Over 3,300 TN fishermen chased away by Lankan Navy personnel
Rameswaram(TN) (PTI): Over 3,300 Tamil Nadu fishermen were allegedly chased away by Sri Lankan Navy while they were fishing near Katchatheevu, a fishermen association leader said here Thursday. The fishermen, who put out to sea in over 540 mechanised boats on Wednesday night, were poaching fish near Katchatheevu when the navy personnel came in five boats […]
Zakir Musa spotted in Punjab in Turban, Firozabad and Bathinda put on high alert: Reports
Srinagar: Firozabad and Bathinda regions were put on high alert on Thursday morning after AGH chief Zakir Musa was spotted in Punjab, nearly three weeks after the Amritsar grenade attack, News 18 reported. The militant was spotted wearing a Sikh turban. The grenade attack took place in November while the state was on high alert following […]
People who killed cops in Kashmir are terrorists, in UP they are heroes: Omar
Srinagar: National Conference Vice President, Omar Abdullah on Wednesday, reacting to the Bulandshahr incident where a mob attacked and killed policemen over allegations of cow slaughter, stated that the killers would be eulogized by the ruling party as ‘heroes’, while in Kashmir, such people are called ‘terrorists’. In a tweet, he said, while sharing a […]
Babri mosque demolition anniversary: Ayodhya seers seek divine intervention for Ram temple
Ayodhya PTI: Seers in the temple town of Ayodhya will offer prayers and seek divine intervention for early construction of a Ram temple on Thursday, the 26th anniversary of Babri mosque demolition. The mosque was demolished on December 6, 1992 by ‘karsevaks’ who had converged as part of a movement by the BJP and Hindu outfits […]
J&K: Cold wave keeps its grip, Srinagar records -2, Leh -8.6
Srinagar: Kashmit valley and Ladakh region continues to under cold wave as minimum temperatures remained below freezing point. The Ladakh region’s Leh recorded minus 8.6 degrees Celsius, Met said. It will be partly cloudy in the valley for the next 24 hours till Friday, a Jammu and Kashmir Met official said. The minimum temperature […]
Rupee falls 54 paise, touches 71 level against US dollar
Mumbai: The rupee depreciated by 54 paise and hit the 71 per dollar mark in early trade Thursday amid strengthening American currency and weak opening in the domestic equity market. Forex traders said the strength of the US dollar against other overseas currencies and foreign fund outflows weighed on the local unit. At the Interbank Foreign […]
Shop gutted in fire mishap in Sopore
By Bilal Ahmad Sopore: A shop gutted in an overnight fire mishap in Sopore town of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Shop owner has been identified as Fayaz Ahmad at Khankha Mohalla of Sopore. Shop was gutted completely in a fire mishap which broke out around 1 AM.
800k to 2 million religious minorities detained in Chinese internment camps: US
Washington PTI: An estimated 800,000 to 2 million religious minorities are currently being detained in internment camps in China, the Trump Administration has told lawmakers, who have expressed serious concerns over the massive human rights violations there. At a Congressional hearing here, Scott Busby, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State at the Bureau of the Human Right […]
India will not negotiate on Kashmir: Former Ambassador
Says Pakistan not just with Kashmir’s freedom movement
Says Pakistan not just with Kashmir’s freedom movement