Srinagar: The armies of India and Pakistan Tuesday exchanged gunfire along the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan Rangers targeted forward posts along the IB in Samba Kashmir with small arms fire, officials said Tuesday. BSF troops guarding the borderline retaliated resulting in brief exchanges, they said. Officials said Pakistani Rangers […]
Srinagar: Government forces have launched a search operation following suspected movement along the Indo-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said Tuesday. The search operation was launched in Basantar river area in Ramgarh sector, they said. The operation was launched following reports of suspected movement in border areas of Ramgarh sector, officials said. […]
Srinagar: Every terrorist murder in the US last year was linked to right-wing extremism, according to a new report. At least 50 people were killed by an attacker connected to right-wing extremism in 2018, an increase of 35 per cent from the previous year, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) found. The rise means nearly three-quarters of extremist murders in Axmerica […]
Srinagar: Four people escaped unhurt when their car was hit by a landslide on the Jammu-Srinagar Highway in Ramban district Tuesday. The car was hit by rocks when it was crossing the highway at Anokhi falls, officials said. However, the occupants escaped unhurt. The traffic on the Kashmir Highway, which was reopened for traffic after six days […]
Srinagar: National Investigation Agency of India has granted “custody parole” for a week to the Hurriyat Conference (M) spokesperson, Shahid-ul-Islam. Shahid’s wife Nuzhat Shahid told The Kashmir Press that they have learnt about the “custody parole” through an unconfirmed report that Shahid was released on Monday at 1 pm. However, she said that they did not […]
Srinagar: India is poised to lodge a ‘strong’ protest against lack of security measures to prevent the burning of its national flag outside the Indian high commission on Saturday, India’s Republic Day, hours after the Foreign Office insisted Britain does “not condone” such activities. A group of Khalistan supporters burned one flag, stamped on others and […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister’s Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday paid tributes to former Defence Minister of India George Fernandes, who died on Tuesday after a prolonged illness. Omar said that Fernandes was a tireless crusader for the voiceless and the marginalised. “Rest in peace George Fernandes Sahib. You were a tireless […]
Srinagar: Around 56 million people are in urgent need of food and livelihood assistance in eight conflict zones around the world, a report said. Yemen, South Sudan, Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic are the five zones that experienced conflict-driven food insecurity the most in the latter part of 2018, […]
Srinagar: Negotiators for the United States and the Taliban insurgents have reached “agreements in principle” on key issues for a peace deal that would end 17 years of war in Afghanistan, the top US envoy has said. The statement by US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad followed six days of talks last week with the Taliban in Qatar, […]
Srinagar: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the exclusion of a dozen of accredited Kashmiri reporters from covering a Republic Day of India function in Srinagar, on 26 January. Barring these reporters was a serious press freedom violation, RSF said in a statement. Security officials cited “adverse reports” as grounds for preventing the journalists from […]
