Philippines’ leading TV network ordered to halt operations
A Philippine government agency has ordered the country’s leading broadcast network, which the president has targeted for its critical news coverage, to halt operations. The National Telecommunications Commission ordered ABS-CBN Corp. to stop operations after its 25-year congressional franchise ended Monday. The network’s application for a renewal has been pending in Congress. Congressional leaders have […]
Coronavirus India May 5 highlights: Mumbai closes non-essential stores, liquor shops
The Telangana government on Tuesday extended lockdown in the state till May 29. Addressing the media, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said that all non-essential shops in the state will remain shut in red zones. Curfew has also been imposed from 7 pm to 6 am every day across all the 33 districts in the […]
Gunfight starts in South Kashmir
Pulwama: Gunfight started between the government forces and militants in Shaarshali of Khrew-Pampore belt of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday early morning. An official said that on specific inputs about the presence of militants cordon and search operation was launched in the area by joint team of forces including 50 RR, Central Reserve Police […]
Mehbooba Mufti’s detention under PSA extended by three months
The Jammu and Kashmir administration Tuesday extended the detention period of former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti by three months under the Public Safety Act (PSA). Apart from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief, the administration also extended the detention of senior National Conference leader Ali Mohammad Sagar and PDP leader Sartaj Madani. Mufti has been […]
Shopkeeper apprehended with rifle in Tral
Tral, May 5, KNT: A shopkeeper has reportedly been apprehended along with a rifle in Sutura tral that fall under the jurisdiction of police station tral in South Kashmir. Sources told KNT that after receiving inputs, Government Forces raided a house and recovered an AK-47 and arrested the shopkeeper. Sources identified the shopkeeper as […]
JKAP flays Govt. for ambiguity among J&K’s stranded residents
SRINAGAR, May 5: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Monday flayed the J&K UT administration for prevailing chaos and confusion among its residents who are stranded in various parts of the country and are not being evacuated even after completing their online registration formalities in time. In a statement issued here, Bukhari said: “The […]
Next wave of 400 Jaish terrorists for Kashmir could be from its Afghan camps
Jaish-e-Mohammed, the UN designated terror group that targets Jammu and Kashmir, has readied 400 terrorists at its training camps in Afghanistan who have been deployed with Taliban units before they are sent to Kashmir valley, people familiar with the development told Hindustan Times. As first reported by Hindustan Times, Afghan forces had discovered one of Jaish’s […]
Teen Shot In J&K Encounter Not Buried In Village, Cops Say Coronavirus
Srinagar: A 14-year-old specially-abled boy, who was killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Handwara yesterday, was not allowed burial in his family graveyard. The boy was buried in Baramulla district, more than 30 km from his village. The officials have cited coronavirus as the reason. The student of Class 7 was killed yesterday when security forces […]
RISING GRAPH OF VIOLENCE
The killing of three CRPF jawans at Handwara was the latest incident of growing militancy related violence in Kashmir valley especially in North Kashmir. Anti-insurgency grid has responded by sending more troops and going for more combing operations. They have also decided to impose night curfew starting from 7 P.M in the evening to 7A.M […]
DC Budgam releases Rs.1.65 crore financial assistant for Labour class
BUDGAM, MAY 05: The Deputy Commissioner, Budgam, Tariq Hussain Ganai in presence of Assistant Commissioner, Labour, Budgam, released Rs 1,65,46,500 received from Building and Other Construction Welfare Board through Labour Department, Budgam under two relief components, Covid-19 and Education Assistance, in favour of labour class of the district. Speaking on the occasion, the DC appreciated […]