Islamabad: Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s lawyer on Saturday filed a petition in the high court here for suspension of his sentence and seeking bail on medical grounds for the incarcerated PML-N leader. Sharif has been incarcerated in the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore after he was sentenced to seven years in jail by […]
Srinagar: A Pakistani delegation will visit the Chenab river basin in Jammu and Kashmir for inspection from January 28 to 31, as mandated under the Indus Water Treaty, sources said. Pakistan’s Indus Commissioner Syed Mohammad Mehar Ali Shah will arrive in India along with his two advisers, sources said. “This tour is an obligation imposed on […]
Srinagar: A Pakistani intruder was shot dead Saturday by Border Security Force personnel along the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. An intruder was noticed by the BSF personnel manning a border outpost at Check Faqira area around 1 PM and asked to surrender, they said. They said the intruder was […]
The United States, in recent rounds of dialogue with the Afghan Taliban, has accepted that American troops would soon withdraw from the war-torn country, according to a Tolo News report that cites sources familiar with the ongoing Doha talks. The development came on the fifth day of US-Taliban talks in Qatar on Friday, with discussions set […]
Jammu: Governor Satya Pal Malik has congratulated Sh. Narsingh Dev Jamwal,Sh. Fayaz Ahmad Jan and Sh. Tsering Norboo on being selected for conferment of the Padma Shri Awards for their valuable contributions in the field of Literature, Art-Craft andMedicine-Surgery respectively. In a message Governor has conveyed his greetings and wished them high success in all their future endeavours.
Srinagar: A man died in a road accident in Mangnipora area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Saturday afternoon. An official said that Mohammad Shafi Dar son of Abdul Ghani a resident of Lahipora, Aloosa died when his car skidded off the road near Mangnipora and fell into a gorge. “He died on the spot. […]
Srinagar:Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Saturday launched a social media campaign highlighting the ‘plight’ of Kashmiri prisoners lodged in different jails of Jammu and Kashmir and in mainland India. Mirwaiz said that while India is celebrating its Republic Day, its autocratic rule in Kashmir is going on. He said that Thosands of Kashmirs […]
JAMMU: Advisor to Governor, K Vijay Kumar today said that the issue of some journalists not being permitted to cover the Republic Day function in Srinagar would be looked into. He said the entire process of security clearance for issuance of passes to journalists shall be reviewed for better coordination in future. “It is learnt […]
Srinagar: Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) while condemning the action of the security grid for not allowing senior journalists to cover the Republic Day parade at Srinagar demanded “stringent” action against police officers involved in the act. “KEG demands that the state government to take stringent action against the police officers who sought to muzzle the […]
Srinagar: Kashmiri Journalists Saturday afternoon held a massive protest demonstration in capital city Srinagar streets to protest against the barring of journalists from covering Republic Day of India function in Srinagar. Today morning several senior journalists were stopped by government forces from entering SK stadium, the main venue of R-Day at Srinagar prompting the entire fraternity […]
