SRINAGAR, JULY 09: The Government has set up a team of officers/officials from the State to be deployed on duty at the Transit Camp and Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in New Delhi for extending support to the Hajj pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir and also to oversee the arrangements relating to the smooth transit of […]
The Supreme Court today ordered transfer of the accused in the Kathua gang rape and murder case from Kathua prison in Jammu and Kashmir to Gurdaspur district jail in Punjab. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed the Jammu and Kashmir Police to file a supplementary charge sheet in the case within eight […]
Islamabad : Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman and cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan on Monday unveiled his party’s manifesto for the general elections, announcing that he would turn the country into a welfare state if voted to power. Titled “Road to Naya Pakistan”, the manifesto’s primary point is to turn the country into an Islamic welfare state, a model […]
Imphal, July 9 The Congress is against fencing the India-Myanmar border before a final settlement is brought about, former Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh said on Monday. Village elders in Kwatha Khunnou have said that the border pillar No. 81 had been shifted within Manipur encroaching over three kilometres of land. Tengnoupal District Collector […]
Dubai, July 9: Top-order batsman Lokesh Rahuls scores of 70, 101 not out, six and 19 have made him India’s highest-ranked batsman in Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) as he moved up nine places to a career-high third position in the ICC rankings. Opener Rohit Sharma in 11th rank (up by two places) and captain Virat Kohli […]
Srinagar : Police on Monday said an honest policeman has handed over a bag containing Rs 90,000 cash to its owner in Srinagar. A police spokesperson in a statement said: “Today during naka checking at Qamerwari SPO Umar Mushtaq No.276/SPO found a bag containing Rs 90,000 (Ninety thousand rupees). Subsequently, he informed his duty officer who […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea challenging the Agra authority’s order debarring non-residents of the city from offering Friday prayers at a mosque in the Taj Mahal complex. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said that the Taj Mahal was one of the seven wonders of the world […]
Jammu: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made big promises but failed in fulfilling them. Taking a dig at PDP chief and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, Abdullah said that she never stopped praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “PDP-BJP […]
The Joint Resistance Leadership on Monday staged a protest demonstration at Abi Guzar in Srinagar against the killing of three civilians killed by the army in Hawoora village of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. The protesters assembled at Abi Guzar and tried to march towards Ghanta Ghar (clock tower) at Lal Chowk Srinagar. However, a large […]
Srinagar: A grenade blast, second of the day took place in south Kashmir’s Tral town on Monday however no one was injured in the blast. Local sources told Kashmir Reader that suspected militants tried to target a CRPF camp in Batagund area of the town however the grenade exploded far from the target injuring none. […]