7-Year old drowns in River Jhelum in Sultanpora Pattan
Baramulla: A seven year old boy drowned in river Jehlum at Sultanpora Pattan of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday afternoon. An eye witness said that the boys were taking bath in the water body when the kid drowned. He has been identified as faizan Ahmad marazi S/o Mohammad Yousuf Marazi of Sultanpora Pattan. After […]
Kashmiri Pandits who met Mirwaiz over there return not real representatives of the community: BJP
Srinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party’s spokesman for Kashmir affairs Ashwini Kumar Chrungoo on Friday said that the Kashmiri Pandit delegation that had met Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq recently were not the “real representatives of Pandits. “I want Hurriyat to first contribute eradicating the mess left by mainstream parties over the past 70 years,” […]
Australia steps up sugar trade fight with India, seeks WTO probe
Melbourne, Jul 12 (PTI) Australia has intensified its sugar related dispute with India by formally asking World Trade Organisation (WTO) to set up a panel to probe if the world’s second-largest sugar producer was breaching its obligations, a media report said Friday. In March, Australia was joined by Brazil to lodge a formal complaint against India […]
Turkey receives first delivery of Russian S-400 missile system: Ankara
Istanbul, Jul 12 (AFP) Turkey received the first batch of Russia’s S-400 missile defence system on Friday, the defence ministry said, despite repeated warnings from its NATO ally United States against the purchase. “The delivery of the first shipment of parts of the S-400 long range regional air missile defence system began as of July 12, […]
Youth injured in mysterious blast at Pulwama
Pulwama : A 28-year old youth was injured in a mysterious blast at Pulwama district of south Kashmir. Police sources told KNO that the injured has been identified as Javaid Ahmad Dar son of Mohammad Abdullah Dar resident of Zasov Pulwama. “He got injured while collecting waste material near a dumping site wherein a […]
Pak shells forward posts along LoC in Poonch, Rajouri
Jammu, Jul 12 (PTI) The Pakistan Army on Friday violated ceasefire by firing and mortar shelling on forward posts and civilian areas along the LoC in three sectors of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri and Poonch districts, drawing befitting retaliation from Indian troops, a defence PRO said. “At about 0800 hours today, Pak army initiated unprovoked ceasefire […]
Fire breaks out in West Delhi hospital, six patients rescued
New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) A minor fire broke out in the operation theatre of ESI Hospital in west Delhi’s Basai Darapur on Friday morning, with fire fighters evacuating six patients to safety, fire officials said. No one was injured in the blaze, they said. The fire department said they received a call about the blaze […]
Deadly Dubai bus accident: Omani driver sentenced to 7 years
Dubai, Jul 12 (PTI) The Omani bus driver, who rammed the vehicle into a height barrier in Dubai that killed 17 people, including 12 Indians, has been sentenced to seven years in jail followed by deportation and ordered to pay USD 925,000 as blood money, according to media reports. Twelve Indians were among the 17 people […]
Forces lay nocturnal siege over Warpora Sopore, six youth detained
Sopore: At least six youth were arrested during a nocturnal raid in Warpora village of Sopore in Baramulla district. Locals claimed that Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police and paramilitary CRPF personnel raided many residential houses in Warpora village and detained six youth during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. “The […]
Trehgam shuts to commemorate first death anniversary of Khalid Gaffar, Govt launched inquiry still pending
Srinagar: Trehgam township in Kupwara district observed shutdown to commemorate the first death anniversary of Khalid Gaffar, who was killed allegedly by Army outside his home in Trehgam on this day last year. His brothers are serving forces– one is soldier in Indian army while two others are in police. Locals reported that all shops in […]