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The National Towheeth Jamaath, which preaches a puritanical form of Islam, was formed in Kattankudy, a Muslim-dominated town in eastern Sri Lanka, in 2014. Even as Sri Lanka tries to pick up the pieces after a series of co-ordinated bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday,…

Baramulla: A policeman was killed and his colleague was injured in road mishap at Weervan in this north Kashmir district. Reports said the policeman along with the colleague were on way to attend duty at District Police Lines (DPL) Baramulla when a speeding Maruti Alto 800 car (JK05F 4668), on…

Colombo: The toll in a series of eight blasts targeting mostly churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Sunday has risen to 290, a police spokesman said Monday. More than 500 people were wounded in the blasts, he added, in the deadliest violence since the end of the country’s long-running civil…

Srinagar: Weatherman on Sunday forecast light to moderate rain and thunderstorms over the state of Jammu and Kashmir from morning of Wednesday to April 27. “Light to moderate rain/thunder spell from 24th April (morning) to 27th April,” said a meteorological department official here. He said that Srinagar recorded a minimum…

Srinagar: Pahalgam, the famous hill resort of south Kashmir which also serves as a base camp for Amarnath Yatra, received light rainfall overnight even as night mercury hovered above normal for this time of the year. A meteorological department official said that Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of 10.0 degrees…

Colombo: At least six Indians have been killed in a string of eight powerful blasts, including suicide attacks, which struck three churches and luxury hotels frequented by foreigners in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, officials said on Monday. The blasts targeted St Anthony’s Church in Colombo, St Sebastian’s Church in…

The Anantnag district will go to polls in the first phase of the three-phased polling schedule for the southern Anantnag parliamentary constituency on April 23. The voting in the district, spread over six assembly segments comprising Anantnag, Dooru, Kokernag, Shangus, Bijbehara and Pahalgam, will take place from 7am to 4pm…

Srinagar: The office of State Haj Committee on Friday issued a notice informing that all such aspiring lady pilgrims who could not apply for Haj pilgrimage this year with their Mehrams due to non-availability of passport or any other genuine reasons and her male companion (mehram) had applied and got…

A militant was killed in a brief shootout with the security forces in Watergam area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday. Local news agency reported that the militants fired at a patrolling party of the army’s 32 RR in Watergam. A senior police officer said that the…

Trading of 21 items like red chili, mangoes, herbs and dry fruits will be hit following the indefinite suspension of cross LoC trade in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said Friday. Around 280 traders, who were directly involved in the trading will also be affected after the suspension of the business,…