Protests in Sopore area over non-availability of drinking water
Srinagar: Residents of Sadipora area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday staged massive protests against water scarcity in the area. Reports reaching to Kashmir News Service said the scores of men women and children hit the road and staged a massive protest and blocked the Dangerpora- Sopore road for hours. The protesting […]
Financial package is to hoodwink biz community: CCIK
The Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industries-Kashmir (CCIK) said that the government is just “hoodwinking” people by announcing the package. CCIK, in a statement, said the “package for business revival and growth” announced by the Lt.Governor should be an “eye opener” to the business community who are being conveniently “befooled” by the government. It said […]
Delhi Riots: Khalid Saifi, Tahir Hussain Received Rs 1.61 Cr For Conspiracy, Alleges Chargesheet
Former Congress Councillor Ishrat Jahan, activist Khalid Saifi, suspended AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain, Jamia Millia Islamia Alumni Association President Shifa Ur Rehman and Jamia student Meeran Haider allegedly received Rs 1.61 crore for managing protest sites against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Delhi and executing the conspiracy hatched for the riots in north east Delhi […]
Taj Mahal Opens After 6 Months, Footfall Capped At 5000 Visitors A Day
Agra’s Taj Mahal was opened to tourists on Monday after 188 days of its COVID-19-led closure. The Taj Mahal and Agra Fort were closed to tourists from March 17 amid the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. With a Delhi resident entering the 17th-century ivory-white marble monument on the southern bank of the Yamuna from its […]
Hundreds of whales stranded in southern Australia
SYDNEY: At least twenty-five whales have died and scientists are trying to rescue 250 more that are stranded in a remote bay on the Australian island of Tasmania, officials said on Monday. Tasmania’s environment department said the whales had become stuck on a sandbar in Macquarie Harbour, on the island’s rugged and sparsely populated west […]
COVID-19: India’s tally crosses 5.5 million cases
India’s COVID-19 infection tally crossed 55 lakh on Tuesday, while a record 1,01,468 patients recovered in a day, taking their number to 44,97,867 and pushing the recovery rate to 80.86 per cent, the Union health ministry data showed, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). The coronavirus caseload in the country surged to […]
Decomposed human skull recovered from Ganderbal
Locals Tuesday spotted a human skull in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Sources told KNT that a decomposed human skull was seen by locals floating in Nallah Sindh near Arch Ganderbal. Locals informed police that visited the spot and took possession of the human skull. Pertinently three weeks ago a headless decomposed human body was recovered […]
Destruction of explosive material sparks protest in Tulail
The destruction of some explosive material at Barnoi Tulail area of Gurez Division of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district sparked a protest against Army. The blasts created fear psychosis among local population who hit to road and blocked Tulail- Gurez road near Barnoi village and staged protest against Army. Locals told news agency KNT that 19 […]
Court directs police to allow Kashmiri youth languishing in Badharwah jail to appear in Class 12th examination
Court has directed authorities to allow a Sopore detenue to appear in the examination. Advocate Bashir Ahmed Tak had filed an application in the virtual court of Justice Sanjay Dhar seeking a direction for shifting of detenue from District Jail Bhadarwah to District Jail Baramulla or Central Jail Srinagar, so as to enable the detenue […]
Another shrine heist in Kashmir: burglars strike at Rehbab Sahab (RA) shrine, decamp with cash
Srinagar: Burglars decamped with cash at Kashmir’s revered shrine, Rehbab Sahib in Aali Kadal of Srinagar. This is the second such theft at a shrine in Srinagar in last two weeks. Earlier in the intervening night of September 12-13, burglars decamped with cash from the shrine of Dastgeer sahib in Khanyar area. Official sources told […]