Poonch: Intense cross border firing and shelling in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch’s Mendhar sub-division has resumed after a gap of 18 hours. Earlier cross border firing and shelling continued in the area from Sunday morning to late evening hours. On Monday afternoon at about 02:35 PM, cross border firing and shelling started heavily officials […]
Washington/Beijing: China’s top trade envoy is preparing to travel to the US for crucial talks, a senior Chinese official said Monday despite President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement, threatening to impose more punishing taxes on USD 200 billion worth of Chinese products due to slow progress in negotiations. The brief statement from Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Geng […]
Srinagar: Suspected militants on Monday attacked another polling station with a bomb in Pulwama district in South Kashmir. Reports said that unknown persons hurled the bomb on a polling booth stationed inside Government Higher secondary school Chatpora this afternoon. The device exploded outside the wall of the school. However, there was no injury reported in […]
Gaza City: Palestinian leaders in Gaza agreed to a ceasefire with Israel on Monday to end a deadly two-day escalation in violence that threatened to widen into a fourth war between them since 2008. An Israeli military spokeswoman declined to comment on the deal, but there appeared to have been no rocket fire or Israeli […]
Srinagar: Former legislator Sheikh Abdul Rashid Monday led a protest march here against the alleged “failure” of the Jammu and Kashmir government to provide basic amenities to the people. Rashid, along with the supporters of his Awami Ittehad Party (AIP), assembled near the Magarmal Bagh area of the city and tried to march towards the civil […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea challenging the Jammu and Kashmir government’s order restricting civilian traffic for a day in a week on a stretch of the Kashmir highway from Udhampur to Baramulla for the movement of security forces. Counsel for the Jammu and Kashmir government told the bench comprising Chief […]
Srinagar: Octogenarian hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani was on Monday discharged from SKIMS hospital where he was undergoing treatment. Sources close to Geelani said that doctors have discharged him and he has left for home. “Geelani sb was admitted at SKIMS for replacement of pacemaker battery.: Geelani remains under continuous house detention where a posse […]
Srinagar: Less than two percent voting was recorded till 1pm in third and final phase of polls for Anantnag Parliamentary seat on Monday. Pampore constituency-the home town of National Conference contesting candidate retired justice Hasnain Masoodi witnessed highest 3.60 percent voting till 1 pm followed by Shopian at 3.40 percent. Pulwama registered the lowest voter turnout […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik Monday said that the withdrawal security from certain people and the killing of political workers in Kashmir valley cannot be interlinked. He said that certain quarters are spreading rumors that the killings take place due to the security withdrawal. “We saw smooth conduct of Sarpanch elections in […]
SRINAGAR: Less than two per cent voting have been reported till 11 am in ongoing third and final phase of staggered polls for Anantnag Parliamentary seat on Monday, reports said. Pampore constituency-the home town of National Conference contesting candidate retired justice Hasnain Masoodi witnessed highest 2.73 per cent voting till 11 am. While as Pulwama […]
