Over 170 hurt in magnitude 6.3 earthquake in western Iran
Tehran,(AP): A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck western Iran near its border with Iraq on Sunday night, injuring over 170 people and sending fearful residents running into the street, authorities said. The temblor hit near Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran’s Kermanshah province, which was the epicenter of an earthquake last year that killed over 600 people and where […]
Pak welcomes India’s move to send 2 ministers for Kartarpur corridor’s groundbreaking ceremony
Islamabad,(PTI): Pakistan on Sunday welcomed India’s decision to send its two Union ministers to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kartarpur corridor next week, terming it a “positive response”. Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan is located across the river Ravi, about four kilometres from the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district. It was established by […]
Russia seizes three Ukrainian naval ships off Crimea
Kiev, (AFP): Russia has seized three Ukrainian naval ships in a strait near Moscow-annexed Crimea, raising fears of military escalation and prompting an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Monday. In the unprecedented incident, Russia said it used weapons “in order to stop the Ukrainian military,” which it claims illegally entered its waters, confirming […]
US announces USD 5 million reward for information on 26/11 perpetrators
Washington (PTI): The US on Monday announced a USD 5 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction in any country of any individual who committed, conspired, aided or abetted the 2008 Mumbai attack. The Trump administration announced this major reward (of over Rs 35 crore) on the 10th anniversary of the terror attack […]
Rupee rises 39 paise to 70.30 against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai, (PTI): Rising for the eighth straight day, the rupee climbed 39 paise to 70.30 against the US dollar in early trade Monday, as global crude prices slipped below the USD 60 per barrel mark. Traders said the weakness in the greenback against some currencies overseas and a higher opening of domestic equities supported the rupee. […]
PIB organizes Media Workshop at Srinagar
Journalism, a bridge between people and government; need to have coherence at all levels – Speakers Srinagar: Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India organized a one day Media Workshop – Vartalap today at Auditorium of Jammu and Kashmir Department of Information and Public Relations Srinagar. The workshop aimed at sensitization of […]
Declaring J&K Bank a public sector bank an attack on special status of state by Governor led administration: Mehbooba Mufti
Srinagar: Former Chief Minister and President Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday called for an immediate rollback of the decision taken by State Administrative Council to treat the J&K Bank Ltd as a public-sector bank. Mufti said that Governor administration is taking such decisions which “smack of attempts to fiddle with the basic […]
Chadoora youth killed in cold blood: Jama’at, ‘genocide of Kashmiris going on unabated’
Srinagar: Jama’at-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir Saturday strongly condemned the “cold-blooded murder” of another youth Ishfaq Ahmad (28) son of Nazir Ahmad Ganaie, a resident of Magraypora Chadoora in central Kashmir’s Budgam by the Indian army. A spokesperson of Jama’at in a statement said that the bullets ruptured the skull. “He was a carpenter by profession and is […]
Civilian killings must end in Kashmir: CPI(M)
Jammu, Nov 24 (PTI) Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader M Y Tarigami Saturday demanded an immediate end to civilian killings in the Kashmir Valley. “The unabated civilian killings in Kashmir must be a cause of concern for every right-thinking person in the state and the country,” Tarigami said. Three civilians, including a 14-year-old girl, were […]
Drug peddler arrested in J&K
Jammu, Nov 24 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested a drug peddler with intoxicant capsules in Samba district of the state on Saturday. A police party during patrolling on the highway intercepted a man and recovered 550 intoxicant capsules from his possession, they said. The accused was identified as Bashir Ahmad alias Imran of […]