By Press Desk on February 26, 2019
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Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif resigned without warning late Monday, offering an “apology” to the nation as the nuclear deal he negotiated with world powers is on the verge of collapse after the US withdrawal from the accord. Zarif’s resignation, if accepted by Iran’s relatively moderate President Hassan Rouhani, would leave the cleric […]
By Press Desk on February 26, 2019
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Srinagar: Pakistani villagers in the area where Indian jets struck what officials in New Delhi said was a militant training camp said they heard four loud bangs in the early hours of Tuesday but reported only one person wounded by bomb shards, Reuters reported. The report quoting a local who visited the site as saying: “We […]
By Press Desk on February 26, 2019
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Kulgam: Government forces on Tuesday afternoon launched cordon and search operation (CASO) in Matalhama village in Qaimoh belt of South Kashmir’s district Kulgam. Officials sources said that Rashtriya Rifles of Indian Army, and Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police launched searches after receiving specific inputs about the presence of militants in the area. “The […]
By Press Desk on February 26, 2019
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Srinagar: The armies of India and Pakistan on Tuesday exchanged heavy gunfire for the fourth consecutive day along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. Reports said that Pakistan army violated the ceasefire prompting a befitting response from the Indian forces. Officials said the Pakistan army resorted to small arms firing along the LoC in […]
By Press Desk on February 26, 2019
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Srinagar: People’s Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone Tuesday said the air strikes carried out by the Indian Air Force on militant camps in Pakistan will set a benchmark for deterrence and eventually end the cycle of violence. “Pacifist to the core I am. But the reality as it stares in our faces is that this retaliatory […]
By Press Desk on February 26, 2019
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Srinagar: Soon after the NIA raid on the JKLF chief Muhammad Yasin Malik’s house, Maisuma area erupted with clashes between youth and government forces, witnesses said. They said that scores of youth took to streets in Maisuma area of uptown Srinagar against the raid on Malik’s residence and engaged forces in clashes. A partial shutdown was […]
By Press Desk on February 26, 2019
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Srinagar: Tension was palpable in Kashmir on Tuesday after Indian Air Force fighter jets struck militant camps deep inside the territory of the neighbouring country. Residents of Srinagar and other major towns in the valley could be seen discussing in small groups the fallout of the IAF’s pre-dawn strikes inside the Pakistani territory. “We hope […]
By Press Desk on February 26, 2019
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Srinagar: Pakistan army on Tuesday violated the ceasefire line along the international border in KanaChak sector of Samba, reports said. They said that one Pakistan ranger killed in retaliation firing. The violation comes hours after India Air Force carried out strikes in Balakot area of Pakistan Administered Kashmir allegedly killing several militants. More details are awaited.
By Press Desk on February 26, 2019
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Srinagar: The Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science Soura has cancelled all the leaves and winter vacations of its staff.” In pursuance to Government order no. 249-GAD of 2019, dated: 22.02.2019, the 2nd half of winter vacation sanctioned vide office order no. SIMS 1391 (per) of 2018, dated: 31.12.2018, is hereby cancelled. Director SKIMS & EOSG directed […]
By Press Desk on February 26, 2019
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Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday said India has committed “aggression” by violating the LoC and Islamabad has “right to respond”. His remarks came after combat jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF) bombed militant camps at multiple locations across the Line of Control (LoC) on the Pakistani side in a pre-dawn […]