Srinagar: The armies of India and Pakistan Thursday traded gunfire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, army officials said. They said that Pakistan troops fired small arms and automatics and targeted Indian posts in Khari Karmara area. “Our troops effectively retaliated to the unprovoked ceasefire violation. Firing exchanges started at […]
Srinagar: British Prime Minister Theresa May reached out to opposition parties to “constructively” work together on a new Brexit plan as she narrowly survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament, a day after her divisive divorce deal with the EU was overwhelmingly rejected by MPs. The prime minister won Parliament’s first no-confidence vote in a British […]
Srinagar: Kenyan police scoured the rubble of a Nairobi hotel complex for more victims Wednesday as the death toll from a jihadist attack jumped to 21 and mourners began to bury the dead. President Uhuru Kenyatta had earlier announced the end of a 20-hour operation at the DusitD2 complex which saw hundreds of people rescued […]
Srinagar: Batting for early assembly elections, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has said all political parties, except Mehbooba Mufti-led Peoples Democratic Party, want early polls. The governor, however, hastened to add that it is the Election Commission of India, which has the mandate to hold the polls and decide the schedule. “The government […]
Srinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah has been admitted to All India Institute for Media Sciences (AIIMS) for treatment of swine flu.He took to social media on Wednesday to announce that he is being treated for swine flu. “I have been diagnosed with swine flu for which the treatment is underway. With God’s […]
Srinagar: The Chief Electoral Officer Jammu and Kashmir state have convened a meeting of all political parties in Jammu on January 18 regarding conduction of the Lok Sabha elections in the state. In a letter sent to ten political parties including National Conference, PDP, Congress and BJP, the CEO has also hinted that parliamentary and […]
Srinagar: Alleging that non-National Conference (NC) governments in Jammu and Kashmir weakened state’s special status, former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday claimed that his party has a clear road map to address internal and external dimensions of the state. The NC vice president Omar said that state’s special status was tampered with whenever NC […]
Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit to the state Jammu and Kashmir on February 3 to lay foundation stone of All India Institute of Medical Sciences and various other projects, BJP sources here said on Wednesday. They said that the Prime Minister will also address a public rally during his visit. “The […]
Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has termed the recent assertions of Governor Satya Pal Malik that “there was nothing like Operation All-Out” as far from reality and truth and stated that Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Indian army chief General Bipin Rawat have time and again claimed that anti-militancy operations in Jammu and Kashmir were […]
Srinagar: The Government on Wednesday assigned temporary charge of the post Executive Engineers to 13 AEES in PHE/I&FC department and ordered their transfers and 15 engineers in the interest of administration. “Sanction is hereby accorded to assigning the temporary charge of the post of Executive Engineers to the following I/C Assistant Executive Engineers of PHE/I&FC department,” […]
