SRINAGAR: Grief paused at a border that rarely yields. A coffin set by the narrow Kishanganga river in Keran sector of J&K became a bridge of sight, if not touch, as mourners gathered on both sides of LoC, calling out across distance for a final farewell.In Keran — a village in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district…
Ladakh gets five new districts, LG Saxena approves notification SRINAGAR: Ladakh’s number of districts rose from two to seven after five more were added — Nubra, Sham, Changthang, Zanskar and Drass — in a notification issued Monday by lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, days before Union home minister Amit Shah is due to visit.Calling it…
Kolkata: As the city heads to the polls on Wednesday, campaigning drew to a close on Monday, with candidates making a frantic last-minute push to reach voters through eyeball-grabbing tactics. While one contender was seen carrying a mock EVM unit, another hauled a 25kg fish. Others, too, grabbed the attention of voters with inventive gestures…
Jammu: Separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah arrives to appear before a National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in connection with a 1996 Srinagar violence case, in Jammu. (PTI Photo) JAMMU: A designated NIA court in Jammu Monday extended the remand of separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah till May 6 in connection with a three decades old…
Steve Shand leaving court A man convicted in a human smuggling case linked to the deaths of an Indian family at the US-Canada border has moved an appeals court seeking to overturn his conviction and sentence, reports CBC News.Steve Shand, one of two men found guilty in 2024, has asked the court to quash the…
Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha (File photo/PTI) SRINAGAR: J&K authorities have banned Jamia Siraj-ul-Uloom over alleged links with the banned Jamaat-e-Islami and charges of “fostering an environment conducive to radicalisation”. The educational institution based in Shopian was sealed on Monday.According to an order issued by Kashmir divisional commissioner Anshul Garg on April 24, the…
Chinese proverb of the day (Image generated via Google Gemini) Learning is no longer just for classrooms and libraries in today’s world. People are always learning new things by reading articles, watching videos, going to online classes, and more. This has made it easier to get information, but it has also made things harder. A…
An eternal night seems like something out of a fairy tale, but it is an actual and regular event in certain areas around the globe. Because of the tilt of the Earth, areas located near the Arctic and Antarctic Circles have continuous sunlight in their summer season. Here, the sun stays up for weeks and…
Court life in 17th-century France under royal authority. Imagine a world where the most powerful people in the country are quietly terrified of their dinner plates. Where a wealthy nobleman dies suddenly and nobody quite believes it was natural causes. Where the woman who sells perfume on the corner might also be selling something far…
Game developer Cole Allen was identified as suspect in White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting incident A man accused of trying to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner armed with guns and knives was on Monday charged with attempting to assassinate US President Donald Trump. Cole Toman Allen appeared in court following a chaotic incident…