The US launched an airstrike against Taliban fighters to defend Afghan forces on Wednesday, an American military spokesman said, as violence spirals after a string of deadly attacks by the insurgents, throwing the country’s nascent peace process into grave doubt. News of the airstrike in southern Helmand province — the first in 11 days — […]
The order, that was issued without the requisite whitelist of websites, stated that internet access shall be available across the UT of J&K with speed restricted to 2G and “these services shall not be made available on pre-paid sim cards”. The J&K administration on Wednesday removed curbs from social media usage across the Union Territory. […]
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court quashed the detention order of the chief spokesperson for the banned Jamaat-e-Islami Zahid Ali. The orders in this regard were passed today by a single Bench of Justice Tashi Rabstan, which was hearing a habeas corpus petition challenging the detention of Jamaat spokesman under the Public Safety Act. Ali […]
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday said 28 positive cases of coronavirus have been detected so far in India and announced that all international flights and passengers will now have to undergo screening, and not just the 12 countries listed earlier. Addressing the media, Vardhan said if the Iranian government lent its support, […]
Cisco has refuted the media reports claiming that it is helping the Jammu and Kashmir administration build a firewall to block social media access in the Valley. Recent media reports claimed that the San Jose, California-based company was in a collaboration with the administration to prevent Internet users in Kashmir from accessing blacklisted websites and […]
Srinagar : A 22-year-old youth found hanging in forest area of Zurhama in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district in Wednesday. A police officer said that some locals informed the police about the body hanging from a tree at Zurhama area. Immediately a police team reached the spot and recovered the body of the youth. He identified […]
Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omer Abdullah is presently under detention and his sister has challenged the detention after the authorities slapped him with PSA recently. His sister went to Supreme Court and pleaded that her brother should be brought in person to the court and released as the grounds of detention mentioned […]
Srinagar : A tanker driver was found dead on Wednesday under mysterious condition in Khudwani area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Reports said that a driver identified as Partab Singh (50) son of Omkar Singh of Jiger Kotli Jammu was found dead inside a truck bearing registration number JK-02AV-1625 in Khudwani area along the Srinagar-Jammu […]
Appeals public not to panic JAMMU, MARCH 03: Addressing media persons about the emerging situation due to spread of COVID-19 virus commonly called Corona virus across the world, Principal Secretary, Planning and Monitoring and Information, Rohit kansal, today said that the situation is being closely monitored in Jammu and Kashmir to identify all suspected cases […]
SRINAGAR, MARCH 03: To ensure punctuality of employees in the schools and to make teaching learning process more effective, Director School Education Kashmir, Mohammad Younis Malik today conducted surprise inspection of various schools of the district including Middle schools were Kindergarten classes have been introduced and took stock of enrollment process. The Director visited various […]