Pakistan has declined a request to open its airspace until India de-escalates, Aviation Secretary Shahrukh Nusrat told a parliamentary committee, Dawn reported. “The Indian government approached asking us to open the airspace. We conveyed our concerns that first India must withdraw its fighter planes placed forward,” Nusrat told the Senate Standing Committee on Aviation. The […]
Srinagar: The armies of India and Pakistan on Friday morning exchanged heavy gun fire in Baba Khori and other forward areas of Nowshera sector in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. Reports said that the firing started in Baba Khori area of Rajouri even as the two countries targeted each other in adjoining Poonch district […]
Srinagar: At least six youth were arrested during a nocturnal raid in Warpora village of Sopore in Baramulla district. Locals said that the government forces including the Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police and paramilitary CRPF personnel raided many residential houses in Warpora village and detained six youth during the intervening night of […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration Thursday approved an action plan proposed by the state’s School Education Department to address the transition of non-graduate Regularized Rehbar-e-Taleem Teachers (RReTs) under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan as regular teachers, a spokesperson said. He said the decision was taken by the state administrative council (SAC) led by Governor Satya […]
Srinagar: The armies of India and Pakistan Friday morning exchanged heavy shelling and firing along the Line of Control in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir. Reports said that many areas including Balnoi and Dhabraj of Mankote tehsil of Mendhar are under intense shelling from Pakistan army, which started at 8:00 in […]
Srinagar: Trehgam township in Kupwara district observed strike in remembrance of Khalid Gaffar on his first death anniversary. Khalid was shot dead by army outside his home in Trehgam on this day last year. His brothers are serving forces– one is soldier in Indian army while two others are in police. Locals reported that all […]
Srinagar: Governor Satya Pal Malik emphatically told the reporters in Srinagar that no doubt security forces are working day and night in the smooth movement and security of Yatra but it is the local Kashmiri who makes the Amarnath Yatra a success. While reiterating the significance of local Kashmiris in making the annual Amaranth pilgrimage […]
Srinagar: A two-hour-long discussion was held at a high level conference titled ‘Jammu and Kashmir, the way forward’ under the auspices of OP Shah led centre for peace and Dialogue at IIC, New Delhi. The participants including prominent leaders, civil society members, journalists and budding scholars disagreed with the Modi- led government’s handling of Kashmir […]
Srinagar: A 19-year old left handed batsman died after being struck in the neck by a ball while playing a cricket match at Nanil area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday. The cricket tournament is being organized by the Government’s Youth Services and Sports Department in the area. The incident occurred when the match […]
Islamabad: Nearly a dozen people lost their lives and almost 70 others sustained injuries in Pakistan’s Punjab on Thursday as a result of a deadly collision between passenger and freight trains, local media reported. The trains collided at around 0400 hrs local time on Thursday, the passenger train was heading towards southwest Quetta city from eastern […]
