Killer roads: 11 killed as SUV falls into gorge in Ramban
Banihal/Jammu: Eleven people, including four women and five children, were killed and four others injured when an SUV skidded off a road and fell into a deep gorge in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. The SUV, carrying 15 passengers from Chaderkote to Rajgarh, rolled down into the over 500-feet-deep gorge […]
Shah Faesal begins his political innings, will launch his outfit today
Srinagar: Former IAS officer Shah Faesal will launch his political outfit ‘Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement’ at a function in Rajbagh area of the city on Sunday. He said the function will be held at ‘Gindun Ground’ in Rajbagh. The 2010 batch UPSC topper resigned from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in January this year […]
Woman SPO killed at her home in Shopian
Shopian: A lady Special Police Officer (SPO) was on Saturday shot dead by suspected militants in Vehil area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. Official sources said that the SPO identified as Khusboo Jan, daughter of Manzoor Ahmed Bhat of Malikpora Vehil was shot at her home in the afternoon. Khusboo who was working in Police […]
New Zealand mosque massacre: PM vows gun law reform
Christchurch: New Zealand’s prime minister vowed Saturday to toughen the country’s gun laws after revealing the alleged shooter behind Christchurch’s mosque attacks had legally bought the five weapons, including two semi-automatic rifles, used in the massacre. The nation’s firearms laws are lax compared to neighbouring Australia, which enacted a strict gun control regime in the […]
Pak Army claims shooting down ‘spying’ quadcopter
Islamabad: Pakistan Army on Saturday claimed that it shot down a “spying” Indian quadcopter along the Line of Control. Army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor claimed that the quadcopter had intruded some 150 metres inside Pakistan side of the LoC. “Pakistan Army troops shot down an Indian spying quadcopter in Rakhchikri Sector along Line of […]
Terrorist strike at Mosques in Christchurch leaves 49 worshippers dead
Christchurch: Mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers killed 49 people in New Zealand as authorities charged one person, detained three others and defused explosive devices in what appeared to be a carefully planned racist attack. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the events in Christchurch represented “an extraordinary and unprecedented act […]
