Weapons recovered at Jawahar tunnel were meant for new militant recruitment: DIG South Kashmir
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) for South Kashmir range, Atul Goel Wednesday said that the apart from the US-M-4 Carbine and AK-47, six Chinese pistols recovered from a truck at Jawhar Tunnel on Srinagar-Jammu highway at Kulgam district, were meant to recruit new people into militancy. “Joint teams of forces […]
Forest corporation employees staged a protest for fulfilment of their demands.
All Jammu and Kashmir Forest Corporation Employees Union on Wednesday staged a protest in Press Enclave Srinagar. The protesting employees were demanding pending salary; implementation of 7th pay commission. Around a hundred employees All Jammu and Kashmir Forest Corporation Employees Union assembled in Press Enclave and were demanding their long pending demands. The protesting employees […]
US sanctions on Huawei to hit Samsung, other chipmakers
Memory chipmakers, including Samsung Electronics, will feel the pinch of additional US sanctions on Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies that take effect next week, industry sources said on Wednesday. The new sanctions, which ban the supply of semiconductors made with US equipment, software and design to Huawei without prior approval from Washington, are set to […]
Yuvraj Singh In Big Bash League: Cricket Australia Trying To Find A BBL Club For India Legend
Flamboyant Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh, who retired last year, is eyeing a stint in the Big Bash League (BBL) and Cricket Australia (CA) is trying to help him find a team, a media report has said. (More Cricket News) No Indian player has ever featured in the BBL as the country’s cricket board (BCCI) doesn’t […]
India Reports Nearly 90,000 Fresh Covid Cases, Death Toll Rises To 73,890
With 89,706 infections being reported in a day, India’s COVID-19 tally went past 43 lakh, while 33,98,844 people have recuperated from the disease so far pushing the national recovery rate to 77.77 per cent on Wednesday, according to data shared by the Union Health Ministry. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 43,70,128, while the death […]
US envoy meets Baradar, Haqqani ahead of peace talks
KABUL: The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, has held a meeting in Doha with the head of a new team of Taliban negotiators due to open peace talks with a team representing the Afghan government, the group said on Tuesday. The negotiations, the result of an agreement between America and the Taliban, are to […]
35-year-old man critically injured in bear attack in Bandipora
A 35-year-old man was critically injured after being attacked by the bear in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday morning. An official identified the man as Farooq Ahmad Gojjer alias Momin Khan son of Rahemulla Gojjar a resident of Cherwan village in Ajas town of the district. The official said Ahmad was outside his home […]
Voluntarily vacating government accommodation in Srinagar: Omar Abdullah
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said he was voluntarily vacating the government accommodation provided to him 18 years ago due to the change in rules of entitlement in the union territory. Abdullah, who was a Lok Sabha member when the government accommodation in high security Gupkar area here was provided […]
Ladakh editor arrested over Facebook post against BJP leader
The editor of the Ladakh-based newspaper State Times, Tsewang Rigzin was arrested by the police based on a police complaint lodged by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Tsering Namgyal from Ladakh. On 3 September, an unidentified member of a Facebook page called Ladakh in Media posted a comment on Jammu and Kashmir BJP leader Vikram Singh […]
Duo held with arms and ammunition on Jammu-Srinagar highway
Srinagar: Two persons were arrested along with arms and ammunition including M4 US carbine and an AK rifle by joint forces near Jawahar tunnel in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district late last night, official sources said on Wednesday. They said the joint forces intercepted a truck (JK22B-1737), coming from Samba district, near Jawahar Tunnel and recovered […]