US designates LeT proxy The Resistance Front responsible for Pahalgam attack as terrorist organisation
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Jul 18 (PTI): In a significant development, the US has designated The Resistance Front, a proxy of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) that was behind the Pahalgam attack, as a foreign terrorist organisation. In a statement issued by the Department of State on Thursday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this action demonstrates […]
Two schools receive bomb threat in Delhi
NEW DELHI, Jul 18 (PTI): Two schools in Delhi received bomb threats on Friday morning, a Delhi Fire Services official said. A call regarding the bomb threat was received at Richmond School in Paschim Vihar and Abhinav Public School in Rohini Sector 3, the official said. “Teams of multiple agencies are present and thorough checking […]
Intruder kills house owner’s son during scuffle in Qazigund, south Kashmir
Qazigund, Jul 18: A youth was killed in Qazigund area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, following a scuffle with a robber who had entered their residential house. Official sources said that an armed robber, posing as a member of security forces, barged into the residence of Mohammad […]
Amarnath Yatra resumes after day-long suspension
SRINAGAR, Jul 18 (PTI): The Amarnath Yatra resumed on Friday, a day after it was suspended due to heavy rains across Kashmir, officials said. A fresh batch of pilgrims left for the holy cave shrine from Nunwan and Baltal base camps, they said. The yatra was suspended on Thursday as heavy rains triggered landslides and […]
Lt Guv orders establishment of Governor’s ‘Sainik Sahayta Kendra’
Cell to offer Grievance Redressal for soldiers SRINAGAR: The Lieutenant Governor has accorded sanction for the establishment of the Lieutenant Governor’s Sainik Sahayta Kendra (LGSSK), a dedicated institutional mechanism to assist and address civilian grievances of serving soldiers from the Indian Armed Forces and Central Armed Police Forces, an official spokesman said Thursday. The Kendra, […]
Need to protect depleting glacial cover
The unprecedented increase in temperatures in Jammu and Kashmir has set alarm bells ringing as experts feel that a great environmental crisis is likely to unfold as most of the regions glaciers are witnessing fast depletion. Ironically, almost 30 percent of the region’s glacier cover has disappeared over the past sixty years, and if current […]
Harassment can prove detrimental
By: Raqif Makhdoomi Few weeks back a student ended his life because of harassment he had to face over a minor issue. The boy was harassed to such level that he had to end his life. Imagine what he must have been made to go through, that he found no other option than to end […]
