Kathua rape and murder: Pathankot court frames charges against seven accused
Pathankot : The district and sessions court here today framed charges against seven of the eight accused of raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said. The eighth accused in the case is a juvenile. The trial in the case began on May 31 with the seven accused being […]
PDD employee electrocuted to death in Budgam village
Srinagar: A man working with Power Development Department (PDD) as lineman was electrocuted to death in Meerpora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district, sources said on Thursday. The deceased, identified as Abdul Rahman Ganie, son of Abdul Aziz Ganie of Machama Beerwah, received an electric shock while making repairs at a power line in Meerpora […]
Pak SC summons Pervez Musharraf
Islamabad : Pakistan Supreme Court on Thursday ordered former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf to appear before it on June 13. A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, resumed the hearing of Musharraf’s review petition against his disqualification by the Peshawar High Court in 2013 reported Geo TV. […]
China says ‘no clue’ on mystery illness striking US diplomats
The US is evacuating several diplomats from China amid concerns that they were suffering from a mysterious illness similar to those reported by its personnel in Cuba, even as Beijing today said it has investigated and found “no clue” about the sound attacks. The US move comes after the State Department recently received medical confirmation […]
Light intensity earthquake jolts Kashmir
Srinagar : A light intensity earthquake occurred in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday with no report of any casualty or damage to property. An official of the MET department said the earthquake, measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale, struck at 12.21 p.m. The depth of the earthquake was 10 kilometers deep. It struck Kashmir-Xinjiang border […]
10 killed in Maharashtra road accident
At least 10 pilgrims returning from a pilgrimage in Madhya Pradesh were killed in a road accident on the Mumbai-Agra national highway in Maharashtra’s Nashik on Thursday, police said. The pilgrims were travelling from Ujjain to Ulhasnagar in Thane when the accident occurred near Chandwad around 7.15 a.m., Inspector A.R. Mohite said. At least 10 […]
Stone pelting cases against J-K children to be withdrawn: Rajnath
Srinagar : The Centre had decided to withdraw cases against those “misled into stone pelting” as it was concerned about the future of Jammu and Kashmir’s youth, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today. Singh, who arrived at the state’s summer capital today, is on a two-day visit to review the security situation in Jammu […]
Labourer dies in Handwara road accident
Srinagar: A man died after a vehicle in which he was traveling turned turtle in north Kashmir’s Handwara village on Thursday. Reports said that a vehicle (platform) belongs to the department of forest turned turtle at Satkoji Rajwara area of Handwara town, resulting in an on spot death of a Labourer who was travelling in […]
Attempt to loot JK Bank cash van foiled in Shopian; says police
Srinagar : Police on Thursday claimed to have foiled an attempt to loot the Jammu and Kashmir Bank cash van in Shopian district of south Kashmir. “Suspected militants opened fire upon the cash van at Chidipora area of Zainapora and tried to loot the money. The alert security guards foiled their attempt and the robbers fled […]
Militant hideout busted in Bandipora: Police
Srinagar :The government forces claimed to have busted a militant hideout in district Bandipora on Thursday morning. Reports said that the hideout was busted in Bonzuri Forest of the district. Official sources said that large cache of arms and ammunition was recovered from the site.
