‘Karvan-e-Aman’ bus service resumes

‘Karvan-e-Aman’ bus service resumes

Srinagar: The Karvan-e-Aman bus service, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK), resumed on Monday after remaining suspended last week for security reasons, official sources said here. The cross-Line of Control (LoC) could not operate last Monday as separatists had called for a general strike against alleged ‘attempts being made to weaken the […]

Langate shuts after family claims one among 5 militants killed in Rafiabad gunfight as their son

Langate shuts after family claims one among 5 militants killed in Rafiabad gunfight as their son

Handwara: Langate and its adjacent areas falling in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district observed a complete shutdown after a local family claimed that one of the five militants killed in Dooniwari Rafiabad forest gunfight was their son. Army on Thursday claimed that five militants were killed on during a gunfight in Rafiabad forests. An army official claimed […]

Former Chilean Prez officially appointed new UN rights chief

Former Chilean Prez officially appointed new UN rights chief

United Nations:  After a vote on Friday by the United Nations General Assembly in New York, former two-time President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, hailed a “pioneer” by the UN Secretary-General, has officially been appointed as High Commissioner for Human Rights, effective from 1 September. Minutes after she was voted in, UN chief Antonio Guterres told […]

Observe Aug 15 as black day, valley wide shutdown: JRL

Observe Aug 15 as black day, valley wide shutdown: JRL

Srinagar: Joint Resistance leadership has called for a valley wide shutdown on August 15, marking Indian Independence day, to be observed as a black day. JRL comprising of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik, in a statement said that the ‘Democracy of a nation, which is going to celebrate its independence with […]

Tral open partially, observed shutdown demanding release of arrested youth

Tral open partially, observed shutdown demanding release of arrested youth

Srinagar: Life is limping back to normal in Tral on Saturday, after remaining shut against arrest of relatives of militants by Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police. The area is observing a partial shutdown demanding release of the detained youth. Shops and business establishments are open partially and traffic was plying minimally […]

US cuts military training prog for Pakistan

US cuts military training prog for Pakistan

Washington:US military institutions are struggling to fill the 66 slots they had kept aside for officers from Pakistan for the next academic year, as the Trump administration refused to provide funds for their training, official sources said. According to a report in the Dawn, the fund for training Pakistani officers came from the US government’s […]