After heavy rains traffic suspended on Jmu-Sgr highway
Banihal/Jammu: The traffic on the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway was suspended on Saturday after heavy rains triggered landslides at a few places in Ramban district, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded, officials said. A Jammu-bound truck was also hit by stones rolling down a hillock overlooking the highway near Panthiyal but the driver and his helper […]
Penalise those who disrespect Prophet (PBUH): Imran asks Western govts
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday urged the governments of Western countries to penalise those deliberately spreading their message of hate against Muslims by disrespecting the Prophet in the same way that they had outlawed any negative comment against the Holocaust. Khan, in a series of tweets after the recent violent protest by […]
US plans to send more troops to Afghanistan
Washington: Before the complete withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan by September 11, there might be an increase in number of soldiers to ensure safe and orderly drawdown, the Pentagon has said. “It is not out of the realm the possibility that for a short period of time, there will have to be some additional […]
NC denounces woman SPO’s arrest in Kulgam
Terms it 'vindictive'
Srinagar: The National Conference on Saturday denounced the arrest and subsequent termination of a woman special police officer (SPO) for “glorifying terrorism” in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, terming the measure “vindictive”. Saima Akhter, a resident of Frisal area of south Kashmir district and working as SPO, was on Friday arrested under the Unlawful Activities Prevention […]
Govt in JK has failed to tackle COVID pandemic: Congress leader
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Congress vice president Raman Bhalla on Saturday termed the COVID-19 situation in the union territory as “worrisome” and claimed that the government has run out of options as it has failed to tackle the pandemic. The Congress leader demanded massive testing, tracing of contacts of COVID-19 cases and their isolation to […]
Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema urges people to get vaccinated
Srinagar: Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) Jammu and Kashmir – an amalgam of various religious bodies headed by Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq – on Saturday expressed serious concern over the second wave of COVID-19 infections and appealed people of the Union Territory to get vaccinated. The MMU also asked the people to hold special prayers […]
