Srinagar: Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah has said that killing of a Budgam civilian by Central Reserve Police Forces personnel should be “impartially investigated.” The National Conference leader while taking to his Twitter handle termed the killing as “very unfortunate”, “Very unfortunate. The circumstances surrounding this shooting need to be impartially investigated […]
Srinagar: Mobile internet services were snapped in Budgam district following the killing of a 25 year old youth by CRPF personnel. As per reports internet has been suspended as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order. Earlier today one civilian was killed after paramilitary CRPF forces fired at him near Kawoosa Khalisa village in Narbal […]
Srinagar: Policemen in a village in Jammu and Kashmir were caught on camera damaging shops and houses after one of their senior colleagues was attacked when he tried to stop the Friday prayers last week. The J&K top cop has asked the Budgam Police to submit a report amid allegations of vandalism and harassment by […]
Twenty-nine-year-old Junaid Aslam, along with his aunt Nasreena Nasim, was travelling to his home in Jammu and Kashmir when the authorities stopped them at Lakhanpur in Kathua district last Saturday. Nasreena is suffering from arthritis; the family was returning home in Anantnag after getting a travel pass from the District Magistrate, Gurugram. After spending a […]
Srinagar, May 13 (GNS): One civilian was killed after paramilitary CRPF forces fired at him near Kawoosa Khalisa village in Narbal area of central Kashmir Budgam on Wednesday. Sources told GNS that the man was going in his vehicle and was fired upon by the CRPF which hit him around right should and chest. […]
Congress leader Kadfeen Choudhary on Tuesday expressed serious concern over thew ill-treatment being meted out to the stranded passengers including patients who are returning to Kashmir during the ongoing lockdown. According to statement issued to KNS, Kadfeen said that there are disturbing reports pouring in Samba and other areas where stranded people hailing from Kashmir […]
Jammu: The School Education Department in Jammu and Kashmir is going to distribute 42 laptops among children who are visually impaired to provide inclusive educational support through technological interventions. The laptops will be connected to braille tactile terminals lying in the resource rooms, School Education Principal Secretary Asgar Samoon said. “This will help the visually-impaired […]
Oil retreated from a five-week high on concern that relaxing virus lockdowns too early will lead to a resurgence in cases and derail a nascent recovery in energy demand. Futures in New York followed equities lower, dropping 0.9% from the highest settlement since early April. Anthony Fauci, America’s top infectious disease official, said US states […]
India is now the 12th most affected country by the coronavirus pandemic, as the number of Covid-19 cases crossed the 70,000-mark on Tuesday. According to the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday, the number of Covid-19 positive cases stand at 74,281 in the country. The ministry also said that 2,415 people have died due to the […]
Leaders of eight Opposition parties on Monday flayed the Union Government over the detention of political opponents and human rights activists, including former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, at a time when the country was dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. In a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind, Opposition leaders, including Sitaram Yechury of the […]