Srinagar: Prominent political worker from Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir Shabir Ahmad Mir joined the Peoples Democratic Party on Friday. Mir joined the PDP in the presence of party chief Mehbooba Mufti and several other senior leaders at the residence of the former chief minister here, a spokesperson of the party said. The spokesperson said hundreds […]
Srinagar: Kashmir Editors Guild, (KEG) on Friday expressed its gratitude to the Press Council of India, (PCI) for taking cognizance of the complaint filed by it over stopping government advertisements to two major dailies, ‘Greater Kashmir and ‘Kashmir Reader’, published from Srinagar, Kashmir. “It is a welcome step by the PCI as measures like curbing […]
Srinagar: France has decided to freeze the assets of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar, the French government said today. A joint statement issued by the French interior ministry, finance ministry and foreign ministry said that France would discuss putting Masood Azhar on a European Union list of people involved in terrorism. “A deadly attack took place […]
New Delhi: The ED Friday moved a Delhi court seeking its nod to quiz resistance leader Syed Ali Geelani’s son-in-law Altaf Shah in connection with a funding case. The Enforcement Directorate also sought to question Zahoor Watali, an influential businessman allegedly having friendship with Pakistani leaders and Kashmiri separatists, and Naval Kishore Kapoor, a UAE-based […]
Beirut: Eight years of war in Syria have left more than 370,000 people dead including 112,000 civilians, a monitor said Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has a network of sources across the country, said more than 21,000 children and 13,000 women were among the dead. The conflict flared after unprecedented anti-government protests […]
Srinagar: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and other politicians strongly condemned Friday’s terrorist attack on two mosques in New Zealand, which killed 40 people and injured more than 20. “Shocked and strongly condemn the Christchurch, New Zealand, terrorist attack on mosques,” said the premier on Twitter. “This reaffirms what we have always maintained: that terrorism […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday refuted the news reports alleging that the cops thrashed a KU scholar late Thursday evening. A police spokesperson said that it is clarified that the particular news item is “devoid of facts”. “The concerned police officials have informed that yesterday evening, an individual exchanged harsh words with […]
Pulwama: Government forces on Friday morning launched Cordon and Search Operation in Tiken village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Official sources said that on specific inputs about the presence of militants joint team of forces launched a search operation in the area. Local sources said that huge contingents of forces have been deployed in the […]
Christchurch: A horrific shooting at a Christchurch mosque was livestreamed for 17 minutes by the gunman. The shooter identified himself as “Brenton Tarrant” – a white, 28-year-old Australian-born man. Twitter has shut down a user account in that name. Police Commissioner Mike Bush said he was aware the footage was on social media and police […]
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 […]
