ISLAMABAD: The newly appointed Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that his country wants to improve ties with India and are ready to resolve all outstanding issues including Kashmir through talks. He also said that they are not shy of engaging with New Delhi despite the current impasse in relations. “But it takes […]
Srinagar: The Congress president Rahul Gandhi at the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London, on Friday, equated Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to the Muslim brotherhood of Egypt. BJP has demanded an immediate apology, NDTV reported. “The RSS is trying to change the nature of India. There is no other organisation in India that wants to […]
Sopore: The Sopore Coordination Committee members on Saturday said that they will shed blood to defend the Article 35A which define’s permanent residents of the state. The SCC was holding a sit-in at Iqbal market Sopore to protest the attempts to revoke Article 35-A. “We the residents of Jammu and Kashmir will shed our blood […]
Srinagar: Two army men were injured in separate landmine explosions near the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday. A police officer said that that the army’s 5/9GR was on a routine patrol duty at Gogal Dar area along the LoC in Keran sector when the land mine blast took place late […]
New Delhi: Government of India has come down heavily on international news organization Al Jazeera for broadcasting documentary about militancy in Kashmir by withdrawing channel’s security clearance, without which it will need to stop broadcasting in the country. Economic Times quoted sources over the decision claiming the decision ‘stemmed from the broadcast of a documentary […]
Sopore: Police arrested a drug peddler in Sopore sub division of Baramulla district and recovered contraband substance from his possession. Police said that on 24 August a naka was established and during the checking one person identified as Danish Mir S/0 Bashir Ahmad Mir R/O Behrampora was arrested and 5 strips of SPASMOPROXYVON (120) Capsules […]
The United States will cut more than USD 200 million in aid for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, reports said. Reports quoted senior State Department official saying hat the decision, made “at the direction of the president”, came after a review of aid programs to the Palestinian territories. “The funding previously […]
Srinagar: The vital Jammu-Srinagar National Highway has been closed for traffic following a massive landslide at Ramsu on Saturday, officials said. They said that the road was blocked at Ramsu District Ramban MS-170.5 as heavy land slide occurred during the night. The area had witnessed rainfall as well. Meanwhile, officials from the project Beacon and […]
Islamabad: In a bid to show its commitment towards the pre-poll promise of austerity, Pakistan’s new cabinet on Friday banned first-class air travel for the country’s top officials, including the President and head of the government. Dawn reported that the decision to dis-allow first-class air travel was taken during the second meeting of the federal […]
Srinagar: Water supply to many areas in Ganderbal, Srinagar and Budgam districts will remain affected today, an official of the administration said. He said that following an incident Power Canal and Sindh Extension Canal, Ganderbal has had to be shut temporarily. “Being the source of schemes of Rangil, Aulesteng and other filtration plants water supply […]
