Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court Thursday issued notices to the Jammu and Kashmir government and six men convicted in the case of rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua on a plea by her father seeking enhanced punishment for them. The court also issued a notice to the accused who […]
Srinagar: A 35-year-old army man died after a tree fell on him due to a landslide while he was patrolling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, the Army said Thursday. The incident took place when the soldier, Naik Ramandeep Singh, was leading an operational team for patrolling along […]
Islamabad: A day after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) suspended Kulbhushan Jadhav’s death sentence and granted consular access to him, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in his first reaction appreciated the ICJ decision of “not to acquit, release and return him”. “Appreciate ICJ’s decision not to acquit, release & return Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav to […]
The Jammu and Kashmir government ordered transfers and postings in the administration. According to a Government Order No.824-GAD of 2019, issued by the General Administration Department (GAD, Gazanffer Ali, KAS, Special Secretary to the Government, Technical Education Department, is transferred and posted as Special Secretary to the Government, School Education Department. Mohammad Akbar Wani, KAS, […]
American troops opened fire after an “enemy insider” shot and killed an Afghan commander in central Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said, in yet another deadly Taliban-claimed infiltration, a media report said. According to the Afghan defence ministry, Colonel Mateen Mujtaba, who headed the 3rd army division in Ghazni province, was conducting a security assessment in […]
New Delhi: A day after the World Court ordered Pakistan to review death penalty to Kulbhushan Jadhav, India Thursday asked Pakistan to release the former Navy officer forthwith and vowed to vigorously continue efforts to bring him back. Making a statement in both houses of Parliament on the judgement by the International Court of Justice, External […]
Jammu: A fresh batch of 4167 pilgrims on Thursday left for the Shri Amarnath Cave Shrine in South of Himalayas from Yatri Niwas, Bhagwati Nagar base camp here. The fleet of 169 vehicles ferrying pilgrims was escorted by CRPF personnel in jeeps and on motorbikes. However, for Pahalgam route, 2087 male, 397 females, 14 children, 140 […]
Sonbhadra: Twenty-four people have been arrested in connection with Wednesday’s clash over a land dispute in Sonbhadra, even as the death toll in the incident rose to 10 with one more person succumbing to injuries, officials said on Thursday. 18 others were injured when a village head and his supporters allegedly opened fire on a rival […]
Poonch: One person was killed and at least eight others were injured, four of them critically, after a load carrier met with an accident in Mendhar area of Poonch district of Jammu region Thursday morning. Reports said the vehicle JKO2AH 0652 carrying villagers to Sakhi Maidan Mela met with accident at Salotari Uchhad in Mendhar, resulting […]
A complete shutdown is being observed in north Kashmir’s Baramulla town to mourn the death of a local militant in Sopore gunfight on Wednesday. All the shops and other business establishments are closed in the town, while thin movement of private transport is being witnessed on the roads in Baramulla town. Reports said that people […]
