Srinagar: Mandi township in Poonch district is observing a shutdown on Monday to protests in defence of Article 35-A. Reports said that the commercial establishments are shut in the township while public transport is off the roads. The call for shutdown was issued by traders and members of religious bodies in Mandi and was also supported by […]
Washington: US President Donald Trump has announced that he would be delaying an increase in tariffs against China after recent talks between the two nations made “substantial progress”, and plans to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to reach a final deal to end a trade war. The US and China have been locked in an […]
Srinagar: A complete shutdown is being observed in southern Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Monday against the killing of three Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants in a gunfight with government forces on Sunday. Reports said that all the shops and business establishments are shut in the district while public transport is off the roads. They said that forces have […]
Srinagar: Public and private hospitals in Peshawar in Pakistan have reserved beds and ambulances after government’s directives to stand alert for ‘national cause’, a reference to the tension with India. On February 22, health department ordered hospitals to reserve 25 per cent beds on a special directive of government for ‘national cause’. “The institutions have […]
Srinagar: Government forces Monday launched a cordon and search operation (CASO) in Mir Mohalla area of Hajin in northern Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Officials sources said that 13 Rashtriya Rifles of Indian Army, and Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police launched searches in Mir Mohalla area of Hajin town after receiving specific inputs about the […]
Srinagar: The Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) on Sunday called an emergency meeting of its Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir on February 26 on Pakistan’s request, media reports said. “On the request of Islamic Republic of Pakistan a meeting of the Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir … will be held at the OIC […]
Srinagar: A flight bound for Dubai from Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, made an emergency landing on Sunday in Chittagong, Bangladesh, after a man attempted to hijack the plane, officials said. The suspect, a Bangladeshi, asked to speak to the country’s prime minister before dying from injuries in an exchange of gunfire with military commandos, officials said. […]
Srinagar: One-way traffic was allowed on Kashmir highway on Monday. Around 300 oil tankers stranded at Patnitop have been allowed to move from Jammu to Srinagar, a traffic department official said. “Once the oil tankers cross the Jawahar Tunnel, heavy vehicular traffic will be allowed from Srinagar to Jammu”, the official said. Trucks and tankers […]
Srinagar: The National Investigating Agency has recovered the CCTV footage of the red Eeco car which is likely to have been used for the Pulwama militant attack. The video was recorded before the suicide bomber rammed into the convoy of the Central Reserve Police Force leading to the death of 49 personnel. Zee News quoting […]
Srinagar: Jama’at-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday denounced the ongoing arrest spree by local police and other forces across the valley and termed it murder of democracy and appealed Human Rights Groups, United Nations Organization and OIC to intervene into grave situation prevailing in state of Jammu and Kashmir and use their influence to stop […]
