Syed Ali Shah Geelani quits Hurriyat Conference
Srinagar, Jun 29 (PTI) Veteran separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Monday announced his dissociation from the faction of the Hurriyat Conference that he floated in 2003 by enforcing a vertical split in the amalgam. In a four-line letter and an audio message to the media, a spokesperson for the 90-year-old leader said, “Geelani […]
Pakistan Stock Exchange comes under attack; 11 killed, hostage situation foiled
Karachi, Jun 29 (PTI) Four heavily armed militants attacked the busy Pakistan Stock Exchange building here with guns and grenades on Monday morning, killing four security guards and a police officer before being shot dead in an exchange of fire, authorities said. The militants, who arrived in a car, opened indiscriminate fire and lobbed hand […]
UAE suspends all flights from Pakistan as coronavirus cases cross 2 lakh: Report
Islamabad, Jun 29 (PTI) The UAE has temporarily suspended all incoming flights from Pakistan until it sets up a special COVID-19 lab to test the travellers from the country, according to media reports. On Monday, Pakistan’s coronavirus infection tally crossed the 2 lakh-mark after 3,557 fresh cases were reported during the last 24 hours. As […]
Diesel price at new high as fuel prices hiked for 22nd time in just over 3 weeks
New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) Diesel price on Monday scaled a new high after prices were hiked for the 22nd time in just over three weeks, taking the cumulative increase to Rs 11.14 per litre. Petrol price was increased by 5 paise per litre and diesel 13 paise a litre across the country, according to […]
World hits coronavirus milestones amid fears worse to come
Rome, Jun 29 (AP) The world surpassed two sobering coronavirus milestones Sunday — 500,000 confirmed deaths, 10 million confirmed cases — and hit another high mark for daily new infections as governments that attempted reopenings continued to backtrack and warn that worse news could be yet to come. COVID-19 has taken a very swift and […]
China forces birth control on Uighurs to suppress population
Beijing, Jun 29 (AP) The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it encourages some of the country’s Han majority to have more children. While individual women have spoken out before about forced birth […]
Three army porters detained for use of WhatsApp suspiciously
Poonch, June 29: Security Forces in border district of Poonch detained three persons working with the army as porters after they were found using social media platform WhatsApp in a manner which has been treated as ‘sensitive’. The three men belonging to Poonch district were working as porters in an army unit near Bhimber Gali […]
Domicile Certificates row: Prominent businessman released earlier booked on sedition charges
Srinagar, June 29: Prominent Kashmir born businessman Mubeen Shah has reportedly been booked for sedition. Reliable sources said that Mubeen Shah has been booked on charges of sedition after he asked people of Kashmir to put a collective fight against what he called settler-colonialism. After the abrogation of special status of Jammu and Kashmir, authorities […]
Three Militants killed in Anantnag encounter
Srinagar, June 29: Three militant were killed in a gunfight in Runipora area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district Monday. A senior police official said that three militant were killed in the gunfight. However, he said, the identity of the slain militants was yet to be ascertained. As per the official sources with the killing of […]