Srinagar: The students of Islami college of Science and Commerce here on staged a protest against summoning of Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq by National Investigation Agency (NIA). The college students assembled outside the main of their institute and chanted slogans while carrying banners and placards in their hands. The students demanded revocation […]
Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed Irfan Ahmad Wani as Secretary Youth PDP, Jammu and Kashmir. “Wani is an energetic and hardworking political activist who has been associated with the party since last so many years. He has contributed immensely for the growth of the party,” a party handout reads.
Relations between India and Pakistan have nosedived since Narendra Modi became prime minister in 2014. If anyone thought that he would make up the loss by a conciliatory policy towards Kashmiris, they were mistaken. It was never part of his agenda. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) would have none of it. The game […]
Poonch: An army man was injured in a landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Mendhar sector of district Poonch on Saturday. A police official said that the soldier was on routine patrol duty in Tarkundi area of Balakote in Mendhar sector when he accidentally stepped on a landmine near the (LoC). “In the […]
Srinagar: Former IAS officer Shah Faesal will launch his political outfit ‘Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement’ at a function in Rajbagh area of the city on Sunday. He said the function will be held at Gindun Ground in Rajbagh. The 2010 batch UPSC topper resigned from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in January this year to […]
Srinagar: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that for the betterment of country, he is ready to talk to Indian PM Narendra Modi, but will not make compromise or enter into any deal with the corrupt who looted and laundered the public money which was to be used for education, education and other […]
Srinagar: Pakistan army on Saturday claimed to have shot down and Indian spying drone along the Line of Control. Director General of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations, Major General Asif Ghafoor tweeted: Pakistan Army troops shot down an Indian spying quadcopter in Rakhchikri Sector along Line of Control.” The general claimed that the quadcopter has come 150 […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Saturday expressed grief over the death of eleven people in a road accident in Ramban distraict of Jammu and Kashmir. Mirwaiz tweeted: “Grieved over the death of 11 people killed in a road accident in Ramban, my thoughts and prayers with the bereaved families. Tragic to see so […]
WASHINGTON: Differences between the US and Afghan governments over the peace talks became public this week after a senior Afghan official criticised Washington for talking to the Taliban while the Trump administration summoned him to the State Department to convey its displeasure. “Under Secretary for Political Affairs David Hale summoned Afghan National Security Adviser Hamdullah […]
ISTANBUL: The massacre of Muslims in barbaric terror attacks in New Zealand on Friday has “ominous familiarity” with the recent bigoted attacks in Charleston, South Carolina and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Christian and Jewish congregants, an Istanbul-based research centre said on Saturday. “Friday’s [March 15, 2019] unconscionable attacks on Muslim congregants in Christchurch, New Zealand, have […]
