Woman dies after toilet collapse in Jammu
Jammu: A woman died after a toilet collapsed in Rehari area of Jammu, reports said. According to the reports, the incident happened at the Bharat Nagar area of Rehari Jammu. Eyewitness said that the house where the incident happened is made of spurious construction material and poses threat to the entire locality. The teams of […]
Home dept ignored warnings over shifting Pak militants outside Kashmir
Srinagar: Investigations into the escape of Lashker-e-Taiba militant Mohammed Naveed Jhatt from a busy hospital has brought to the fore lapses at different stages, especially the failure of the prosecution wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police as well as the state home department over hurriedly issuing orders for transfer of the accused to a […]
JK Home dept ignored warnings over shifting Pak terrorists outside Kashmir: Probe
Srinagar: Investigations into the escape of dreaded Lashker-e-Taiba terrorist Mohammed Naveed Jhatt from a busy hospital has brought to the fore lapses at different stages, especially the failure of the prosecution wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police as well as the state home department over hurriedly issuing orders for transfer of the accused to […]
Commercial plane crashes in southern Iran, killing 66 people
Tehran: An Iranian commercial plane crashed today in a foggy, mountainous region of southern Iran, killing all 66 people on board, state media reported. An Aseman Airlines ATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop used for short-distance regional flying, went down near its destination of the southern Iranian city of Yasuj, some 780 kilometers south of the Iranian […]
Jammu and Kashmir Police refutes reports of Internet shutdown in south Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday termed reports regarding shutting down of the Internet services in south Kashmir as “baseless”. According to a statement, police spokesperson termed the reports as “misleading” and also said action will be initiated against those spreading false information. “…Some unscrupulous elements are updating wrong information that internet services will be […]
Two Drug peddlers held in Sopore
Sopore: Sopore Police while continuing its drive “War against Drugs”, arrested two (02) drug peddlers and recovered 1100 gms (approx) of Charas from their possession. Acting on a specific information, a police party of Police Post Fruit Mandi Sopore headed by In-Charge Police Post Fruit Mandi SI Dr.Yasar Mehmood laid a naka at Fruitmandi […]
Editorial: Wither education
Education is the key area to gauge the development and progress of a nation. But when it comes to a state like ours it seems that the government believes in selling dreams only rather than doing some ground work to improve the scene on the educational front. What has come as a rude shock is […]
India, Iran have common stance on terrorism, says Iranian President
New Delhi: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Saturday said India and Iran have a “common stance” in effectively dealing with terrorism and extremism, and called for concerted regional efforts to deal with the challenge. After holding wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rouhani, trying to reflect on growing congruence in bilateral ties, said the two […]
Talks and terrorism cannot go hand in hand: Rajnath
Bareilly: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Saturday said that India is giving a befitting reply to the nefarious activities of Pakistan. Singh, who was here to attend a programme at Rohilkhand University, also said talks and terrorism cannot go hand in hand. “India is giving a befitting reply to the nefarious activities of Pakistan… Talks […]
Slain HM commanders brother among five arrested in Pulwama
Pulwama: At least five persons including the elder brother of slain Hizb commander Naseer Pandith, were arrested and several others beaten by government forces during a cordon and search operation in Karimabad village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. As per locals cordon-and-search-operation was started in Kareemabad village during wee hours on Saturday and the […]