Srinagar: At least 25 Afghan soldiers were killed on Friday in a major attack by the Taliban on a military base in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. Afghan forces killed at least nine Taliban insurgents, including three suicide bombers, during the attack, news gathering agency Reuters quoting Afghan officials reported. The 215 Maiwand Army Corps […]
Srinagar: Pakistan reserves the right to respond to any aggression displayed against it as a matter of self-defence, Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has informed the military chiefs and ambassadors of major western powers and China. The army chief conveyed the resolve during his separate phone conversations on Friday with the commander […]
Srinagar: A Kashmiri teenager was killed and three other civilians injured in Pakistan Administered Kashmir (PaK) as alleged “ruthless shelling” by Indian troops from across the restive Line of Control (LoC) continued on Friday, Dawn reported quoting officials. The casualties occurred in Kotli district where the LoC was calm since the morning but became “hot” […]
Srinagar: A constable of CRPF died due to an electric shock on Saturday morning at Police Station Safa Kadal here after he fell down on electric heater. Sources said that body of a CRPF man identified as Altaf Ahmad Mir no. 075340659 of 161/battalion, son of Mir Alam Mir of Check Arsalan Bandipora presently posted at […]
Srinagar: The divisional administration on Friday extended the winter vacation of schools and colleges in Kashmir till March 10. An official said the decision to extend the winter vacation has been taken in view of the prevailing inclement weather in Kashmir. “The class work in all schools upto higher secondary and degree colleges of Kashmir […]
Srinagar: Pakistan plans to lodge a complaint against India at the United Nations, accusing it of “eco-terrorism” over air strikes that damaged pine trees and brought the nuclear-armed nations to blows, a government minister said on Friday, Reuters reported. Indian warplanes on Tuesday bombed a hilly forest area near the northern Pakistani town of Balakot, […]
Srinagar: Former finance minister and senior National Conference leader, Abdul Rahim Rather has strongly reacted to the decision taken by the union cabinet on February 28, 2019 regarding amendment to the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 1954 by way of the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Amendment Order, 2019. He said that the […]
Srinagar: A CRPF Inspector and a policeman were killed and five other forces personnel were injured in a gunfight at Babagund Langate area of Handwara in the frontier Kupwara district on Friday. Official said that as a joint search team of police, CRPF and army went to retrieve the militant bodies amid a lull, one of […]
Beijing: China Friday said it has never recognised India and Pakistan as nuclear powers and ruled out extending such a status to North Korea following the unsuccessful second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Vietnam. China has never recognised India and Pakistan as nuclear countries. Our position on this […]
Srinagar: China on Friday welcomed Pakistan’s decision to “express kindness” and hand over a captured Indian pilot after four straight days of cross-LoC attacks in Kashmir. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said during a regular news briefing on Friday that “the alleviation of tensions between the two countries serves their fundamental interests,” Associated Press reported. […]
