Beware of media invasion: Grand Mufti cautions Muslims

Around 3 Million Pilgrims Perform Hajj

AGENCIES

Makkah, Nov 5: Asking Muslims throughout the world to unite and be mutually helpful, the Grand Imam of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al Sheikh Saturday warned Islamic Ummah of a media and cultural invasion that seeks to weaken their faith.He said while Islam is the solution for the problems More

AFSPA can always be reimposed: Omar

‘I am Not For Army's Withdrawal’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Panaji, Nov 5: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday said there was always scope for re-imposition of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) if things became difficult after its withdrawal from certain areas of the state.He said his stand on AFSPA should not be mistaken as a More

11 KILLED,38 INJURED IN KARGIL ACCIDENT

2 Die In Valley Mishaps

GHULAM NABI ZIA

Kargil, Nov 5: At least 11 people were killed and 38 others injured when a bus fell into a gorge in Kargil district last evening.The bus, JK01B/3880, carrying 49 passengers was on its way to Kargil town from Padum when it skidded off the road and rolled into the gorge near Panzilla at 5:30 pm More

20 feared dead as mini-bus plunges into river Chenab

3 Bodies Recovered

FAIZAN ALI TRAMBOO

Doda, Nov 5: About 20 persons are feared dead as a mini-bus skidded off the road and plunged into river Chenab in Thatri area of this mountainous district Saturday afternoon.Police said that three bodies were recovered from the bank of the river while there was no trace of other passengers and More

President to visit JK on November 25

Jammu, Nov 5: President Pratibha Patil will be on a three-day visit to this winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir later this month, sources said Saturday.She is scheduled to arrive here November 25 to address convocation of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, sources in Raj Bhavan said. Governor More

HC puts new recruitment policy in abeyance

D A RASHID

Srinagar, Nov 5: In a significant move, the High Court on Saturday stayed government decision to switch over to new job policy under stipendiary mode for non-gazetted posts.“The order passed by the government shall remain in abeyance till the objections are filed and considered,” says the court More

Police arrest burglars in Kupwara

Srinagar, Nov 5: Police today claimed to have busted a gang of burglars who used to steel cable and electric wire in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.  A police spokesman in a statement said Kupwara More

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Army chief visits Ladakh

Inaugurates modern transit facility at Leh

New Delhi, Nov 5: Army chief General V.K. Singh Saturday completed a three-day visit to Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir to review the security situation and preparedness of troops as he flew over the forbidding More

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