Jammu: A major fire broke out in a J&K Bank branch in Rajouri town of Jammu and Kashmir. “Major fire broke out during wee hours in J&K Bank branch of Rajouri,” police here said on Friday. They said that the fire broke out inside the record room of the branch in which many files were destroyed. […]
Beijing: China welcomes readiness of India and Pakistan to launch a serious dialogue to downscale bilateral tensions, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday. “Since the very beginning of the conflict, China has said that the parties must keep restraint, prevent the further escalation, find out what has really happened and settle the problem via […]
Srinagar: The United States, while providing F-16 fighter jets to Islamabad, not only acknowledged the aircraft’s “deterrence value” to Pakistan in a future conflict with India but also noted that it could prevent a nuclear clash between the two neighbours. Both points are specifically mentioned in a message the then US ambassador in Islamabad Anne […]
Srinagar: Kashmir Valley is observing a complete shutdown on Friday on the call of Joint Resistance Leadership. The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), comprising of octogenarian Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani, Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Yasin Malik on Thursday asked the people to observe shutdown against the arrest spree, ban on socio/religious organization Jamat-I-Islami, […]
Geneva: On average, almost 100 civilian deaths or injuries were recorded each week in 2018, according to data released on Thursday by the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR. According to the Civilian Impact Monitoring Report for 2018, more than 4,800 civilian deaths and injuries were reported over the year resulting in an average of 93 civilian casualties […]
Srinagar: “As long as India and Pakistan refuse to deal with their core dispute — the future of Kashmir — they face unpredictable, possibly terrifying, consequences,” the New York times stated in its editorial on Thursday. It said that the current focus on North Korea’s growing arsenal obscures the fact that the most likely trigger […]
Jammu: One-way traffic will move on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Friday, an official said. “One-way traffic from Srinagar to Jammu is moving on the highway. Around 4,000 trucks crossed the Jawahar Tunnel on Thursday night to reach Jammu,” the traffic department official said. He added that there were no stranded vehicles anywhere on the 300 km-long […]
Srinagar: Chairman Hurriyat (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Thursday condemned the slapping of Public Safety Act on the JKLF chief Muhammad Yasin Malik and shifting him to Kotbalwal jail Jammu. Taking to his Twitter handle Mirwaiz said that such tactics will not stop people and leadership from demanding peaceful resolution of Kashmir, “Strongly condemn slapping of draconian […]
Srinagar: Traffic police city Srinagar on Thursday said all the wrongly parked vehicles will be seized under law. “In compliance to the directions of the Hon’ble High Court of Jammu and Kashmir passed in PIL No. 458/2003 dated 19.04.2017, regarding the menace of wrong parking of vehicles, all motorists are hereby informed not to park their […]
Srinagar: The 219th Corps Commanders Conference (CCC) of Pakistan army on Thursday expressed concern over the increased “Indian atrocities” in Kashmir after the Pulwama incident. Quoting DG ISPR statement, Geo TV reported that the continued deliberate targeting of civilians along the Line of Control (LoC) by Indian forces is a matter of concern. The Corps […]
