36-year-old woman falls from a hill-top, dies
Jammu: A 36-year old woman slipped from a hill-top and rolled down several feet resulting in her death in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, police said. Kallo Devi, wife of Shubha Ram, feel from a height in Salal belt area last evening, a police officer said. She died on the spot, he said adding the […]
India, Pak resort to cross firing, shelling along LoC in Poonch
Jammu: The armies of India and Pakistan exchanged shelling and small arms firing across LoC in Balakote sector of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir late last night, the police officials said today. “In its unprovoked shelling, it targeted forward posts and civilian areas along LoC in Balakote sector, following which the Indian Army hit […]
Anti-encroachment drive: Notices issued to 352 establishments in Rajouri
Jammu: Authorities Wednesday issued notices to 352 establishments within the municipal limits for removal of encroachments on roads and public spaces in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. Reviewing its anti-encroachment drive and restoration of essential services and proposals for upgrading infrastructure in urban areas, Additional District Development Commissioner A S Chib and the administrator […]
Suicide bomber kills 26 as Afghans celebrate new year
Kabul: An Afghan official says a suicide bomber has struck on the road to a Shiite shrine in the capital, killing at least 26 people as Afghans celebrated the Persian new year. Nasrat Rahimi, the deputy spokesman for the Interior Ministry, says another 18 people were wounded in Wednesday’s attack. He says the attacker was […]
Dr MI Parray reappointed as director EDI
Srinagar: Government on Tuesday re-appointed Dr. M I Parray as Director Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) for a period of five years. According to a government order No. 91-IND of 2018 Dated 20-03-2018 Dr. M I Parray has been re-appointed as director JK Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) for a period of 5 years […]
Suicide bomber kills eight in Kabul attack: Officials
Kabul: A suicide bomber blew himself up in Kabul today, killing at least eight people, officials said, as Afghans celebrate the Persian new year holiday. Another 20 people were wounded in the blast, health ministry spokesman Waheed Majroh told AFP. The interior ministry said a suicide attacker on foot had detonated himself in front of […]
Facebook ‘outraged’ by misuse of data by Cambridge Analytica
San Francisco: Facebook said Wednesday the company was “outraged” after being “deceived” over the misuse of data by political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, which improperly harvested information on 50 million users. A company statement appeared to place the blame for the incident on the British-based firm linked to President Donald Trump, which according to Facebook […]
UN chief greets people on Nowruz
United Nations: The message and the spirit of Nowruz assumes greater importance and significance as the world grapples with innumerable conflicts, rise of xenophobia and the refugee crisis, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said. Addressing the annual Nowruz celebration here yesterday, Guterres said people across the world recognise that nothing in is more important than […]
Mentally disturbed girl raped, accused held
Jammu: An Akhnoor area youth has been arrested for allegedly raping a mentally disturbed, underage girl of his village, the police said Wednesday. Shallu Megh of Badgal village was arrested on the complaint of the victim’s father that his “mentally disturbed” daughter was raped by the youth on Sunday, a police official said. The girl’s […]
Pak court upholds death sentence of convict in minor’s murder
Lahore: A Pakistani court has upheld the death sentence of a man convicted in the brutal rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl that shook the entire nation and sparked outrage. In the first ever trial in the country’s history that concluded in shortest period of four days, an anti-terrorism court last month sentenced to […]
