IS left behind more than 200 mass graves in Iraq: UN
Baghdad,(AFP): The Islamic State group left behind more than 200 mass graves in Iraq containing up to 12,000 victims, the UN said Tuesday, adding they could hold vital evidence of war crimes. Even more sites could be uncovered in the months to come, the UN’s human rights office and its mission in Iraq (UNAMI) said, urging […]
Man killed after DSP pushes him in front of moving car in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, (PTI): A 32-year-old man was killed after being pushed in front of a moving car allegedly by a senior police officer at Neyyatinkara near here, police said Tuesday. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) (Neyyatinkara) B Harikumar, who is on the run, has been suspended and a case registered against him under Section 302 of the […]
Multiple funeral prayers held for slain Shopian militants
Shopian: Multiple funeral prayers were held for the two local militants killed in a pre dawn gunfight that erupted in Shopian’s Safnagri village on Tuesday, before they were laid to rest. According to reports thousands of people including women and children thronged to the Safnagri and Awnera to participate in their funeral prayers. Reports said […]
Stray dogs strike in Baramulla, 21 persons injured, hospitalized
Baramulla: At least twenty one people were attacked and injured by stray dogs in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. Reports reaching GNS said said that a pack of stray dogs appeared in Kantbagh area today morning and attacked scores of people. In the incident, twenty one persons there this morning, they said, adding that […]
Junaid Azim Matoo is the Mayor SMC
Srinagar: Junaid Azim Mattoo was on Tuesday appointed the Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation. Mattoo was a Mayoral candidate of Sajad Lone’s People’s Conference. He defeated Congress’s Bashir Hajam. “Junaid of PC got 40 votes,Congress candidate got 26 while 4 votes were declared invalid,” sources said. Sources said that Saleem lone, an independent, has been […]
Shopian shuts to mourn militants killing
Shopian: A complete shutdown is being observed in Shopian against militant killings in a pre dawn gunfight with government forces in Safnari village here on Tuesday. Eyewitness said all shops and business establishments were closed off while as public transport was as thin on roads. Earlier today a gunfight broke out in Shopian village […]
Facebook blocks 30 accounts ahead of US midterm elections
San Francisco, (AFP): Facebook said Monday it had blocked some 30 accounts on its platform and 85 accounts on photo-sharing social network Instagram over concerns they may be linked to foreign entities and aimed at interfering in US midterm elections. The announcement came shortly after US law enforcement and intelligence agencies said they had no […]
S Arabia grilled at UN rights review session over Khashoggi killing
United Nations,(PTI): Saudi Arabia expressed “regret and pain” over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and asserted its commitment to achieving the “highest possible standards” in human rights in the country as it was grilled by countries at the UN on Monday over the brutal murder. The public debate at the UN Human Rights Council in […]
Two Kashmiri students arrested in connection with Maqsudan blast case in Jalandhar
Srinagar: Two Kashmiri college students have been arrested in connection with the Maqsudan police station hand grenade blast case, reports said. Shahid Qayoom (22) and Fazil Bashir (23), students of an engineering college in Jalandhar, have been arrested, they said. DGP Suresh Arora said in a press release that four persons were involved in carrying out […]
In big test for Donald Trump presidency, mid-term elections in US today
WASHINGTON: Thousands of people in the United States will exercise their franchise in the midterm elections on Tuesday, which is seen as a litmus test for Donald Trump`s near two-year-old presidency so far. Voting will be held in all 435 seats of the House of Representatives, 35 Senate seats and 39 governorships. The midterm polls […]
