot dead a civilian in Gulzarpora area of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The suspected militants fired upon Manzoor Ahmad Lone near Higher Secondary School at Gulzarpora at around 9:50 p.m. Lone, a resident of Dogripora village, suffered serious bullet wounds and died instantly, they said. The body of […]

Elderly man killed in gas cylinder blast

Elderly man killed in gas cylinder blast

Srinagar: One person was killed after a gas cylinder exploded at a house in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on late Thursday. Reports said that a gas cylinder blast rocked the house of Abdul Salam Najar son of Fata Najar resident of  Chana Mohalla Inderkote Sumbal in Bandipora district late this evening. Reports said in the […]

Passport Office cautions applicants against fake websites

Passport Office cautions applicants against fake websites

Srinagar: Regional Passport Officer  Srinagar (POS today informed all passport applicants applying for the Indian passport to apply online only on registered passport website www.passportindia.gov.in as there is no other website authorizing applicants to apply for passport. In an official handout issued here, the Passport Office said that some applicants applying for passport online have observed […]

So called hi-tech system recovered from Mirwaiz residence is actually class B lease line: Hurriyat (M)

So called hi-tech system recovered from Mirwaiz residence is actually class B lease line: Hurriyat (M)

Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) strongly denounced the lies and canards are being circulated by some media channels through “unsubstantiated leaks by agencies” bent on harassing the Mirwaiz Umar Farooq . Hurriyat (M) spokesman said after the illegal raid at Mirwaiz residence the media through propaganda and lies is already passing its verdict on Mirwaiz to […]

Govt orders cancellation of appointment of 437 Medical Officers

Govt orders cancellation of appointment of 437 Medical Officers

Srinagar: The state government has ordered cancellation of appointment of 437 Medical Officers who have been recently appointed by the Health & Medical Education department for failing in joining their duties. The order issued by the Health and Medical Department in this regard today reads, that the appointments in respect of 437 Medical Officers appointed […]