Beijing: At least 18 people were killed and 19 others injured after a fire broke out at a hotel earlier today in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. The fire started at 4:36 am at Beilong Hot Spring Leisure Hotel in Songbei district in the city and was put out at 7:50 am, according to Global Times. […]
Srinagar : Pensioners Welfare Association (PWA) and senior citizens of the Kashmir Valley on Saturday held a protest rally in Srinagar to protest against the petitions challenging Article 35-A of the constitution. Reports said that scores of senior citizens and pensioners led by Sampat Prakash assembled at Pratap Park in Srinagar and held a protest […]
Srinagar: Authorities are likely to exhume the body of a militant killed during in an encounter with the forces in Rafiabad on August 9. Source said that the preliminary investigations suggest that the body belongs to Langate family who has claimed the slain to be their son. The sources said that the body will be […]
Srinagar : Members of the J&K Universities Vice Chancellors’ Forum called on Sh. N.N. Vohra, former Governor, to bid farewell to him. Pertinent to recall Sh. Vohra had functioned as Chancellor of the four State Universities, Central University of Jammu and of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University during his tenure of more than 10 […]
Srinagar : An army soldier was killed and another injured in separate landmine explosions near the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday. Quoting a police officer, GNS news agency reported that that the army’s 5/9GR was on a routine patrol duty in Gogal Dar area when the blasts took place […]
SRINAGAR : Advisor to the Governor, Mr. Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, has urged the country’s premier film fraternity to rediscover the captivating locales of the State’s incomparable scenic beauty. He assured the Bollywood’s big production houses of Government’s full support in facilitating their shooting plans and itineraries in the country’s top tourist destination. Ganai, who is […]
Srinagar : A 30 years old man drowned in a stream in Fateh Pura area of Ganderbal district on Thursday. The slain has been identified as Latief Ahmad Ganie, 30, son of Mohammad Ramzan Ganie, a resident of Fateh Pura Ganderbal. One local informed, “Latief drowned while taking bath. His body was retrieved by the […]
While his party binds the people of India, the BJP-RSS divides them and spreads hatred, Congress president Rahul Gandhi has said. Addressing the Indian diaspora at a function organised by the Indian Overseas Congress in Berlin last night, he said the Congress’s thought of “unity in diversity” came from the times of Guru Nanak Dev. […]
Jammu : The Amarnath Yatra resumed on Friday after three-day suspension with 137 pilgrims leaving Jammu for the cave shrine in Kashmir Valley. “The yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in an escorted convoy of seven vehicles. This includes yatris going to both Baltal and Pahalgam base camps,” a police officer said. The yatra remained […]
Srinagar : Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Friday deferred the strike call issued for August 26 and 27 to support Article 35-A. The JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik has now asked people to observe shutdown on August 30 and 31. “As the Supreme Court of India is now hearing […]