New Delhi: Notification for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections was issued on Monday, setting in motion the high-voltage electoral battle where the BJP seeks to return to power amid opposition’s efforts to present a united fight to unseat it. Polling would be held in 91 parliamentary constituencies spread across 20 states on […]
Beijing: China said on Monday that tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pulwama militant attack would figure in the first strategic dialogue between Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday. Qureshi is visiting China, days after Beijing for the fourth time blocked a bid in the United Nations […]
Srinagar: Former Pakistan army chief and president General Pervez Musharraf has been shifted to a hospital in Dubai after suffering a reaction from a rare disease for which he is already under treatment. Musharraf was rushed to the hospital as an “emergency” on Saturday night after his condition suddenly worsened, his party, All Pakistan Muslim […]
CHRISTCHURCH: Mosque gunman Brenton Tarrant faces an ‘unprecedented’ sentence that bars him from ever applying for release, but could yet dodge terror charges, legal experts told AFP Monday. The 28-year-old Australian has been charged with one initial count of murder over the mass shootings that killed 50 people in the southern city of Christchurch and […]
Islamabad: Pakistan National Flag will fly at half-mast across the country on Monday in reverence of the martyred and injured in New Zealand mass shooting on Friday last. The decision has been taken to express solidarity with the bereaved families in the gruesome terror incident that took place at two mosques in Christchurch, Pak Interior […]
Sopore: Government forces on Monday launched a cordon and search operation (CASO) in Tujjar area of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. An official said that after credible inputs about presence of militants in the area, joint teams of Army’s 22 RR, Special Operation Group of Jammu and Kashmir police and CRPF cordoned off the […]
Srinagar: The casual labourers of Roads and Buildings; and Public Health Engineering departments on Monday locked the head offices in protest against the non-payment of salaries for last one year. The protesting employees told The Kashmir Press that they have not been paid their dues for over one year. “Despite repeated pleas to the departments, our […]
Srinagar: Fire in the Dachigam forest in the outskirts of Srinagar was brought under control in the wee hours of Monday after nearly ten hours of struggle, Fire and Emergency department officials said. The fire has been brought under control and all fire tenders rushed from different parts of the city to forest area returned […]
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) Vice President, Omar Abdullah has said that he was shocked to hear that how officers who have supported early assembly elections were being browbeaten and threatened by using their performance appraisals against them to get them to toe the line. “No honest officer should fear these threats. We must put the […]
Jammu: An Army man injured during cross Line of control firing between India and Pakistan armies in Sunderbani sector has succumbed to injuries. According to officials the army man was among the four soldiers who had recieved injuries during the exchange of fire. “The soldiers were injured by Pakistan fire in Keri Battal area of […]
