Srinagar: India has witnessed 134 internet shutdowns in 2018 alone and more than 100 in 2016-17 with most of these blackouts happening in Kashmir region aimed to control the spread of rumours, misinformation and restore law and order. However, according to a study at the Stanford University titled, “Of Blackouts and Bandhs: The Strategy and […]
Srinagar: Government forces Monday busted a militant hideout in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. A police spokesperson said that in a joint operation by the police and the Army’s 44 Rashtriya Rifles, the hideout was busted in orchards of Shirmal village in Zainapora area of the district. He said that “incriminating” material and other items have been […]
Srinagar: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday offered a slew of measures including a biotechnology valley, a giant film plateau, and a “line of art” along eight km shoreline, during a massive rally in Istanbul’s Yenikapi neighbourhood. The giant rally, that saw some 1.6 million supporters waving Turkish flags, closes the election campaign ahead […]
Srinagar: Reacting to reports of the two minor Hindu sisters, who were allegedly kidnapped and forcibly married after being converted to Islam in Pakistan’s Sindh province, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti, on Monday demanded action against the culprits and corrective measures, immediately. Mehbooba, who is the former chief minister of J&K, said the ‘new […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah on Monday filed his nomination papers for upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Srinagar. Dr Abdullah will contest the polls from Srinagar-Budgam parliamentary constituency and filed the papers at Deputy Commissioners office in Srinagar. Others who are in the fray in include Peoples Democratic Party’s Agha […]
Washington: US Attorney General William Barr told Congress that special counsel Robert Mueller did not find evidence that the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government to allegedly interfere in the 2016 election. “The Special Counsel’s investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia […]
Srinagar: Pakistan army’s Military spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor has rejected India’s claims that Pakistan used American-made F-16 jets to down Indian aircraft in late February, telling Russian news agency Sputnik that the PAC JF-17 Thunder combat aircraft developed jointly with China were used instead. “The aircraft which engaged those targets and fought them were JF-17. As regard to how to use F-16, in what context […]
Srinagar: Two people were injured on Monday when robbers looted a petrol pump in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, police said. A news gathering agency reported that two attendants were injured during the looting of the cash counter of the petrol pump in Chadwal area just off the Jammu-Pathankote highway. A manhunt was launched to […]
Wellington: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday announced a royal commission into the events leading up to the deadly Christchurch terror attack that claimed the lives of 50 people earlier this month. Speaking 10 days after two mosques were targeted in a mass shooting, Ardern said the commission would look at “the events leading […]
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he will take the issue to UN as Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu reaches Washington amid expectations US President Trump will formally recognise Israel’s sovereignty over occupied Syrian territory. US President Donald Trump’s statement on Golan Heights is a “gift” to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of parliamentary elections […]
