COVID19: Three more die, J&K toll 412
Srinagar: Kashmir reported three more deaths due to covid-19 , taking the fatality count due to the virus to 412 in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. They said that two among the deaths—a 65-year-old woman from Budgam and a 75-year-old man from Srinagar’s Khaniyar area— were reported at CD hospital, one of the […]
Pak shells forward areas along LoC in Poonch: Army
Jammu: The Pakistan Army on Tuesday opened heavy fire and shelled forward areas along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, drawing retaliation from Indian troops, officials said. They said the Pakistan Army also heavily shelled forward areas along the LoC in Dabraj belt of Mankote sector. “At about 0700 hours, Pak army initiated […]
Why Amazon, Apple, FB and Google are in the dock. It’s not just about economy
There was quite a bit of symbolism when the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google appeared before the anti-trust committee of the House of Representatives of the US Congress last week. Here were the heads of the world’s most valuable companies, captains of the tech industry and some of the world’s richest men summoned to defend themselves before elected representatives […]
IED defused in north Kashmir
The government forces on Tuesday defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by suspected militants in Tappar village of Pattan in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). Unnamed official sources told the agency that the government forces detected and defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted on the […]
BJP MLA gets legal notice from Kashmiri lawyer for his remarks on Eid-Ul-Adha
A Kashmiri lawyer has issued a legal notice to a BJP MLA asking him to “apologize or face legal consequence” for purported comments that “Muslims should sacrifice their children on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha instead of animals”. The legal notice issued by Amir Masoodi, a Srinagar based Lawyer to Nand Kishore Gurjar of Uttar Pradesh […]
Pakistan Court Orders To Give ‘Another Chance’ To India To Appoint Lawyer For Kulbhushan Jadhav
The Islamabad High Court on Monday ordered the Pakistan government to give “another chance” to India to appoint a lawyer for death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav, Pakistani media reports said. Jadhav, the 50-year-old retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April 2017. India […]
Govt orders curfew in Srinagar on 4, 5 Aug
Srinagar: Authorities in Srinagar on Monday ordered curfew on August 4 and 5 in wake of the first anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370. “Senior superintendent of Srinagar has reported that a series of inputs have been received suggesting that separatist and Pak sponsored groups are planning to observe 5th August 2020 as Black […]
Power shutdown
JAMMU, AUGUST 03: According to Chief Engineer (Distribution) JPDCL, Jammu, the power supply to Dogra Hall, Rehari, Resham Ghar Colony, Bus Stand, Jewel, Hari Market, Raghunath Bazaar, Kaleeth Mohalla, Kanak Mandi, Manda, New Plot, Sarwal, Part of Karan Nagar and adjoining areas fed from 33KV Janipur-New Sectt. line shall remain affected on August 04 from […]
Bulletin on Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19)
JK reports 590 new positive cases, 14032 recovered so far JAMMU, AUGUST 03: The Government on Monday informed that 590 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19),157 from Jammu division and 433 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 22006. Also […]
How BJP gained 2.5 lakh members in Kashmir in a year since Article 370 was scrapped
Srinagar: Although political activity in Jammu and Kashmir came to a halt since the scrapping of Article 370 on 5 August last year, especially for mainstream parties of the Kashmir Valley, the Bharatiya Janata Party has gone from strength to strength. Party leaders told ThePrint that in the last one year, the BJP has consolidated its […]