Israel-UAE deal: Palestinians call it ‘treason,’ want retraction
Dubai: A spokesman for the Palestinian president is condemning the deal to establish full diplomatic ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Nabil Abu Rdeneh said on Thursday the agreement amounts to “treason.” He says the Palestinians demand that it be retracted. The remarks come after President Mahmoud Abbas convened a meeting of his […]
Iran says deal a ‘stab in the back’ to Muslims
Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned an historic deal establishing full diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, calling it a stab in the back to all Muslims, state TV reported on Friday. Iran, in the ministry statement, called the normalising of ties between the two countries a dangerous, “shameful” measure and warned […]
India reports over 64,000 fresh COVID-19 cases
Recovery rate improves to 71.17pc
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload surpassed 24 lakh on Friday after 64,553 more people tested positive and the recoveries rose to over 17 lakh, the Health Ministry said. With 17,51,555 people defeating the disease, the recovery rate has surged to 71.17 per cent. The caseload increased to 24,61,190, while the death toll climbed to 48,040 […]
Massive landslide closes Jammu-Srinagar highway
Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained closed for the second consecutive day on Friday due to a massive landslide triggered by heavy rains in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, officials said. Vehicular traffic on the 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was suspended on Friday, leaving hundreds […]
Cop held while taking bribe from truck driver
Jammu: A police sub-inspector was arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau sleuths while taking bribe from a truck driver in Srinagar, an official said on Friday. The ACB swung into action on a complaint by the truck driver who said Sub-inspector Farooq Ahmad Abassi of Batamaloo police station in Srinagar has confiscated documents […]
13-year-old girl rescued from child marriage in Udhampur, six held
Jammu: Police on Friday rescued a 13-year-old girl in Udhampur district who was allegedly forced to marry a man almost three times her age and arrested six people, including her parents, officials said. The girl was rescued after the sarpanch of Katwalt village (Ramnagar) informed police that the minor was being forcibly married to a […]
Pandit body blames govt of sabotaging their return to Valley
Jammu: The All Parties Migrants Coordination Committee (APMCC) on Friday accused the Jammu and Kashmir administration of sabotaging the multipronged plan of the return of displaced Kashmiri Hindus to the Valley. The organisation also blamed the administration for reportedly harassing the Kashmiri migrants employed in the Valley under the prime minister’s special economic package. “The […]
Police officer who nabbed suspended DSP Davinder Singh awarded
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police’s Deputy Inspector General Atul Kumar Goel, who broke a police-terrorist nexus by arresting now-suspended DSP Davinder Singh, is among 81 personnel of the force who have been awarded police medals for gallantry. Overall, the J&K police’s 81 medals are the maximum awarded to any police force this year, followed by […]
