Srinagar: The students of Kashmir University on Wednesday held a strong protest demonstration against the ban on Kashmir’s largest socio-religio-political organization in Jammu and Kashmir. Dozens of students marched from the varsity’s History department upto Humanities block carrying banners and chanting slogans denouncing the ban on Jama’at. Last month Government of India banned Jamaat, a larger […]
(Agencies) Srinagar : National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday the Modi government had “consciously disenfranchised” the people in Jammu and Kashmir by not holding the Assembly election on time. “Dear @narendramodi Sahib, it is good to see you appealing to famous people to increase voter turnout however at the same time your government […]
Srinagar: One person was arrested and arms and ammunition, including grenades, were seized by the government forces from a militant hideout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said Wednesday. “On credible input, a joint party of police and other forces busted a hideout in a residential house at Kulgam district’s Yaripora area, and recovered […]
Chandigarh: Indian and Pakistani officials will meet at Attari, near Amritsar, on Thursday for their first meeting to finalize the modalities of the Kartarpur corridor to enable Indian pilgrims to pray at the historic Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara in Pakistan. The meeting, amid heightened tensions between both countries, is being held to discuss the draft agreement […]
Paris: Air pollution causes 790,000 premature deaths every year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide, doubling recent assessments, according to a study released Monday. Between 40 and 80 percent of those excess deaths are caused by heart attacks, strokes and other types of cardiovascular disease underestimated up to now as a driver of smog-related mortality, […]
Jerusalem: Israeli forces have closed all entrances to occupied East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosquecomplex amid ongoing confrontation with Palestinian worshippers, a Palestinian official has said. “Dozens of Israeli soldiers stormed the Al-Aqsa compound and assaulted several religious figures,” Firas al-Dibs, spokesperson for Jerusalem’s Religious Endowments Authority, a Jordan-run agency tasked with overseeing the city’s Muslim […]
BAGHOUZ: Islamic State faced imminent defeat in its final enclave on Tuesday as hundreds of jihadist fighters and their families surrendered and the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said the battle was as good as over. The besieged enclave of Baghouz is the last shred of territory held by the jihadists who have been driven from […]
New Delhi: Rejecting allegations by Congress against the Modi government as lies, the BJP Tuesday claimed that the opposition party is engaged in spreading untruths from the land of Mahatma Gandhi and appeared “nervous” as it has sensed its “defeat” in the coming Lok Sabha polls. Reacting to Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s and its general […]
Ahmedabad: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Tuesday targeted the Modi government over “unfulfilled” promises and “destruction” of institutions and said she was saddened by what was happening in the country. Addressing her first political rally in Gujarat after assuming charge as Congress general secretary in early February, she advised people to be vigilant, treat […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Tuesday expressed surprise over Mehbooba Mufti’s recent statement wherein she had condemned summoning of Mirwaiz by NIA saying that the statement coming from her is a steep expression of political opportunism and shamelessness. Party’s Chief spokesperson Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi in a statement said that Mehbooba Mufti has […]