Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday claimed to have arrested two drug peddlers in central Kashmir’s Budgam district and seized contraband substance from their possession. A police spokesman in a statement said that officers at a checkpoint established near Mirgund Chowk Budgam, arrested one drug peddler. The spokesman in a statement identified the […]
Jammu : Amid tight security, 14th batch of 5,210 Amarnath pilgrims left a base camp here on Monday for the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir. As many as 8,734 pilgrims paid obeisance to Lord Shiva in the shape of Ice Lingum at the Amarnath cave shrine till Sunday night, thereby taking the total to […]
Agencies In a statement that could stir controversy, BJP MLA from Ballia, Surendra Singh, has said that Muslims who have many wives and children in large numbers have an “animalistic tendency.” “In the Muslim religion, you know that people keep 50 wives and give birth to 1050 children. This is not a tradition but an […]
Srinagar: Three more yatries died due to health reasons during the ongoing pilgrimage to holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, an official said on Monday. A 52-year-old yatri Dimple Sharma, son of Mohan Lal Sharma, resident of Ludhiana, Punjab, suffered a massive cardiac arrest near the cave shrine. He was immediately rushed […]
Jammu : A suspected Pakistani intruder was shot dead by BSF personnel while he was trying to cross the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir”s Samba district on Monday, officials said. The incident took place around 3 am when a man in his 60”s was trying to sneak into the Indian territory near the S […]
Srinagar : — Five youth have been detained during nocturnal raids in Zazripora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam District. Reports quoting locals said that state forces raided the locality late night on Friday and arrested at least five youths from their respective houses. The forces, they said, barged into the houses of the youth creating […]
AFP Beirut : The head of Lebanon’s Tehran-backed Hezbollah said Friday that US ally Israel would not be “neutral” if a war broke out between the United States and Iran. And “Iran is able to bombard Israel with ferocity and force,” Hassan Nasrallah said in an interview broadcast on Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television. His remarks came […]
Agencies New Delhi : Army chief General Bipin Rawat Saturday said there has been no intrusion by the Chinese troops in Ladakh’s Demchok sector. “There is no intrusion,” Rawat said on the sidelines of an event. His statement comes amidst reports of Chinese troops crossing the Line of Actual Control (LAC) last week after some […]
Srinagar : Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a cop and recovered a packet of herione from his possession in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. A police spokesman said that Mushtaq Ahmad Peer son of Abdul Ahad resident of Kalmuna Handwara was arrested at a checkpoint at Chogul and seized contraband substance […]
Agencies Srinagar: Governor Satya Pal Malik Saturday skipped the official function at the Martyrs’ graveyard here and instead deputed his advisor for paying homage to the people killed in firing by forces of Dogra ruler Maharaja Hari Singh on this day in 1931. Malik’s predecessor N N Vohra had also skipped the official function last […]