Srinagar: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking to change the name of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). “You want us to do that,” asked Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi while dismissing the plea.
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party chairperson and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Monday said that she did not go to the militant family on her own. “I was invited by the family of the militant whose sister was arrested and harassed. They wanted me to send a message by visiting their home. It was […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police in Qazigund arrested a couple for peddling drugs during a naka checking at Mirbazar area and recovered contraband substance from their possession. “During naka checking at Akhran Bridge Mirbazar, Qazigund police arrested a couple identified as Sabzar Ahmad Rather @Raja son of Abdul Salam Rather resident of Mallipora Devsar and […]
Srinagar: A sweeper was crushed to death by an unknown vehicle in a hit-and-run case in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Monday. Reports said that 35-year-old Fayaz Ahmed, a resident of Badergund, who worked as a sweeper with Municipal Committee Ganderbal, was hit by a vehicle while he was working at Beehama market. Police officials, […]
Srinagar: At least 13 trains and several flights headed towards the national capital were delayed due to fog as the visibility dipped to zero metres on Monday morning. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the visibility dropped to zero metres for Palam between 6.30 a.m. and 7.30 a.m. while it was 200 metres for Safdarjung. […]
Washington: American airstrikes in Yemen killed a top al-Qaeda leader responsible for the deadly USS Cole bombing in 2000 in which 17 US sailors had lost their lives, the Pentagon said. Seventeen American sailors were killed and at least 40 others injured in the terrorist attack on the US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Cole on October […]
Srinagar: A severe cold wave tightened its grip over the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region on Monday as temperatures dropped several notches below the freezing point. At minus 24.8 degrees Celsius, Drass town was the coldest in Jammu and Kashmir where even the maximum temperature remained below the freezing point at minus 9.8. Water bodies […]
Srinagar: BSF troops resorted to brief firing following suspicious movement along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district Sunday night, officials said.The troops observed suspicious movement of some persons near Fatwal post along the IB in Ramgarh sector of the district and fired a few rounds, they said. The personnel have been alerted […]
Srinagar: Senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and former minister Abdul Haq Khan has expressed his dismay over the withdrawal of house guards at his Church Lane residence and wanted to know from the government the reasons for withdrawal of house guards keeping in view the vulnerable security scenario in Kashmir valley. Khan said, “I […]
Srinagar: The body of five family members, who died due to asphyxiation in Bemina locality of Srinagar, have been airlifted to their residence at Tanghdar. The bodies reached Tanghdar this morning. Grief and shock has struck the entire Tanghdar Tehsil as bodies reached there. Meanwhile, the body of the woman who died at Sadhna Top […]
