Teen kills three children in latest US mass shooting
Los Angeles: A 19-year-old has been identified as the gunman in the latest mass shooting in the United States — a rampage that left three dead, including two children, and 12 other people wounded. Santino William Legan was armed with an AK-47-type assault rifle when he opened fire at random Sunday at the Gilroy Garlic Festival […]
Home Minister Amit Shah to hold meeting on J&K today
New Delhi: Home Minister of India Amit Shah will hold a meeting on Jammu and Kashmir with other senior BJP leaders on Tuesday. BJP Working President, JP Nadda, General Secretary BL Santosh, J&K BJP President Ravinder Rana and former J&K Deputy CM Kavinder Gupta will attend the meeting, ANI reported. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is […]
Farooq Abdullah seeks audience with PM; to apprise him about J-K situation
Srinagar, Jul 29 (PTI) National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah along with his party members has sought an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to apprise him about the present situation in Jammu and Kashmir, in the backdrop of the Centre’s move to send 100 additional companies of Central Armed Paramilitary Forces to the Valley. Abdullah and […]
Pak anti-corruption court extends Zardari’s remand by 10 days
Islamabad, Jul 29 (PTI) A Pakistani anti-corruption court on Monday extended former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister’s remand by 10 days in the fake accounts case, according to a media report. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) presented the 63-year-old Pakistan People’s Party leader and his sister Faryal Talpur in the accountability court amid strict […]
Police says order about mosques normal policing exercise, updating data
Srinagar: Police on Monday played down its order of surveying the mosques of the district Srinagar as a routine policing exercise. Srinagar police chief Dr Haseeb Mughal said that the information sought exercise is carried out to update the data for policing. “We have the details of gurduwars, masajids and other religious institutions. It is […]
Call all party meet for united response, need to stand as one: Mehbooba Mufti to Farooq Abdullah
Srinagar: Former chief minister J&K and People Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday urged National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah to call an all party meeting to chalk out ‘united response’ against the ‘recent devlopments that have caused a sense of panic’. Mufti took to twitter and said that she had urged Abdullah to call […]
Amarnath yatra resumes from Jammu and Pahalgam, remains suspended from Baltal
Jammu/Srinagar, Jul 29 (PTI) After facing frequent disruptions due to inclement weather over the past four days, the Amarnath yatra resumed on Monday from Jammu and Pahalgam base camps while it remained suspended from Baltal route, officials said. A fresh batch of 2,675 pilgrims, including 492 women and 174 seers, left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp […]
PM Narendra Modi to feature in Discovery’s ‘Man Vs Wild’
Mumbai, Jul 29 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will feature in a special episode of Discovery’s “Man Vs Wild” which will highlight “issues related to environmental change.” According to a statement from the channel, the special episode, featuring adventurer Bear Grylls and shot in India’s Jim Corbett National Park, will be a “frank and freewheeling journey” […]
Zonal SPs asked to provide list of mosques in Srinagar
Srinagar, Jul 29 (PTI) A fresh order directing the five zonal superintendents of police to provide the list of mosques in the city and its management committees has added to the speculation about some major decision in the offing regarding Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. “Please provide details of mosques and their managements falling without your […]
Five including an elderly injured after stray dogs attack them in Trehgam Kupwara
Kupwara: Five persons including three students, a youth and an elderly woman were attacked by stray dogs in Trehgam area of Kupwara on Monday. Locals said that dogs attacked the students and a lady and a youth rushed to help them but he too was attacked by dogs. The injured were evacuated to Primary Health […]
