Two killed, 4 injured in Jammu mishap
Jammu, Mar 13: Two persons were killed and four others injured after an truck hit them near Narwal Jammu on Saturday. Officials said that the accident apparently occurred after the driver lost the control over truck due to break failure. While all the injured persons have been shifted to JMC Jammu, the bodies of the […]
Relief as rain stops in Kashmir, fresh snowfall in Pahalgam, Kupwara
Srinagar, Mar 13: Pahalgam and Kupwara received fresh snowfall even as rains relented after four days in Kashmir Valley, officials said on Saturday. The weatherman has already forecast erratic weather till March 15 with possibility of more rains especially on Sunday. A meteorological department official said that Srinagar received 9mm of fresh rain in the […]
Afghan bomb kills at least 8; UN slams high civilian deaths
Kabul, Mar 13 (AP) A powerful car bomb killed at least eight people and injured 47 in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, officials said Saturday. The death toll in the explosion late Friday that also destroyed 14 houses is expected to rise because several of the injured were critical, said Rafiq Sherzai, a spokesman for the […]
Gunmen abduct 30 students from school in northwest Nigeria
Lagos, Mar 13 (AP) Gunmen have attacked a school in northwestern Nigeria and kidnapped 39 students just weeks after a similar mass abduction in the region, authorities said Friday. The latest kidnapping took place late Thursday night at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, in the Igabi local government area of Kaduna state, police […]
All issues raised by DDC members resolved: Govt
Jammu, Mar 13 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir government said all issues raised by district development council (DDC) members regarding their status and honorarium have been “resolved” amicably following their meeting with Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. The newly elected DDC members have protested in support of their demand for better status and monthly honorarium. An […]
Biden admin to reconsider objections to H1B visas during Trump regime
Washington, Mar 13 (PTI) The Biden administration on Friday said it is willing to reconsider the objections or adverse decisions to foreign workers on visas like H-1B due to the three policy memos by the previous Trump administration which now have been rescinded. The move is expected to come to the rescue of a large […]
Syed Basharat Bukhari bids adieu to NC
Srinagar, Mar 12: Senior National Conference leader and former law minister Syed Basharat Bukhari has disassociated himself from the party. Bukhari conveyed his decision through a hand written communiqué to Party President Dr. Farooq Abdullah and urged him to acknowledge the “expression.” “Very respectfully, I hereby disassociate from the party (J&K National Conference) from this […]
Despite rains thousands of devotees offered prayers at the revered shire of Dargah Hazratbal on the eve of Meraj-u-Nabi (SAW) ….KV Photo
Despite rains thousands of devotees offered prayers at the revered shire of Dargah Hazratbal on the eve of Meraj-u-Nabi (SAW) ….KV Photo
Jmu-Sgr Highway to remain closed tomorrow
Srinagar, Mar 12: Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with rest of the world, shall remain closed for traffic on Saturday, officials said. The strategic thoroughfare was closed on Friday due to weekly maintenance works. “On March 13, no vehicular movement shall be allowed from either side on Jammu-Srinagar highway in view […]
30 year old man’s body recovered in Pulwama orchard
Pulwama, Mar 12: Body of a 30-year-old man was found in an orchard at Bellow, almost seven kilometres from his residence in Arigam in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said on Friday. They said that Sameer Ahmad Rather (30) had left his residence this morning and his body was recovered from an orchard in Bellow […]