New Delhi: Confident of doing well and only about eight months to go for the general elections, the ruling BJP on Monday would yet again press for simultaneous polls to Lok Sabha and state legislatures. A party delegation comprising key leaders, including Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, will meet Chairman of Law Commission Justice B […]
Pulwama : Police Monday said that Hizbul Mujahedeen had abducted and subsequently killed a medical shop owner in Banpora Murran village of Pulwama district in south Kashmir last night. Reports said that gunshots were heard in Murran Village around 10pm on Sunday and a bullet-riddled body was found early today morning. The body has been […]
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 […]
Jammu: Weeks after the disciplinary committee suspended Dr Gagan Bhagat, BJP MLA from RS Pura Assembly Constituency, for three months over his family dispute, he once again triggered a row on Saturday by asserting that the BJP has no guts to abrogate Article 370 and Article 35-A of the Constitution from Jammu and Kashmir. “BJP […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Karachi: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in a meeting with brokerage houses, has ruled out the possibility that it would deny Pakistan a bailout package under US influence. “The IMF said it is ready to enter into discussion with Pakistan for a [possible] bailout package,” an economist of a leading securities brokerage house said after […]
Srinagar: Governor N.N. Vohra administered Oath of Office to Justice Gita Mittal as Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court at the Raj Bhavan on Saturday. The Warrant of Appointment of Justice Mittal as Chief Justice of the J&K High Court was read out by the Registrar General of the High Court. Mrs. […]
