JAMMU: The Election Commission of India (ECI) today issued notification for General Elections to Baramulla and Jammu Parliamentary Constituencies. As per the notification, last date of filing nominations has been fixed on March 25, while the scrutiny of papers will be held on March 26 and the last date of withdrawal of candidature is March […]
Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising of APHC (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, APHC (M) chairman, and Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) has said that summoning Mirwaiz Muhammad Umar Farooq, Syed Naseem Geelani and other to Delhi by National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) is aimed at fooling Indian public to […]
Srinagar: Congress President Rahul Gandhi has said that the killings in Kashmir had fallen drastically during the United Progressive Alliance government from 2004 to 2014. He said that peace returned to the valley during the UPA regime and it happened by being strong with Pakistan. Gandhi said this while speaking exclusively to weekly magazine The Week. Answering […]
Pulwama: Government forces on Monday afternoon launched Cordon and Search Operation in Sheikh Mohalla area of Naira village in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Official sources said that on specific inputs about the presence of militants joint team of forces including 55 RR, SOG of J&K Police and 180 BN CRPF launched search operation in the […]
Srinagar: Multiple people have been injured as a result of a shooting on a tram in a residential area of Utrecht, Dutch police have said. Trauma helicopters have been sent to the scene of the incident, police said on Twitter. They are appealing to the public to stay away to allow emergency services to do […]
New Delhi: Notification for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections was issued on Monday, setting in motion the high-voltage electoral battle where the BJP seeks to return to power amid opposition’s efforts to present a united fight to unseat it. Polling would be held in 91 parliamentary constituencies spread across 20 states on […]
Beijing: China said on Monday that tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pulwama militant attack would figure in the first strategic dialogue between Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday. Qureshi is visiting China, days after Beijing for the fourth time blocked a bid in the United Nations […]
Srinagar: Former Pakistan army chief and president General Pervez Musharraf has been shifted to a hospital in Dubai after suffering a reaction from a rare disease for which he is already under treatment. Musharraf was rushed to the hospital as an “emergency” on Saturday night after his condition suddenly worsened, his party, All Pakistan Muslim […]
CHRISTCHURCH: Mosque gunman Brenton Tarrant faces an ‘unprecedented’ sentence that bars him from ever applying for release, but could yet dodge terror charges, legal experts told AFP Monday. The 28-year-old Australian has been charged with one initial count of murder over the mass shootings that killed 50 people in the southern city of Christchurch and […]
Islamabad: Pakistan National Flag will fly at half-mast across the country on Monday in reverence of the martyred and injured in New Zealand mass shooting on Friday last. The decision has been taken to express solidarity with the bereaved families in the gruesome terror incident that took place at two mosques in Christchurch, Pak Interior […]
