Roadside bombs kill 14 in separate attacks in Afghanistan
Kabul: Roadside bombs struck two vehicles carrying civilians in separate attacks Friday in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 14 people, including three children, and wounding three others, officials said. The spokesman for Kandahar province’s governor, Bahir Ahmadi, said the blast in the first attack in Spin Boldak district killed 13 people and was so strong […]
‘Mian Biwi Aur Wagah’: India-Pak play to premiere at Urdu festival in UK
London: The UK premiere of a play based on a series of letters describing the real-life experiences of an Indian husband and his Pakistani wife are among the highlights of a first-of-its-kind virtual Urdu festival being hosted in Britain. ‘Mian Biwi Aur Wagah’ will be showcased next week at Jashn-e-Rekhta (JeR) UK, the world’s largest […]
India, Pak army trades gunfire in Poonch
Jammu: Pakistan soldiers violated the ceasefire on Friday by resorting to heavy firing and mortar shelling on forward areas along the Line of Control in Poonch district, officials said here. The Indian Army mounted a befitting retaliation, they said. “At about 1130 hours today, Pak army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms […]
Three bamboo clusters coming up in Jammu region: Union Minister
New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said 25,000 people will get direct employment opportunities as three bamboo clusters will be developed in Jammu, Katra and Samba for making bamboo baskets, incense sticks and charcoal. Singh, the Union minister for PMO and Development of Northeastern Region (DoNER), also said that a mega bamboo industrial […]
Body of BJP-affiliated panch recovered from Shopian orchard
Srinagar: Police on Friday recovered the body of a panch affiliated with the BJP, who was reported missing 10 days ago from Khonmoh area of the city, from Shopian district of south Kashmir, officials said. Local residents of village Dangam in Shopian informed the police that a body seemed to be buried inside an orchard […]
Pilgrimage to Harmukh Gangbal lake shrine performed
Jammu: The annual yatra to high-altitude Harmukh Gangbal lake, which Kashmiri Pandits consider as the abode of Lord Shiva, has been performed in Central Kashmir Himalayas amid curtailment due to COVID-19. “The yatra started from Naranag on August 24 and team members had to trek to Harmukh Gangbal lake. This year, the yatra size was […]
Heavy rains bring respite from heat in Kashmir
Incessant rains continue in most parts
Srinagar/Jammu: Heavy rainfall over the past two days in Kashmir has brought respite from the rising temperatures as the mercury has plunged by several degrees across the valley, officials said on Thursday. They said the continuous rainfall across Kashmir since the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday has also brought relief to the farmers as […]