CRPF men save minor girl from drowning in Nallah Ferozpora in Tangmarg
Srinagar: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel saved a minor girl from drowning in Kunzer Tangmarg on Monday from Nallah Ferozpora near at Chanpora Kunzer. A girl age about 13 years namely Nageena, daughter Mohd Sharief Din of Nagrota Jammu was washing clothes on the banks of river Nallah Ferozpora when she slipped […]
Capacity Building Workshop on ‘Safer Schools’ begins at KU
Srinagar: Department of Geography & Regional Development, University of Kashmir (KU) organised a week long Capacity Building Workshop on ‘Safer Schools’ which started here at KU on Monday. The workshop has been organised in collaboration with Jhelum & Tawi Flood Recovery Project (JTFRP), Government of Jammu & Kashmir and Institute of Disaster Risk Reduction (IDRR), […]
Death toll in Himachal building collapse climbs to 13
Shimla: Five more bodies were retrieved on Monday from the debris of a building collapse in Himachal Pradesh’ Solan district, taking the death toll to 13, officials said. Twenty-eight people were injured after the four-storey building, which housed a restaurant, collapsed on the Nahan-Kumarhatti Road on Sunday evening following heavy rains, they said. The bodies […]
Govt says NIA bill in national interest, Cong calls it attempt to turn India into ‘police state’
New Delhi: The government asserted on Monday that a bill to broaden the NIA’s investigating powers is part of its policy of zero tolerance against terrorism and is in national interest, as Lok Sabha took up a discussion on the proposed legislation. While Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy sought support of all […]
Militants mounted 318 attacks in J&K in 2018: GoI
Srinagar: There were 318 militant attacks in Jammu and Kashmir last year, the government of India said on Monday. Responding to a question by BJP parliamentarian Vijay Goel about the number of militant attacks reported in the country in the past two years, Minister of State in Defence Ministry Shripad Naik told Rajya Sabha that […]
14th batch of 5,210 pilgrims leave Jammu for Amarnath
Jammu: Amid tight security, 14th batch of 5,210 Amarnath pilgrims left a base camp here on Monday for the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir. As many as 8,734 pilgrims paid obeisance to Lord Shiva in the shape of Ice Lingum at the Amarnath cave shrine till Sunday night, thereby taking the total to 1,82,712 pilgrims, […]
Babri demolition case: Special judge seeks 6 months’ time from SC to conclude trial
New Delhi: A special judge holding trial in Babri Masjid demolition case, involving BJP veterans L K Advani, M M Joshi and others, Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking six more months to conclude the trial in the case. The special judge, in a letter written in May, has informed the top court that he is […]
After BDS clearance, traffic restored along Rajouri-Poonch highway
Rajouri: After receiving a clearance from bomb disposal squad, authorities have restored traffic along Rajouri-Poonch highway which was earlier on suspended for detection of some ‘suspicious’ material in Narain area of the district. Police post Chingus Rajouri MD Khan while confirming the development told GNS that, “they have restored the traffic on the road […]
Former players slam ICC for “ridiculous” boundary-count rule that decided WC winner
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) Former cricketers, including India’s Gautam Gambhir, came down heavily on the International Cricket Council (ICC) for its “ridiculous” rule on boundary count that decided the World Cup title in England’s favour and denied New Zealand after a pulsating final in London. In a thrilling encounter on Sunday night at the Lord’s, […]
Kashmir Press Club elections underway
Srinagar: Voting for the Kashmir press club is underway at KPC in Polo view Srinagar where journalists have joined together to select it’s maiden representative body. As many as 252 working journalists and editors will vote for four posts of office-bearers and a seven-member executive committee. Thirty one candidates are in the fray.
