Poonch: After a day lull in cross-LoC skirmishes, an army major and two civilians were injured as the armies of India and Pakistan exchanged fresh shelling and firing in Dagwar sector in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. A police officer said that Pakistan army initiated the unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing mortar shells and small […]
Abu Dhabi: United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday awarded Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with its highest civilian award — Zayed Medal. The UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan honoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Medal — highest civil decoration of the country which is awarded to presidents, kings, and heads […]
Srinagar: Peoples Conference (PC) chairman and former minister, Sajad Gani Lone on Thursday said that National Conference (NC) always betrayed people of Jammu and Kashmir. Reacting to the statements being made by NC leaders, Lone while talking to reporters at Lolab today said that it was NC that betrayed people of the State from time […]
Srinagar: Reacting strongly to the remarks of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti today said the day NDA-government revokes Article 370, India will be an occupational force in Jammu and Kashmir. While addressing a rally in Pattan, Mehbooba asked Amit Shah did he […]
Srinagar: The right wing Hindu Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), symbolized by the saffron color, is bleeding green in Kashmir, apparently for the upcoming parliamentary polls The party has extensively used green color in its poll campaigning material like posters and used Urdu language in an apparent effort to attract voters since local population identifies with […]
Srinagar: IGP Kashmir Swayam Prakash Pani IPS on Thursday visited Budgam district of Central Kashmir and chaired a meeting of officers. IGP Kashmir was accompanied by DIG CKR Vidhi Kumar Birdhi IPS and SP Budgam Amod Nagpure IPS. While chairing the meeting of officers from the district, Pani reviewed the preparedness for the upcoming parliamentary […]
Rafiabad: National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah Thursday said cases registered against Jammu and Kashmir youth since 2015, after the PDP-BJP alliance came to power in the state, would be reviewed and the FIRs cancelled if his party is voted to power. Addressing an election meeting here in Chijhama village of Rafiabad in north Kashmir’s […]
Moscow: The body of an Israeli soldier missing since the 1982 Lebanon War has been found by the Russian and Syrian armies, President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu visited Putin in Moscow five days before he is to seek a fifth term in office in a difficult […]
Srinagar: Former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Thursday lashed out at New Delhi, saying that it only wants the land of Kashmir and not its people. “GoI’s current approach towards Kashmir has been consistent only when it comes to repression. Suffocate Kashmiris, throw them in jails, deprive them of basic rights & make them suffer. They […]
Srinagar: Two air force officers have been killed while two others have suffered injuries in a road accident in south Kashmir’s Awantipora area of Pulwama district in the wee hours of Thursday. The slain include a squadron leader. Confirming the accident, a senior police official said that the accident occurred al Malangpora outside air force station […]
