US awards border wall contract in Texas to begin in 2021
The U.S. government has awarded a $275 million border wall contract for construction that would begin in South Texas in January, at the start of President Donald Trump’s second term if he is re-elected. Caddell Construction Company, based in Montgomery, Alabama, won the contract to build 14 miles (22.5 kilometers) of barriers in and around […]
Kerala Police books Zee News editor Sudhir Chaudhary under non-bailable sections
An FIR has been filed at the Kozhikode Kasaba police station in Kerala against Zee News editor-in-chief Sudhir Chaudhary based on a complaint accusing him of spreading religious animosity and hurting sentiments of the Muslim community in connection with a programme aired on the television network on March 11. The segment anchored by Chaudhary on […]
J&K: Migrant workers ransack textile mill in Kathua over deduction of wages
Jammu and Kashmir Police Friday lobbed teargas shells and resorted to lathicharge to disperse over 5,000 workers of the Chenab Textile Mill, who first ransacked their administrative block in protest over the deduction of their wages by the management and then damaged a police gypsy along the Jammu-Pathankot national highway when police tried to intervene. […]
Jammu and Kashmir witnesses decline in infant mortality rate
Jammu and Kashmir has been able to achieve “remarkable improvement” in multiple indicators related to maternal and child health in recent years, with a decline in infant mortality rate (IMR), an official spokesman said. The IMR has been reduced from 52 (2005) to 22 (2018), according to the latest data released by the Registrar General […]
Riyaz Naikoo killing: Restrictions continue in Kashmir; curbs relaxed in some areas
Restrictions continued in Kashmir on Saturday in the wake of killing of top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Riyaz Naikoo in an encounter with security forces on Wednesday, but the curbs were relaxed in some areas of the valley where the situation remained peaceful, officials said. Restrictions on the movement and assembly of people continued in the […]
Voice calls restored, internet still off in Kashmir
Srinagar: The mobile telephony services were restored by the government late Friday evening after remaining suspended for three days in the Valley. However, the internet services across Kashmir continued to remain suspended as a precautionary measure The services were suspended on Wednesday after top Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) commander Riyaz Naikoo and three other militants were killed […]
Woman law student from Jamia booked for Instagram post on Handwara gunfight
Srinagar: A student of the Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi was booked on Thursday after a Bajrang Dal office-bearer filed a complaint over a post on her Instagram account on the 3 May Handwara gunfight. According to Indian Express, the FIR was registered in Bulandshahr’s Khurja police station. The FIR states that the student, 22-year-old […]
Amid COVID threat, militancy returns to Kashmir
Notwithstanding the threat posed by the spread of COVID-19, the onset of summer in Kashmir Valley has seen a return to violence, with 28 militants being killed in April alone and four in the first three days of May. The data on local recruitment also shows that the suppression of militancy after revocation of Jammu and […]
No justification for detention of Sagar, others: NC
Srinagar, 05 May: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Tuesday sought immediate release of Senior Leader and Party General Secretary Hajji Ali Muhammad Sagar and others detained under PSA saying there is no justification for their continued detention. While expressing concern over the plight of detainees arbitrarily arrested during the course of 2019, party’s Spokesperson […]
Covid-19 lockdown in Telangana extended till May 29, says CM K Chandrashekar Rao
The Telangana government on Tuesday announced extension of lockdown till May 29, notwithstanding the extension declared by the Union government till May 17 to contain the spread of Covid-19 across the country. A decision to this effect was taken at the 7-hour long marathon state cabinet meeting in the evening. Speaking to reporters after the cabinet […]