One person was killed and another injured when their car skidded off a road and plunged into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district, police said on Sunday. The vehicle carrying two persons fell into a deep gorge in Batote area of the district Saturday night. Tirath S...More

UN chief Antonio Guterres called Sunday for a "credible" probe into journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul. "It is absolutely essential to have a credible investigation and to have the punishment of those that were guilty," Guterres said ...More

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Sunday expressed dismay over the impunity and contempt with which the seven civilians were killed at Sirnoo village of Pulwama on Saturday. In a statement issued from party headquarters Nawa-e-Subah, Srinagar south zone president Dr. ...More

Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) Chairman Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai Saturday appealed United nation secretary general Antonio Guterres to intervene and impress upon India to stop killing of Kashmiris and facilitate right to self determination to the people. He said the protocol for the...More

A gurdwara in Anantnag district was gutted in fire that broke out apparently due to an electrical short circuit on Sunday, police said. The incident occurred at the Chattisinghpora Gurdwara in south Kashmir's Anantnag district this morning, a police official said. He said fi...More

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday urged the Government of India to put immediate end to civilian killings in Kashmir, stating “it could no longer remain impervious to demands of dialogue and reconciliation.” In a statement issued on Sunday, PDP General Sec...More

Police Sunday claimed to have arrested a man for his involvement in supplying a pistol and other arms to a militant in Kisthwar district. “On the direction of SSP Kishtwar Rajinder Kumar Gupta, Police conducted a raid and arrested an accused Zahoor Ahmad Kamal alias Ni...More

Chhattisgarh Congress chief Bhupesh Baghel was Sunday appointed the new chief minister of state after days of intense deliberations with top party leadership headed by Rahul Gandhi. The announcement was made by the Congress on its official Twitter handle even when the meetin...More

Pakistan has lodged a protest with Iran over the killing of six paramilitary troops who were ambushed by militants while patrolling the border. The Foreign Ministry says it summoned Iran's ambassador to demand it take action against the armed group responsible for the attack...More

Nations on Sunday struck a deal to implement the landmark 2015 Paris climate treaty after marathon UN talks that failed to match the ambition the world's most vulnerable countries need to avert dangerous global warming. Delegates from nearly 200 states finalised a common rul...More

An inter-ministerial panel set up to review e-governance services through common services centres (CSCs) is expected to submit its report in a month. The panel, chaired by Electronics and IT Secretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney, has deliberated on enabling registration for all cen...More

Pakistan Army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa Sunday confirmed the death sentence of 15 "hardcore terrorists", who were involved in killing civilians and abetting 2016 Christian Colony suicide attacks in Peshawar. Gen Bajwa "confirmed the death sentence awarded to 15 hardcore t...More

The Indian Army Sunday asked the people not to pay heed to the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) call for march to Badami Bagh Cantonment on Monday In a statement, Army spokesman said that forces make every attempt to avoid any loss of civilian lives in cross-fire and minimi...More

United National PartyleaderRanil Wickremesinghewas sworn in as thePrime Minister ofSri Lankaon Sunday, ending a 51-day power tussle in the island nation that had crippled the government. Wickremesinghe was administered the oath of office by President Maithripala Sirisen at a...More

Normal life was affected in Chenab Valley on Sunday due to shutdown against the killing of civilians in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Shutdown is being observed in Bhadarwah, Doda, Thathri , Gandoh and Kishtwar towns of Chenab Valley following a shutdown called by ...More

Central University of Kashmir has postponed all the examinations scheduled on Monday, spokesman of the Varsity said on Sunday. The fresh dates for the postponed exams will be notified separately, the spokesman said. The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) called for three-day ...More

An Army man-turned-militant commander Zahoor Ahmad Thoker , who was killed along with his two associates in a gunfight on Saturday, was buried in a local graveyard after multiple funerals at Sirnoo village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday morning. Local re...More

Local train service remains suspended for second consecutive day on Sunday due to security reasons in Kashmir Valley. Officials said, the train service on Baramulla-Banihal route was suspended as a precautionary measure in view of apprehensions of law and order. On Saturday ...More

A complete shutdown is being observed in Kashmir Valley on Sunday against the civilian and militant killings in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. All shops and business establishments are closed in Srinagar and other parts of Valley, while public transport is also off ...More

Srinagar witnessed season's coldest night at minus 5.6 degrees Celsius on Sunday, a Met department official said. Meanwhile, Leh town in Ladakh region was the coldest in the state at minus 15.6 degrees Celsius followed by Kargil at minus 10.8 degree Celsius, the official sai...More