Militants attack army patrol party in Shopian village
Srinagar: Militants on Monday attacked army’s patrolling party in Kachdora area of Shopian district. Official sources said that a group of militants opened fire upon army’s 34 RR near BSNL tower in Kachdoora area. The soldiers retaliated, however there was no immediate report of any casualty on either side. When contacted SSP Shopian Shri Ram Ambarkar confirmed […]
Army soldier killed in mishap
Srinagar: An Army soldier was killed while nine other personnel were critically injured when their vehicle collided with a truck near Chechkote Awantipora on Srinagar-Jammu highway on Monday, police said. Driver and conductor of the truck were also seriously injured in the accident, police said. A police official said that all the injured Army personnel […]
Saudis intercept seven Yemen rebel missiles in deadly escalation
Riyadh: Saudi forces intercepted seven Yemeni rebel missiles today, including over the capital Riyadh, in a deadly escalation on the eve of the third anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition’s intervention in Yemen. One Egyptian was killed and two of his countrymen were wounded by falling shrapnel in Riyadh, authorities said, with residents reporting loud […]
37 dead, scores missing in Siberia shopping mall fire
Moscow: At least 37 people were killed when a fire ripped through a busy shopping centre in an industrial city in western Siberia, with scores more reported missing, including children. Images on Russian television showed thick black smoke pouring out of the Winter Cherry shopping centre in the city of Kemerovo, which also houses a […]
Youth washed away in river
Jammu: A youth died after he slipped and fell into a river in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. Yaser Mohammad slipped into river in Kotranka area of of the district and was washed away last evening, a police officer said today. Police and locals launched an operation and recovered the body. The body was handed […]
Debate on freedom of speech and expression held
Srinagar: “The creative circle” in collaboration with ‘Me ‘n’ u Café’ on Sunday conducted a long interactive debate over the topic “freedom of speech and expression”. The participants of different backgrounds took part in the event and shared their ideas and views regarding the topic. The main motto of the debate was to discuss […]
Netanyahu hopes for direct flights to Mumbai over Saudi Arabia
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today expressed hope that direct flights over Saudi Arabia from Tel Aviv to Mumbai would soon materialise, days after Air India’s maiden flight from New Delhi flew over Saudi airspace to Israel’s economic hub. Netanyahu in a Cabinet meeting indicated that the next goal is to allow direct flights […]
Pakistan to exhibit archives of Bhagat Singh case trial
Lahore: The Pakistan government will for the first time put on display the case file of the trial of legendary Indian freedom fighter Bhagat Singh among other historical documents here tomorrow. This was decided at a meeting of the Punjab government top bureaucrats, headed by chief secretary Zahid Saeed, which proclaimed the revolutionary Singh as […]
Modi govt “afraid” of facing no-confidence motion, says Rahul
Mysuru: As the parliament logjam persisted for nearly two weeks, Congress president Rahul Gandhi today accused the Narendra Modi government of being “afraid” to face the no-confidence motion moved against it. “In parliament, a no-confidence motion against the Modi government has been moved. For the past 10 days it has been stalled because the government […]
3 injured in clash over land dispute in Jammu
Jammu: Three persons, including two brothers, were injured today in a clash between two groups over a land dispute in Bishnah area of Jammu district, police said. Dharminder Singh, a property dealer, led one of the groups involved in the clash, they said. Singh allegedly opened fire in the air and also attacked the rival […]
