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POLICE CONTINUE INVESTIGATIONS INTO ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE OF SCHOOLGIRL WHO DIED BY SUICIDE

Sri Lanka, Aug. 18 -- Police today (18) informed the Colombo Magistrate's Court that further investigations are being conducted into the alleged sexual abuse of a schoolgirl who died by suicide after ... Read More


NATIONAL POLICE COMMISION TO DECIDE ON DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST DIG WHOSE WIFE WAS ARRESTED FOR TREASURE HUNTING

Sri Lanka, Aug. 18 -- The National Police Commission is preparing to make a strong decision regarding a Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) whose wife was arrested by Anuradhapura Police in conne... Read More


WALAPANE POLICE SERGEANT REMANDED OVER BRIBERY ALLEGATIONS

Sri Lanka, Aug. 18 -- The Officer-in-Charge of the Traffic Division at the Walapane Kirthibandarapura Police, who was presented before the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court in connection with a bribery... Read More


SRI LANKA'S FOOD INSECURITY DROPS FROM 24% TO 16%

Sri Lanka, Aug. 18 -- Philip Ward informed Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism, Vijitha Herath, that Sri Lanka's food insecurity has dropped from 24% to 16%. The new represen... Read More


LEOPARDS PREYING ON DOGS IN SRI LANKA'S HILL COUNTRY

Sri Lanka, Aug. 18 -- Wildlife officials in Sri Lanka are advising people in the hill country to secure their dogs at night, following a surge in attacks by leopards. A CCTV camera in Ginigathhena ca... Read More


Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir pays tributes to Hazrat Sultan ul Aarifeen (RA), Stresses following His teachings

Srinagar, Aug. 18 -- Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq pays tributes to Hazrat Makhdoom Sahib (RA), stresses following his teachings In a statement issued, Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi ... Read More


Calligrapher from Kashmir's LoC creates longest handwritten Hadith scroll ever

Srinagar, Aug. 18 -- On a summer morning in Kilshey, a small refugee village tucked deep in the Gurez valley of Bandipora district, a man sits at a long wooden desk, bent over a stretch of creamy art-... Read More


Ambulance driver rescues over 50 pilgrims during Kishtwar cloudburst

Jammu, Aug. 18 -- Arif Rashid, an ambulance driver from Kijiyai village in Jammu and Kashmir, played a central role in saving the lives of more than 50 people after a cloudburst hit the Paddar region ... Read More


Govt deputes officers to oversee relief and rescue operations in Kishtwar

Jammu, Aug. 18 -- The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has deputed senior officers to supervise ongoing relief and rescue operations following the recent cloudburst in Chasoti, District Kishtwar. Acco... Read More


Apni Party holds extraordinary meeting to discuss prevailing political scenario, party matters

Srinagar, Aug. 18 -- Apni Party's Provincial President Kashmir, Mohammad Ashraf Mir, on Monday urged party leaders and senior workers to intensify their political and public outreach activities in ord... Read More