BJP issues show cause notice to local leader for misconduct
Jammu, Jan 27 (PTI) The BJP on Wednesday issued a show cause notice to party activist Wasim Kohli for anti-party activities during the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. J-K BJP disciplinary committee chairman Sunil Sethi served the notice to Kohli, who is the BJP leader from Kalakote, based upon […]
Kashmiri politicians being persecuted by Centre: Mehbooba
Srinagar, Jan 27 (PTI) PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said the arrest of her party’s youth wing president Waheed ur Rehman Para was emblematic of the situation of Kashmiri politicians who she claimed were being “persecuted” by the Centre for not toeing its line. Para was arrested on November 25, 2020 in connection with […]
Protests aftermath: HM Amit Shah reviews law and order in Delhi
New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI) A day after farmers’ tractor rally turned violent in Delhi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday took stock of the security situation and measures taken to ensure peace in the city, officials said. Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla and senior officers of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Delhi […]
Tiktok to shut down India business
New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI) Chinese social media firm Bytedance, which owns Tiktok and Helo apps, has announced the closure of its India business following continued restrictions on its services in the country. Tiktok’s global interim head Vanessa Pappas and vice president for global business solutions Blake Chandlee in a joint email to employees have […]
Cold wave prevails in Kashmir, minimum temperature below freezing point
Srinagar, Jan 27 (PTI) The minimum temperature in Kashmir stayed below freezing point on Wednesday and is expected to remain so till the next week with the weatherman forecasting the possibility of a Western Disturbance hitting the valley on February 2. Srinagar city recorded a low of minus 2 degrees Celsius, up from minus 2.4 […]
After five days of halt, traffic to ply on Jmu-Sgr highway
SRINAGAR, Jan 21: After a halt of five days fresh traffic from Srinagar to Jammu was allowed on Wednesday arterial highway, the only all weather road connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, official sources said on Wednesday. No vehicle will be allowed from opposite direction, sources said. Meanwhile, the historic 86-km-long Mughal […]
Kulgam attack update: Four Army men injured in IED blast
Anantnag, Jan 27: Four Army men were injured in an IED blast that was planted inside a school in Subhanpora locality of Shamsipora on Srinagar-Jammu highway in Kulgam district on Wednesday. Officials said that the four army men of an ROP of 24 RR were injured as the IED went off when they passed by […]
Militants attack security forces in Kulgam, 02 army soldiers injured
Srinagar, Jan 27: Suspected militants attacked security forces on a Highway at Shamsipora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday. A senior police official said that militants fired upon an army patrol party in which two army personnel received bullet wounds. Both the soldiers were shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment, the officer […]
Trump likely to be acquitted in impeachment trial as Democrats lack numbers in Senate
Washington, Jan 27 (PTI) Former US President Donald Trump is likely to be acquitted in his impeachment trial as the Democrats failed to garner enough support required from Republican Senators. The Democrats who have impeached Trump in the House charging him with “incitement of insurrection,” needs two-thirds of the vote for the Senate impeachment. Currently […]
US to purchase additional 200 million coronavirus vaccine doses: Biden
Washington, Jan 27 (PTI) President Joe Biden has announced that the US will purchase an additional 200 million doses of the two coronavirus vaccines, an increase in the available supply by 50 per cent, which will fully vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of this summer. After reviewing the current vaccine supply and manufacturing […]