Srinagar: Government forces burst teargas shells to disperse demonstrators who were pelting stones in Tral area of south Kashmir, where two militants were killed during overnight encounter. Official sources said that when the forces were leaving Reshi and Mir Mohalla on Tuesday after killing two militants in an encounter which ensued last night, demonstrators, mostly youths, […]
Srinagar: Urging troops to uphold the highest standards of professionalism of the Indian Army, Lt Gen Y K Joshi, General Officer Commanding (GOC) Fire & Fury Corps(F&FC) reviewed security situation in the world’s highest battle field Siachen sector, a defence ministry spokesman said on Tuesday afternoon. He said Lt Gen Joshi visited forward locations in the […]
Phagwara: The police have booked a Rajouri resident on the charge of kidnapping a minor girl on the pretext of marrying her. Police on Tuesday registered a case under various sections of the IPC on the basis of a complaint lodged by local resident Sewa Singh against Kaushal Kumar, a resident of Rajauri in Jammu and […]
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh sparked a controversy on Tuesday when referred to the Pulwama attack as a “durghatana” (accident), later reviewing it to “terror attack” after being trolled on social media. In a tweet earlier in the day, Singh said the foreign media had raised doubts over the air strike after the Pulwama […]
Jammu: Representatives of different political parties here met the visiting team of Election Commission of India on Tuesday and advocated holding state assembly polls simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections. The team, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, reached Jammu on the second leg of the two-day tour and held discussions with the representatives […]
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that a resolution passed by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in its recent meeting at Abu Dhabi has endorsed Pakistan’s stance on Kashmir and caused humiliation to India. Speaking in the National Assembly on Monday, the minister lauded the role of the opposition and the unity […]
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Tuesday asked Fayyazul Hassan Chohan to tender his resignation from his post as provincial information and culture minister over his anti-Hindu remarks, Geo News quoting sources said. Buzdar summoned Fayyazul Hassan Chohan at the Punjab CM House and asked him to tender his resignation, sources said. “The Punjab […]
Washington: Pakistan’s ambassador to the US Asad Majeed Khan has said he is not aware of any request made by the US about the use of F-16 fighter jets by his country in the recent aerial confrontation with India. The Indian Air Force on Thursday displayed alleged parts of an AMRAAM beyond visual range air-to-air missile […]
Jammu: India Pakistan armies exchanged gunfire along Line of Control in Nowshera sector in Rajouri district on Tuesday, officials said. Reports said that at about 1130 hours, Pakistan initiated “unprovoked cease fire violation” by shelling with mortars and firing of small arms along LoC in Nowshera Sector. The official said that the Indian Army is retaliating […]
Srinagar: The Pakistan Navy detected an Indian submarine trying to enter Pakistani waters and successfully thwarted the attempt, DawnNewsTV reported on Tuesday quoting the Navy’s spokesperson. “The Pakistan Navy used its specialised skills to ward off the submarine, successfully keeping it from entering Pakistani waters,” a statement from the spokesperson said. This is the second time […]
