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Srinagar: Police has said that son of a doctor was killed near site of gunfight in which a Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militant was killed in Pulwama.
SSP Pulwama said, in response to a notice by SHRC on a petition filed by chairman…
6th Confab of Leaders of World & Traditional Religions in Astana
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ASTANA, (Kazakhstan): The Sixth Conference of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions will be held in the Kazakh capital of Astana from 10 to 11 October under the theme "GlobalLeaders for a Secure World". The summit will be…
Gunmen abducted shopkeeper from Sopore
Sorpore: Armed masked men on Wednesday abducted a trader in North Kashmir’s Sopore town of Baramulla district.
Reports said that masked gunmen barged inside the shop of Tawseef Ahmad Ganie at Younisa area of Sopore town and forcibly…
Students stages protest against authorities in KU north campus
SRINAGAR: The students of integrated Masters in Business Administration, 4th semester, in North Campus of Kashmir University on Wednesday held protest demonstration in the campus at against over bus fee issue.
Witnesses said that the…
SIT constituted to probe ‘loot of weapon’ from PDP MLA residence
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government have constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe the “loot of weapons” from the official residence of PDP lawmaker Ajaz Mir in Srinagar.
The police had earlier said that it has identified…
JRL calls shutdown in Kashmir on October 8
The Joint resistance leadership (JRL) on Wednesday appealed for a shutdown in Kashmir on October 8 to protest against the commencement of municipal and Panchayat elections in the state.
“RL leaders asked people to observe complete shutdown…
Pakistan takes U-turn; says Saudi won’t be part of CPEC
Islamabad: Pakistan has announced that its close ally Saudi Arabia would not join the USD 50 billion CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor), days after Islamabad said Riyadh will be the third “strategic partner” of China’s flagship…
Time running out for survivors as Indonesia toll nears 1,400
Wani: The death toll in Indonesia’s twin quake-tsunami disaster rose to nearly 1,400 Wednesday, with time running out to rescue survivors and the UN warning of “vast” unmet needs.
Authorities set a tentative deadline of Friday to find…
Justice Ranjan Gogoi sworn in as Chief Justice of India
New Delhi: Justice Ranjan Gogoi was Wednesday sworn in as the 46th Chief Justice of India.
He succeeds Justice Dipak Misra.
President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath to the 63-year-old Justice Gogoi at a brief ceremony in…
Kashmiri student detained in Punjab over alleged links with deserter SPO
Srinagar: A Kashmiri student has been detained while another let off by the Punjab police in connection with the fleeing of a Special Police Officer (SPO) along with eight weapons from a legislator’s house in this capital city on Saturday…