Trump tweets himself as star of own Iran sanctions movie
Washington PTI: “Game of Thrones” fans are primed for the final season, but starring Donald Trump? Well not quite, though the president had a laugh at Iran’s expense by posing in a GoT-style picture. “SANCTIONS ARE COMING,” reads the mock movie poster Trump tweeted Friday, echoing the HBO swords-sex-dragons-and-zombie series’ signature line: “winter is coming.” […]
Social media posts claim missing Kashmiri student has joined militant ranks
Noida (UP) PTI: Social media posts carrying purported pictures of a Kashmiri boy, who went missing from a private university in Uttar Pradesh days ago, on Friday claimed that he has joined militant ranks in the Valley. Ahtesham Bilal Sofi (17), a resident of downtown Srinagar, was a first year graduation student at Greater Noida’s Sharda […]
Illegal immigration costs American taxpayers USD 100 bn a year: Trump
Washington PTI: Illegal immigration costs American taxpayers USD 100 billion a year, President Donald Trump has said as he slammed the opposition Democratic party for advocating an open border policy facilitating an easy entry of illegal immigrants into the US. His comments came amid a row over a caravan of an estimated 5,000 to 7,000 […]
Sgr-Leh highway remains closed for traffic
Srinagar: A 434-km-long Srinagar-Leh highway conecting Ladakh region with summer capital of the state remains closed for third straight day due to Snowfall in higher reaches of Sonamarg including Zojila Pass, zero point, Minimarg. An official said that Sgr-Leh highway was temporary suspended due to Snowfall as precautionary measure.
Mentally-challenged person shot dead near Army camp in Shopian: Police
Mentally-challenged’ person shot dead near Army camp in Shopian Srinagar: Army on Saturday killed an unidentified person after he, according to police, crossed the security fence of an Army camp located in Puhnoo village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday. A police spokesman said that at around 3am an unidentified person crossed the fence […]
Former Dir Info apologizes for ‘defamatory’ posts against J&K Bank
Srinagar: Former Director, Information Department and Chairman at Kashmir Society International, Farooq Renzu Shah has tendered an apology in public for uploading defamatory posts against the state’s premier institution, J&K Bank. While clarifying about J&K Bank posts on social network site – Facebook – Renzu Shah has said that after the Governor of the state stated […]
JKBOSE announces change in exam timings
Srinagar: The J&K Board of School Education (BOSE) has changed the exam timings for class 10th and 12th students for the papers scheduled from November 5 onwards. The decision has been taken in view of the complaints received from the students about the “improper” timing of the exams. Joint secretary examination in JKBOSE Syed Rouf […]
‘Missing’ Ehtisham reportedly joins ISJK
Srinagar: The missing Srinagar youth Ehtisham Bilal has reportedly joined militant ranks, sources said. Ehtisham, who was reported missing by his family since Sunday morning is a resident of Khanyar area of old city. I Ehstisham Bilal have formally joined the brigade for the establishment of Khilafah and have pledged Bayyah for Abu Bakr Al-Baghdad […]
Maulana Samiul Haq assassinated
Rawalpindi: Chief of his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, Maulana Samiul Haq has died in an assassination attempt, Dawn quoted TV reports on Friday evening. JUI-S’s Peshawar president has confirmed his death following an assassination attempt in Rawalpindi, Geo News reported. He was the head of the Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s […]
Hafiz Saeed, Syed Salahuddin face non-bailable warrants
New Delhi: A special NIA court has issued non-bailable warrants against Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin for their involvement in terror funding activities, officials said Friday. “NIA approached the special NIA court for issuing non-bailable warrants against the above accused for their active involvement in terror funding for creating […]