11 ‘jhuggis’ gutted in Jammu blaze, no casualty
Jammu: Eleven shanties were gutted in a blaze here on Tuesday, officials said. No casualty was reported in the mishap, they said. The fire was triggered by a short circuit in a jhuggi in Qasim Nagar slum area and quickly spread to other tenements, they said. Several fire tenders were pressed into service and the […]
Shift my mother to a better equipped place, says Iltija Mufti
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter has asked the administration to shift her mother, under detention at a guesthouse here for the last three months, to a place equipped to deal with the Valley’s harsh winter. The Centre will be responsible if anything happens to Mehbooba, the president of the PDP, […]
Hizbul OGW arrested
Jammu: An over ground worker (OGW) of Hizbul Mujahideen was arrested after security forces unearthed a hideout in Kishtwar district, officials said on Tuesday. A cache of arms and ammunition including a Pakistan-make 7.63 mm pistol with a magazine and a Chinese grenade were recovered from the hideout unearthed during a joint search operation by […]
Four killed in Kathua road mishap
Jammu: Four employees were killed when a cash transportation van of a bank skidded off the road and fell into a 400-foot gorge in Kathua district on Monday, police said. The accident took place at Madole when the driver of the cash van of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank lost control while negotiating a blind […]
Article 370 blocked growth of JK’s higher education institutions: Union Minister
Katra (J&K): Union minister Jitendra Singh said that Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, had blocked the growth of higher education in the erstwhile state, and halted the academic institutions to evolve at par with those in the rest of India. Singh said even though Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave highest […]
Kartarpur ready to welcome Sikh pilgrims: Imran
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan shared some of the dazzling pictures of the Kartarpur complex and Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, saying the revered venue is ready to welcome the Sikh pilgrims for the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev. The pictures were shared by Khan on his Twitter account ahead of the planned […]
Pak cleric convenes all-party meet
To discuss future course of action
Islamabad: Pakistan’s firebrand cleric-cum-politician Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Monday convened an all-party conference to discuss the future course of action as the 48-hour deadline set by him for Prime Minister Imran Khan’s resignation has expired. The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) leader, who is leading a huge protest dubbed as ‘Azadi March’ comprising tens of thousands […]