Srinagar, Apr 22 (UNI) More than two dozen tourists are believed to have been killed and atleast eight others were injured in a major terror attack near the popular tourist destination of Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday afternoon, official sources said. There is, however, no official word on the number of fatalities….
Shimla, April 22 (UNI) Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has written to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, urging him to implement the proposed Rohith Vemula Act. The legislation named after Hyderabad Central University Ph.D. scholar Rohith Vemula is aimed at “putting a firm end” to caste-based discrimination in educational…
Srinagar, Apr 22 (UNI) Several tourists were reportedly injured in a suspected terror attack near the famous tourist destination of Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday afternoon, officials said. According to initial reports, the attack took place in the Baisaran meadow area, a scenic but non-motorable spot located near Pahalgam. “Terrorists opened fire…
Srinagar, Apr 19 (UNI) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party Chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said that the judiciary remains perhaps the last and most critical institution capable of upholding the secular and inclusive spirit of the Indian Constitution. She made the remarks a day after the Supreme Court stayed the…
Jammu, Apr 15 (UNI) Security forces have launched a massive search operation after contact was established with terrorists in Surankote area of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir. Army in a post on X on Tuesday said contact was established with terrorists during a joint operation with J&K Police at Lasana, Surankote last night. “Additional…
Jammu, (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on the occasion of “Rajouri Day” on Sunday paid tributes to Indian Army’s and civilian Bravehearts who laid down their lives for liberation of Rajouri on this day in 1948. Attending a commemoration event at Rajouri, the Lieutenant Governor, along with Lieutenant General M V Suchindra…
Jammu, Apr 13 (UNI) The sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau have conducted searches in the premises of then District Mining Officer, Kathua, along with his friends and relatives, for his alleged involvement in corrupt practices and acquiring benami assets worth crores of rupees. The official spokesman here on Sunday said that a secret verification conducted…
Srinagar, Apr 12 (UNI) A mild earthquake struck different parts of Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. As per National Center for Seismology- which monitors earthquake activity all across the country- the earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter Scale hit the region with epicenter in Pakistan. The epicentre is located at Latitude 33.63…
Srinagar, Apr 12 (UNI) Two students were killed and 20 others injured when a college bus in which they were travelling overturned in Handwara sub-district of North Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. The officials said a bus carrying 27 students from Degree College Sogam in Kupwara, who were on a picnic to the popular tourist…
Srinagar, Apr 11 (UNI) Amid the outrage over the Waqf Act, Hurriyat Conference chairman and Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said that he was placed under house arrest again and not allowed to offer the congregational prayers at Jamia Masjid here. Mirwaiz said the restriction is both heartbreaking and outrageous. “Yet again,…
