Kathua rape: Police baton charge, launch tear gas on protesters
Jammu: Police today baton-charged and tear-gassed protesters during a march taken out by the Dogra community demanding a CBI probe into the rape-and-murder case of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district. Several people were injured in the police action and the clashes that followed on Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Chadwal area. One […]
Ambedkar’s statue defaced in Chennai
Chennai: Adding to the list of statues of leaders being vandalised in various parts of the country, a bust of Dalit leader B R Ambedkar in a residential locality here was found defaced today, triggering a protest by locals, police said The bust, placed inside a structure covered with a grill in a residential neighbourhood […]
Over 70 JKNPP activists detained
Jammu: Over 70 activists of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) were detained today ahead of a rally to press for a CBI probe into the killing of an eight-year-old girl. Police said that they have been detained as a precautionery measure and put up in Hiranagar Police station in Kathua district . “We […]
Man dies after tree falls on him in Sangrama
SOPORE: A 55-Year-old labourer died after a tree fell on him in north Kashmir’s Sangrama area of Baramulla district. According to reports, a labourer Ghulam Mohammad Sheikh,55, son of Habibullah Sheikh of Seer Jageer Sopore was critically injured after a tree fell on him while he was cutting it down near Sangrama area. He […]
Govt wants to put Shopian firing incident into cold storage: Omar
Srinagar: Opposition National Conference working president Omar Abdullah today accused the Jammu and Kashmir government of putting the Shopian firing incident, involving a senior Army officer, into cold storage. The former chief minister claimed that the state government has come under pressure on the issue of filing an FIR against Army officer in the incident. […]
Mahatma Gandhi’s statue defaced in Kerala
Kannur: A bust of Mahatma Gandhi was found defaced in Kannur district’s Taliparamba town of Kerala today, police said. The spectacle carving was damaged and a garland on the statue was lying nearby, an official said, giving details of the vandalisation, the latest in a series of similar incidents being reported from various parts of […]
Even Himalayas can’t stop China, India if there is political trust: Chinese foreign minister
Beijing: China and India should shed their mental inhibitions and manage differences to enhance bilateral ties, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said today and insisted that even the Himalayas cannot stop the two countries from friendly exchanges if there is political trust. Wang’s remarks on Sino-India relations came during his annual press conference on the […]
US drone targeting Pakistani Taliban kills 21 in Afghanistan
Dera Ismail Khan: Pakistani intelligence officials and local Taliban Thursday said that two missiles fired from a US drone hit a militant facility in neighboring Afghanistan, killing 21 insurgents, including the son of the head of the Pakistani Taliban. The officials said the strike took place on Wednesday and targeted a compound frequented by Mullah […]
Educational institutions remain closed, exams postponed in Kashmir
Srinagar: All educational institutions remained closed as a precautionary measure for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday in the Kashmir valley, where all examinations have also been postponed though there was no strike call from JRL leadership. Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (PSC) has also postponed all examinations of J&K Combined Competitive (Main) […]
CM changing statements over FIR against Major Aditya: Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: Former Chief Minister and working president of National Conference Omar Abdullah today accused chief Minister of changing her statements over the FIR in Shopian Killings. He said that state government is giving one version of the FIR and the army is telling people another version of the same story. He said that CM […]
