Locals of Dhani, Choolan, and Gingal, Uri town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday held a peaceful protest march against the ‘blasphemous’ remarks against Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and demanded exemplary punishment to the accused. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), hundreds of locals started march towards National Highway Mohoura. The protesters while on way […]
Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa who started his Saudi Arabia visit on Monday to calm diplomatic strains has been declined a meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Gen Bajwa had to settle for a meeting with the Deputy Defence Minister Sheikh Khalid Bin Salman, also the younger brother of the Crown Prince, as […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the transfer of an FIR, lodged at Patna against actress Rhea Chakraborty and others for allegedly abetting the suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, to the CBI. The apex court said that Bihar government is competent to transfer the case to the CBI for investigation. A bench of Justice […]
A privately-operated bus with 34 passengers on board was hijacked by recovery agents of a finance company in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra on Wednesday morning, officials said. The incident took place in the Malpura police station area when the bus was en route to Panna in Madhya Pradesh from Gurgaon in Haryana, according to police. Additional […]
Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) senior leader and former minister Aijaz Ahmed Khan has appealed to Lt Governor Manoj Sinha to formulate comprehensive regularization policy for the contractual employees working in two wings of Rural Development Department (RDD). In a statement to the KNS,, Aijaz Ahmed Khan said that these contractual employees are the […]
KABUL: Six members of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s honour guard were wounded on Tuesday when a rocket struck his palace compound, two officials said. The rocket was one of a salvo launched into central Kabul just as officials were gathering in the capital to commemorate Afghanistan’s 101st independence day. Ghani had finished speaking outside the […]
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appealed in the World Court of Arbitration against the decision of its own-appointed independent adjudicator, reducing the ban on Test cricketer Umar Akmal from 36 months to 18 months in two different cases registered under the PCB Anti-Corruption Code of Conduct in February this year. Umar was handed over 36 […]
New Delhi,: With 64,531 people testing positive in a day, India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 27,67,273 on Wednesday, while the recoveries crossed the 20-lakh mark pushing the recovery rate to 73.64 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll climbed to52,889 with 1,092 people succumbing to the disease in a span […]
A laborer by profession drowned in river Jehlum near Kernabel Kakapora area of south Kashmir Pulwama on Wednesday, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). The 20-year-old man identified as Yaseen Ahmad Sheikh, son of Bashir Ahmad Sheikh, was extracting sand when he drowned near Sombura bridge. “Searches are underway to trace […]
The government forces recovered four grenades and a hundred rounds of AK-47 from four persons arrested in Shopian district of South Kashmir, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). An unnamed police officer told the agency that the police and government forces arrested four persons including Imitiyaz Ahmad Dar of Ratnipora, Parvaiz Ahmad […]