Srinagar: Although his call to Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq invited sharp reaction from India, Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi spoke to octogenarian Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani and discussed the Kashmir issue, the Pakistan Foreign Office said. The Foreign Office in a statement said that Qureshi and Geelani discussed about an international conference to be held […]
Srinagar: Kashmir highway Monday was through for one-way traffic from winter capital city Jammu to Summer capital city Srinagar. An official said that around 3,000 vehicles, mostly trucks, are stranded. He said that the trucks were unable to cross the Jawahar Tunnel on Sunday evening due to slippery road conditions in Banihal and Lower Munda in Qazigund. […]
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Sunday said military intervention in Venezuela was “an option”, as Western countries are building pressure on socialist leader Nicolas Maduro to step down and hand over power to opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim President Juan Guaido. The US, which recognised Guaido as interim president on January 23, is leading a […]
Srinagar: Asserting that by conducting surgical strike (in PoK), India has announced its new strategy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said ‘we will break the backbone of terrorism in the valley’. “Today I want to assure the people of the state and rest of the country that terrorism will be countered… and every militant will be […]
Srinagar: A Pakistan Administered Kashmir (PaK) origin man, Qari Sheikh Mohammad Bin Khaleel, has been appointed as the Imam of Masjid-e-Nabwi by the government of Saudi Arabia. Saudi King and Khadmain Harmain Salman Bin Abdul Aziz made his appointment, reports stated According to the reports, Qari’s family lived 21 kilometers away from Muzaffarabad at the […]
Srinagar: Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command visited forward locations in Western Ladakh on Sunday. According to the defense spokesperson, Singh was briefed on the operational readiness being maintained in the sector. He met and interacted with troops deployed in some of the most hostile terrain and adverse weather conditions in the […]
Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has bid farewell to her 2.5 million Facebook followers after deciding to shut down her page on the social network. In a video statement shared on the page on Friday, Merkel attributed the decision to the fact that she was no longer leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, […]
Vijaypur (Samba): Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday promised creation of “Naya Bharat” while addressing a rally here after laying foundation of AIIMS and other developmental projects worth Rs 35,000 crores. “We will create “Naya Bharat”, which will see progress and development,” said the Prime Minister. In his 30-minute long […]
Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the last leg of day-long visit to Jammu and Kashmir, arrived here this afternoon, to inaugurate and lay foundation stone of several development projects, including AIIMS. Mr Modi visited the interior parts of Dal Lake in a motorboat, despite chilly weather conditions. Unprecedented security arrangements have been made in […]
Srinagar: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Saturday spoke to Hurriyat (G) Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani and discussed human rights situation in Kashmir, the Indian Express reported Sunday. Qureshi and Geelani had an “in-depth discussion” on the deteriorating situation in Jammu and Kashmir and the “gross human rights violations” in Kashmir, Sunday Express reported. The […]
