Gunfight breaks out in south Kashmir’s Awantipora
A gunfight broke out between militants and the government forces in Noorpora area of Awantipora belt in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday evening, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). An unidentified official told the agency that a joint team of Police, army’s 42 Rashtriya Rifles and Central Reserve Police Force launched […]
J-K: ACB files charge sheet against policeman in 4-year-old graft case
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday filed a charge sheet against a policeman for accepting a bribe of Rs 59,000 for the release of an arrested person in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, the agency’s spokesperson said. The charge sheet was filed against Head Constable Khurhseed Ahmad, presently posted at District Police Lines, Poonch, before […]
Pak PM Imran hits out at Macron; asks Facebook to ban Islamophobic content
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan called on Facebook to ban Islamophobic content on its platform, warning of a spike in radicalisation amongst Muslims, hours after he hit out at the French president for “attacking Islam”. Khan, in an open letter posted on Twitter on Sunday, said “growing Islamophobia” was encouraging extremism and violence worldwide, especially […]
PRIVATE SCHOOLS FLOUTING RULES, ASKING FOR FULL FEE
By: Mudasir Ahmad Khan VOV Srinagar AS the annual examinations are coming near, parents of different private schools have alleged that the management of different schools have started asking for full tuition fee and are ignoring the recent instructions by the government to give a 30% rebate. While in the prominent private school online classes […]
Priyanka Gandhi Slams Yogi Government Over Law And Order; Says Fear Prevailing Among People
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday slammed the Yogi Adityanath government over the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh, alleging that fear prevails among the people of the state. Along with her tweet attacking the state government, Priyanka Gandhi tagged a media report which claimed that an iron trader was kidnapped this morning […]
Provocative slogans by BJP activists outside the residences of Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar Despite heavy security cover with the BJP rally, many of the BJP activists including Sofi Yousuf and Altaf Thakur came out of the vehicles and started raising slogans against the People’s Alliance describing them as traitors. Carrying tricolors, these activists started heavy sloganeering outside the house of Mehbooba Mufti and […]
BJP rally in Srinagar through the eye of camera on Monday photo feature by Tariq Shah
Lot of activists came in vehicles from different villages on Monday to assemble at Tagore Hall Srinagar. Heavy security cover was provided to this rally from Tagore Hall to SKICC. Most of them after reaching SKICC relaxed in the lawns as they were served with working lunch by the party and most of them enjoyed […]
Barbeque kiosks, sprout in dozens on both sides of Boulevard road up to foreshore road
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar Till recently there were very few barbeque kiosks, available on Boulevard road. They were finally given a space by the LAWDA authorities near Makai point on the rim of Dal Lake. During the pandemic people especially youth in dozens prefer to enjoy mutton barbeque on Boulevard road and it has […]
Airtel rolls out cloud-based communications platform for biz; tunes into $1-billion market
Telecom operator Bharti Airtel on Monday entered the rapidly-growing cloud communications market with the launch of business-centric ‘Airtel IQ’. A cloud-based omni-channel communications platform, Airtel IQ, aimed to enable brands to deepen engagement with customers through timely and secure communication, a company statement said, terming the move as a “game changer” for the fast-evolving Indian […]
Hope this hundred gives family some happiness in difficult time: Stokes
Rajasthan Royals’ star England all-rounder Ben Stokes is hoping that his swashbuckling return to form with a hundred would not just rejuvenate his side but also give some happiness to his family as it copes with his father Ged’s battle with brain cancer. Rajasthan rode on a blistering 107 by Stokes and an equally aggressive […]
