JAMMU: Minister for Housing & Urban Development (HUDD) Sat Sharma today chaired a meeting to review the functioning of Urban Local Bodies. The Minister reviewed the status of recently initiated outsourced service of door-to-door collection of solid waste in Katra, Udhampur, Samba and Kathua. He directed the concerned to extend this initiative of DULB to […]
Unknown persons on Tuesday afternoon set ablaze two shops and damaged the residential house of Kifayat Mir, in south Kashmir’s Shopian district who allegedly was an “army informer”. Sources said that the incident took place at his native village at Molu Chitragam in Shopian. Kifayat’s “confessional video” had gone viral on social media in April […]
Kathmandu: The federal Nepalese government has made it mandatory for officials and staff of local governments planning foreign visits to obtain the approval of Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (MoFAGA), media reports said. Following a meeting on Sunday, MoFAGA said officials travelling abroad without approval, would not get recommendation for visa from the […]
Srinagar: Firebrand leader of the Jamiat-Ahl-e-Hadees, Moulana Mushtaq Veeri, has defended the Jamiat’s decision to approach the government for allotting land for an Eidgah, and is trying to silence critics by stating, ‘nobody is thekaydar (contractor) of the movement.’ Veeri, who is known for his fiery sermons while speaking at religious gathering in uptown locality of Chanapora, Srinagar, […]
In reaction to the killings of two police personals in Pulwama district of South Kashmir, former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said “the killers of these police personnel deserve nothing but the eternal flames of hell”. He also said “that is where they are destined to find themselves”. Vice president of National Conference, Omar […]
Pakistani Army Chief General Qamar Javid Bajwa is expected to visit Kabul on Tuesday for talks with Afghan officials including Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Tolonews reported According to officials Bajwa will lead a delegation of high-ranking Pakistani officials. This comes after Pakistan’s President Mamnoon Hussain on Sunday said that Islamabad and Kabul will be working […]
Government forces Tuesday claimed to have found and defused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Awantipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Reports said that forces detected and defused Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Kanjinag link road near grid station in Awantipora The IED was defused by Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) without causing any damage […]
Clashes erupted on Tuesday between government forces and protesters in D K Pora village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district after army tried to erase pro freedom graffitis . Reports said that an Army party reached the village and started erasing pro-freedom slogans and graffitis present on walls. The Army party initially left the village however […]
President North Korean Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump shook hands and smiled cautiously as they met at their historic summit in Singapore on Tuesday, in which the two men will look for ways to end a nuclear standoff on the Korean peninsula, Reuters Reported Should they succeed in making a diplomatic breakthrough, […]
It is learnt that militants at the strike of pre-dawn today fired upon the guard post deployed at court complex in District Pulwama. At the onset of first light today, militants fired indiscriminately on a guard post at Court in Pulwama in which three Jawans sustained injuries. Two of the Jawans succumbed to the injuries […]
