Lone’s goodbye to PAGD no surprise, others to follow: BJP leader
Jammu: Senior BJP leader and former Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta on Wednesday said there is no surprise element in the departure of Sajad Lone-led People’s Conference from the Gupkar alliance as fall of this opportunistic amalgam is inevitable. Lone on Tuesday announced his party’s exit from the People’s Alliance for Gupkar […]
Ailing CRPF man dies at Sgr hospital
Srinagar: A 55-year-old Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) man, who was undergoing treatment at SKIMS, Soura died after a belief illness on Wednesday. Officials said that a CRPF man identified as Ramsukh Meena (55) from Rajasthan belonging to 14 Battalion CRPF died at Neurology ward of SKIMS. He said that CRPF trooper was posted at […]
Sumbal residents protests against erratic powers supply
Bandipora: The residents of Asham, Sumbal are up in arms against the Power Development Department (PDD) for their alleged failure to provide electricity as per schedule in their area. Inhabitants of the village blocked the Hajin-Srinager road to lodge their protest against erratic power supply and against the unilateral increase in the tariffs. The protesters […]
Young labourer found dead
Srinagar: Body of a 27-year-old labourer from Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district was found at Zaindar Mohalla of Srinagar on Wednesday. Official sources said that deceased has been identified as Ishfaq Ahmad Zargar son of Ghulam Hasan of Haril Handwara. A labourer by profession, the 27-year-old was residing in a rent accommodation at […]
Case registered against a cop for ‘sarcastic’ post on FB
Baramulla: Police have registered a formal case against an SPO for his ‘sarcastic’ post on the social media networking site facebook. Sources said that an SPO identified as Peer Khalid is purportedly operating a facebook page under the title ‘Rafiabad News Service’. The said cop reportedly posted a ‘sarcastic’ post about a particular community regarding […]
Haryana trucker’s body found in stream
Banihal/Jammu: The body of a 22-year-old truck driver from Haryana was found in a stream in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Wednesday, two days after his vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a 150-foot-deep gorge along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, officials said. The Jammu-bound truck rolled down into a stream at Sherbibi […]
Burglars loot cash from three Masjids, shrine in Tangmarg
Baramulla: Burglars broke donation boxes at a shrine and three Masjids and decamped with cash in different villages in Tangmarg area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. According to locals during the intervening night of Tuesday—Wednesday, the burglars struck at the shrine in Ziyarat Nakesh Bandipora and three Masjids including Jamia Masjid Warpora, Masjid Sharief and […]
Govt directs all employees to attend Republic day celebrations
Srinagar: Government has asked its workforce to attend the main official January 26 functions in Jammu and warned them that any dereliction will be construed as disobedience of the instructions. “The main function of the Republic Day-2021 is being held at the Maulana Azad Stadium, Jammu, where the Lieutenant Governor will preside over the function […]
Joe Biden takes oath as 46th US President amidst unprecedented security
Washington, Jan 20 (PTI) Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday in a historic but scaled down ceremony under the unprecedented security umbrella of thousands of security personnel, who transformed the Capitol into a fortress to prevent any breach by pro-Trump extremists. The 78-year-old veteran Democratic leader […]
Trump leaves White House, skips Biden’s inauguration ceremony
Washington, Jan 20 (PTI) Donald Trump on Wednesday skipped his successor Joe Biden’s inauguration and exited the White House for the last time as the US president to board a flight to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, which will be his permanent home after he failed to win his re-election bid. Trump, 74, has already […]
