Protests in Sopore area over non-availability of drinking water
Srinagar: Residents of Sadipora area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday staged massive protests against water scarcity in the area. Reports reaching to Kashmir News Service said the scores of men women and children hit the road and staged a massive protest and blocked the Dangerpora- Sopore road for hours. The protesting […]
Petrol, diesel prices marginally lowered in metros
Domestic prices of petrol and diesel were marginally lowered by 7-15 paise in all major metropolitan cities on Tuesday. The latest cut in diesel price marks the sixth consecutive day as the product prices fell globally while crude prices remained steady. Along with this, oil marketing companies also gave marginal relief to petrol consumers by […]
Suspended MPs On Sit-In With Two Fans, Mosquito Repellents, Refuse Dy Chairman’s Tea
The sit-in protest by eight suspended MPs on Parliament premises continued for the second day on Tuesday, with Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Singh offering them tea in the morning. The suspended parliamentarians spent the night in the lawns near Mahatma Gandhi’s statue. AAP’s Sanjay Singh posted a picture on Twitter from the protest site […]
Sharjeel Planned To Use Tharoor’s Book ‘Why I am A Hindu’ To Give Secular Touch To Anti CAA-Movement: Delhi Police
Delhi Police in its charge-sheet filed against Ex-JNU student Sharjeel Imam has alleged that he and his friends had planned to use Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s book “Why I am a Hindu” to “cover the communal contours of the agitation.” Sharjeel Imam is one of the accused who, according to police, hatched a pre-meditated conspiracy […]
Trump to name Supreme Court pick at end of week
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Monday he will announce his nominee for the empty Supreme Court seat at the end of this week, kickstarting a political fight set to upend the already nail-biting US election. “I will announce it either Friday or Saturday and then the work begins, but hopefully it won’t be too […]
COVID-19: India’s tally crosses 5.5 million cases
India’s COVID-19 infection tally crossed 55 lakh on Tuesday, while a record 1,01,468 patients recovered in a day, taking their number to 44,97,867 and pushing the recovery rate to 80.86 per cent, the Union health ministry data showed, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). The coronavirus caseload in the country surged to […]
Decomposed human skull recovered from Ganderbal
Locals Tuesday spotted a human skull in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Sources told KNT that a decomposed human skull was seen by locals floating in Nallah Sindh near Arch Ganderbal. Locals informed police that visited the spot and took possession of the human skull. Pertinently three weeks ago a headless decomposed human body was recovered […]
Destruction of explosive material sparks protest in Tulail
The destruction of some explosive material at Barnoi Tulail area of Gurez Division of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district sparked a protest against Army. The blasts created fear psychosis among local population who hit to road and blocked Tulail- Gurez road near Barnoi village and staged protest against Army. Locals told news agency KNT that 19 […]
Court directs police to allow Kashmiri youth languishing in Badharwah jail to appear in Class 12th examination
Court has directed authorities to allow a Sopore detenue to appear in the examination. Advocate Bashir Ahmed Tak had filed an application in the virtual court of Justice Sanjay Dhar seeking a direction for shifting of detenue from District Jail Bhadarwah to District Jail Baramulla or Central Jail Srinagar, so as to enable the detenue […]
Another shrine heist in Kashmir: burglars strike at Rehbab Sahab (RA) shrine, decamp with cash
Srinagar: Burglars decamped with cash at Kashmir’s revered shrine, Rehbab Sahib in Aali Kadal of Srinagar. This is the second such theft at a shrine in Srinagar in last two weeks. Earlier in the intervening night of September 12-13, burglars decamped with cash from the shrine of Dastgeer sahib in Khanyar area. Official sources told […]
