In the wake of a series of civilian killings, an apex body of the non-migrant Pandits on Thursday appealed to the mosque committees to make a call to the public in Friday prayers to protect minorities and restore their shaken confidence. Friday is a revered day in Islam and congregational prayers are offered and thousands […]
RAMBAN, OCTOBER 14: Principal Secretary, Skill Development, Dr. Asgar Samoon, today inspected the progress of ongoing construction work on Government Polytechnic College, Ramban at Chanderkote. He also visited the Industrial Training Institute, Banihal. Deputy Commissioner, Ramban, Mussarat Islam, Joint Director Technical Education Jammu, Farooq Ahmed Khan, Principal GPC, Ramban, Suket Gupta and various concerned officers […]
Poonch: Gun shots were heard during a cordon and search operation in villages along Jammu- Rajouri-Poonch national highway after which more reinforcement have been rushed to the spot on Thursday. Official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that in some villages close to National Highway falling under Mendhar sub division of Poonch district, search were […]
SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 14: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole Thursday visited Dal Lake and participated in the ongoing cleaning drive by the Department of Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA). The Divisional Commissioner was later on joined by President KCCI, Sheikh Ashiq who also participated in the cleanliness drive. He urged the people to […]
SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 14: Mayor Srinagar Municipal Corporation, Sh Junaid Azim Mattu today called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhavan here. The Mayor and Lt Governor held discussions on a variety of issues including safe and secure accommodation for elected Corporators of SMC, empowerment of elected public representatives, ensuring continued success of public welfare […]
By: Javaid Malik MK Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (AP) President Altaf Bukhari on Thursday has demanded statehood to be restored so that it can become a confidence building measure here especially among the common people. While calling for immediate restoration of statehood to instill confidence among people, Bukhari said that only the restoration […]
Ankara: A high-level delegation from Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers has arrived in Turkey for talks with Turkish officials, the Foreign Ministry announced Thursday. The meetings in the capital of Ankara would be first between the Taliban and senior Turkish government officials after the group seized control of Afghanistan. The visiting delegation is led by Amir Khan […]
By: Musaib Iqbal MK Srinagar After the recent attacks Kashmiri Pandits could not perform Ram Navami puja at Durga Nag temple in Sonwar area of Srinagar on time and performed it on Thursday. The Kashmiri Pandit manager at the temple claimed that authorities did not allow them to gather due to the security reasons so […]
The prices of petrol and diesel were hiked again by the oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Thursday, after a gap of two days. After the latest hike, petrol is now retailing at ₹104.79 in Delhi and diesel is selling at ₹93.52 per litre, according to Livemint. In Mumbai, the first metro city whrre petrol crossed the ₹100 mark, […]
Shahid Afridi, the box office trailblazer of white-ball cricket, believes that “unpredictable” Pakistan can summon the spirit of 2009 and win a second T20 World Cup. Afridi was man of the match in a nail-biting seven-run semi-final win over South Africa in the tournament 12 years ago where he made 51. He then starred again […]