Srinagar: Prominent political worker from Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir Shabir Ahmad Mir joined the Peoples Democratic Party on Friday. Mir joined the PDP in the presence of party chief Mehbooba Mufti and several other senior leaders at the residence of the former chief minister here, a spokesperson of the party said. The spokesperson said hundreds […]
Islamabad: Pakistan Government has decided not to arrest or detain Maulana Masood Azhar, Amir of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) “without any valid evidence” for his alleged involvement in the Pulwama attack, highly placed sources directly linked with the issue revealed to The News. “Why should we arrest or detain Maulana Masood Azhar without any crime or evidence […]
Srinagar: Days after the leadership of the largest socio-religious-political organisation, Jama’at-e-Islami (JeI), were arrested along with other religious and resistance leaders, a second government crackdown, according to reports is imminent in Jammu and Kashmir. New18, quoting government officials, reported that a list of around two hundred militant and Jama’at sympathisers including government officials, mostly teachers, […]
Srinagar: Kashmir Editors Guild, (KEG) on Friday expressed its gratitude to the Press Council of India, (PCI) for taking cognizance of the complaint filed by it over stopping government advertisements to two major dailies, ‘Greater Kashmir and ‘Kashmir Reader’, published from Srinagar, Kashmir. “It is a welcome step by the PCI as measures like curbing […]
SRINAGAR: According to the Power Controller Kashmir, in order to carry out various works, there will be a power shutdown in various areas of Ganderbal and Bandipora. According to details, in order to carry the laying and stringing of the conductor of 132 kV BBTL at Ajas, Bandipora, 33KV HCC feeder will be shutdown. In […]
Srinagar: France has decided to freeze the assets of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar, the French government said today. A joint statement issued by the French interior ministry, finance ministry and foreign ministry said that France would discuss putting Masood Azhar on a European Union list of people involved in terrorism. “A deadly attack took place […]
Srinagar: The death toll in twin terrorist attacks in two mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch on Friday has reached 49 while dozens others are injured, New Zealand Herald reported. Seven died at Linwood, 41 at mosque near Hagley Park, the report said. NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said New Zealand had been placed on its highest […]
New Delhi: The ED Friday moved a Delhi court seeking its nod to quiz resistance leader Syed Ali Geelani’s son-in-law Altaf Shah in connection with a funding case. The Enforcement Directorate also sought to question Zahoor Watali, an influential businessman allegedly having friendship with Pakistani leaders and Kashmiri separatists, and Naval Kishore Kapoor, a UAE-based […]
Beirut: Eight years of war in Syria have left more than 370,000 people dead including 112,000 civilians, a monitor said Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has a network of sources across the country, said more than 21,000 children and 13,000 women were among the dead. The conflict flared after unprecedented anti-government protests […]
Srinagar: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and other politicians strongly condemned Friday’s terrorist attack on two mosques in New Zealand, which killed 40 people and injured more than 20. “Shocked and strongly condemn the Christchurch, New Zealand, terrorist attack on mosques,” said the premier on Twitter. “This reaffirms what we have always maintained: that terrorism […]
