Srinagar: Authorities for the second consecutive Friday today barred congregational Friday prayers at Historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar. Kashmir valley is observing a shutdown today against the slapping of Public Safety Act against Jama’at leaders and JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik and assault on Article 35-A of the constitution that grants special rights to the people […]
Jammu: Panic created at the airport and among passengers when a suspicious object was found inside the luggage of one of the air passengers during scanning on Friday morning at the Jammu Airport. However, Bomb Disposal Squad was immediately pressed into service. “Some electronic gadget was found from the luggage of a passengers and it was […]
Hyderabad: The coming Lok Sabha election will be marked by “more money, violence and hatred” given the way political parties fight amongst themselves, former chief election commissioner (CEC) T S Krishnamurthy warned on Friday. Krishnamurthy, who oversaw the 2004 Lok Sabha election, rejected suggestions from some leaders of Opposition parties who raised questions on the Election […]
Baramulla: Three drug peddlers were arrested by police in apple township of Sopore in this north Kashmir district, a police spokesman said here on Friday. Acting on a tip-off about movement of some drug peddlers, a ‘naka’ checking was established in Sopore. During checking, three drug peddlers were arrested and 360 tablets of Spasmoproxivon Plus were […]
Jammu: A major fire broke out in a J&K Bank branch in Rajouri town of Jammu and Kashmir. “Major fire broke out during wee hours in J&K Bank branch of Rajouri,” police here said on Friday. They said that the fire broke out inside the record room of the branch in which many files were destroyed. […]
Beijing: China welcomes readiness of India and Pakistan to launch a serious dialogue to downscale bilateral tensions, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday. “Since the very beginning of the conflict, China has said that the parties must keep restraint, prevent the further escalation, find out what has really happened and settle the problem via […]
Srinagar: The United States, while providing F-16 fighter jets to Islamabad, not only acknowledged the aircraft’s “deterrence value” to Pakistan in a future conflict with India but also noted that it could prevent a nuclear clash between the two neighbours. Both points are specifically mentioned in a message the then US ambassador in Islamabad Anne […]
Srinagar: Kashmir Valley is observing a complete shutdown on Friday on the call of Joint Resistance Leadership. The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), comprising of octogenarian Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani, Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Yasin Malik on Thursday asked the people to observe shutdown against the arrest spree, ban on socio/religious organization Jamat-I-Islami, […]
Geneva: On average, almost 100 civilian deaths or injuries were recorded each week in 2018, according to data released on Thursday by the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR. According to the Civilian Impact Monitoring Report for 2018, more than 4,800 civilian deaths and injuries were reported over the year resulting in an average of 93 civilian casualties […]
Jammu: One-way traffic will move on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Friday, an official said. “One-way traffic from Srinagar to Jammu is moving on the highway. Around 4,000 trucks crossed the Jawahar Tunnel on Thursday night to reach Jammu,” the traffic department official said. He added that there were no stranded vehicles anywhere on the 300 km-long […]
