New L-G Manoj Sinha’s fake account surfaces on Twitter, J&K Police files FIR
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s cyber wing Sunday registered an FIR against unknown people for allegedly operating a fake Twitter account of Manoj Sinha, the newly-appointed lieutenant governor of the union territory. The account has been suspended but Tahir Ashraf, SP, incharge, Cyber Police Kashmir, said investigations are under way to determine the identities of […]
Frustrated and disappointed but we shouldn’t be mentally down
We are feeling frustrated, just as the fans are, after the Old Trafford Test match but this is how cricket is. There are very small margins between victory and defeat and it’s easy to curse yourself when you’ve lost. But, we should remember that we were right on top until pretty much the last session […]
12 injured in road accident in central Kashmir
At least twelve persons were injured after a vehicle they were traveling in skidded off the road and met an accident in Baderkund area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Monday, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). An unnamed official told the agency that a mini-bus carrying passengers en route Ganderbal skidded […]
Amitabh Bachchan, Smriti Irani can’t wait for 2020 to end, share memes and comic strip. See here
The year 2020 seems to have irritated both Amitabh Bachchan and Smriti Irani. The actor and the politician shared memes about being fed up with the year, in which the world was thrust into a pandemic. Amitabh took to Instagram to share a comic strip, in which two people discuss how 2020 will become a symbol for […]
BJP worker injured in Budgam attack succumbs in Srinagar
A day after militants shot at and critically injured a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker in Ompora Budgam in central Kashmir, the 38-year-old succumbed to his wounds at Shri Maharaja Hari Singh hospital in Srinagar on Monday. The party worker, Abdul Hamid Najar, a resident of Ompora, was critically injured when militants fired upon him […]
Art 370, CAA, triple talaq, Ram Mandir are just one cycle of Modi’s ‘permanent revolution’
After Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan, Article 370 and triple talaq, many Bharatiya Janata Party observers are asking, ‘What next?’ The clue to the BJP’s future agenda lies in two factors: one is in the past, in how the party’s politics changed after the 1992 demolition of Babri Masjid; and two, in how Prime Minister Narendra Modi sees his […]
Audio clip claims soldier killed, buried
Mystery shrouds the disappearance of the Army soldier, Shakir Manzoor, even as an undated unverified audio surfaced on social media in which a person, suspected to be a militant, claimed to have killed the abducted soldier and not returned the body. The authenticity of the purported audio message could not be ascertained. The speaker in […]
Party chief will be elected in ‘not too distant future’, Sonia Gandhi to remain interim president till then: Congress
The Congress on Sunday sought to set at rest the speculation over extending the tenure of Sonia Gandhi as the party’s interim chief beyond August 10, saying she will continue to occupy the post till the process of electing a new president is completed. A Congress functionary said the extension is a technical requirement as […]
4 BJP leaders in J&K’s Budgam resign hours after militants attack party worker
Four Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam resigned from the party on Sunday, hours after BJP worker Abdul Hamid Najar, a resident of Mohiendpora village, was shot at and critically injured by militants in the district. Among those who resigned are the party general-secretary Budgam and the general-secretary MM Morcha Budgam. […]
Day 77: Jammu, Srinagar Airports receive 23 domestic flights with 2,886 passengers
JAMMU, AUGUST 09: On day 77 of resumption of routine domestic operations in Jammu and Kashmir, 23 domestic flights with 2,886 passengers on board today arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports. A total of 1042 passengers aboard 10 regular commercial flights arrived at the Jammu Airport while 13 domestic flights with about 1844 passengers on […]
