Officers favoring early elections in JK threatened, alleges Omar
Srinagar: Former chief minister and National Conference (NC) Vice President, Omar Abdullah on Monday alleged that officers in the administration favouring early Assembly elections were being browbeaten and threatened, saying that those making threats will not remain in the state for very long. In a series of tweets, Omar lashed out at some officers in […]
Azhar listing: Permanent UNSC members working on compromise with China
Washington: The US and two other permanent Security Council members, France and Britain, are believed to be in intense “good faith” discussions with China to arrive at a “compromise” on the UN designation of Jaish chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. And if that effort does not end up in the formal designation of […]
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 […]
