New Delhi: A former sarpanch from Shopian district in Jammu and Kashmir, arrested by the National Investigation Agency in connection with the DSP Davinder Singh case, had contested the 2014 assembly elections from Wanchi, south Kashmir, as a BJP candidate. According to sources in the NIA, Tariq Ahmed Mir (30) was an “arms conduit”, and was supplying ammunition […]
Washington: The US government has given a grace period of 60 days to H-1B visa holders and Green Card applicants, who have been served notices for submission of various documents, in view of the novel coronavirus outbreak. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Friday said the 60-day grace period for responding to its requests will include requests for […]
Dubai Mall, which is touted as the world’s largest mall, re-opened this week under strict safeguards after being shut down for a month due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed 238,663 lives worldwide so far. Clutching bags from designer boutiques in their gloved hands, customers are back at one of the world’s largest shopping havens after […]
Baramulla, May 1, KNT: At least 2 soldiers were killed in Pakistan shelling along Line of Control in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Sources told KNT that Pakistan resorted to massive shelling in Choranda area of Uri Baramulla in which 2 soldiers were injured. They were evacuated but succumbed to their injuries in the hospital. Sources […]
25 new positive cases reported today, 247 cases recovered till date in JK JAMMU, MAY 01: The Government Friday informed that 25 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), all from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 639. According to the daily […]
Over 2.33 lac people covered as COVID-19 health audit continues across the district GANDERBAL, APRIL 22: The Deputy Commissioner(DC), Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqba,l chaired a meeting with the supervisors and Medical Supervisory Teams (MSTs) to review the progress on door-to-door survey, screening and conduct of health audit through Mobile app SwasthyaNidhi in the district in the […]
JAMMU, MAY 01: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, who is overall in-charge of coronavirus control efforts in Kashmir, convened a meeting here today to review the measures being put in place by various departments regarding prevention and control of COVID-19. Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, All Deputy Commissioners of Kashmir Division, Director SKIMS Soura, Principal […]
Asserting that incidents and comments against Muslims were bound to attract negative reactions abroad, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday said it is more important to change the domestic reality than do damage control, while referring to India’s criticism in the Arab states over alleged “Islamophobia”. What matters is not what the government says but how […]
A year ago, when the IAS topper-turned-politician Shah Faesal launched his J&K Peoples Movement in Srinagar, National Conference dismissed it as PDP redux 20 years later. One of the NC leaders said: “Exactly 20 years back in 1999 a party was founded to counter National Conference after it tabled the autonomy report in the assembly […]
Srinagar, May 01 (KNS): Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Srinagar Dr Haseeb Mughal on Friday appealed people of rural areas of the district to play their role as a civilized and responsible citizen of the society and stay away from organizing any public assembly in wake of Covid-19 pandemic. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), […]