Agencies Benghazi : An airstrike hit a detention center for migrants early Wednesday in the Libyan capital, killing at least 40 people, a health official in the country’s UN-supported government said. The airstrike targeting the detention center in Tripoli’s Tajoura neighborhood also wounded 80 migrants, said Malek Merset, a spokesman for the health ministry. Merset […]
Agencies New Delhi: Government on Tuesday revealed that 587 of security forces personnel have been killed in militant attacks across India since 2016 till June 15 this year and 323 of them were slain in Jammu and Kashmir. Replying to a question of Sunil Kumar Singh in Lok Sabha by, Minister of State for Home, G […]
Srinagar : A new batch of 4,600 pilgrims left Jammu for Kashmir on Wednesday to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra. An official said that 4,694 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas Jammu in an escorted convoy of vehicles and headed towards the Baltal and Pahalgam base camps, an official said. He said of these, […]
Srinagar : A teenage girl was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Baapora area of Qazigund in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday. Nazia Akhtar daughter of Mohammad Amin Shah of Baapora, Qazigund was found hanging in an orchard today in the morning, an official said. He said that locals of the area spotted the […]
Srinagar : Prof. Talat Ahmad, Vice-Chancellor University of Kashmir met Governor Satya Pal Malik, Chancellor of the University at Raj Bhavan today and briefed him about various issues of academic and administrative importance relating to the University. Governor congratulated the Vice Chancellor on the University obtaining A+ accreditation Grade from National Assessment and Accreditation Council […]
Agencies Srinagar : Authorities have banned civilian traffic movement to allow free and secure movement of vehicles carrying Amarnath pilgrims on the Srinagar-Jammu highway, the only all weather road connecting the Kashmir valley with Jammu. However, the decision evoked sharp reaction in the valley. The government order said the ban on 97 km-stretch from […]
Agencies Chester-le-Street : Riding high on confidence after registering a thumping win over India, pre-tournament favourites England will look to confirm their semifinal berth in the ongoing World Cup when they take on New Zealand in their last group stage game at Riverside Cricket Ground on Wednesday. If England lose in Chester-le-Street, Pakistan could leapfrog […]
Agencies Jammu : The third batch of 4,823 Amarnath pilgrims left a base camp here Tuesday for the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir. As many as 8,403 pilgrims have paid obeisance at the shrine in the Himalayas till Monday evening, officials said. Over 1.5 lakh pilgrims from across the country have so far registered […]
Srinagar : Police on Tuesday said they have solved Gondola burglary case by arresting five persons involved in the theft. While addressing a press conference at Gulmarg on Tuesday, SSP Baramulla, Abdul Qayoom said: “After watching CCTV footage in which movement of some persons around the Gulmarg bowl was noticed, one of the suspect Bashir […]
Jammu: A drug peddler was arrested with 6.5 kgs of ganja in Jammu city, police said Tuesday. A police party on routine patrolling duty in Gangyal, apprehended the man who was roaming in suspicious circumstances on Monday, a police officer said. A case was registered against Lakshman Kumar Rai at the Gangyal Police Station, the […]