Jammu: Police has claimed to have arrested a militant in Gandhinagar area of Jammu with eight live grenades on Sunday evening. The militancd is from south Kashmir. Acting on intelligence inputs, police intercepted a bus in Gandhi Nagar area here late last night and arrested a youth from Kashmir who was carrying eight hand grenades, […]
Srinagar: Outspoken IAS officer Shah Faesal today said repealing of Article- 35A of the Constitution would end Jammu and Kashmir’s relationship with the rest of the country. Faesal, a 2010-batch IAS exam topper, is currently pursuing a mid-career masters programme in the US. “I would compare Article 35A to a marriage-deed/nikahnama. You repeal it and […]
New Delhi: There has been significant drop in the number of Indian workers in Kuwait between 2017 and 2015 but there is no such scale down in other Gulf countries, official sources said here. According to sources in the Ministry of External Affairs, in Kuwait the number of Indian workers from 70,765 as in […]
Srinagar: Members from various trade and industry bodies on Sunday staged a sit-in protest at historic Lal Chowk in this summer capital, against the alleged attempts being made to abrogate Article 35-A. The protest comes in the backdrop of the Supreme Court (SC) hearing two petitions on August 6, challenging the validity of Article 35-A, […]
BEIJING/SINGAPORE: China’s state media said on Saturday the government’s retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion of U.S. goods showed rational restraint and they accused the United States of blackmail. Late on Friday, China’s finance ministry unveiled new sets of additional tariffs on 5,207 goods imported from the United States, with the extra levies ranging from five […]
Srinagar: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan on Saturday directed Officers to start intensive drive immediately to stop overloading in public transport. The Divisional Commissioner made this direction during a meeting with high-level officers to review the necessary measures to stop overloading in public transport across the valley. After threadbare discussions, the Divisional Commissioner asked […]
Srinagar: Train services was on Sunday suspended for security reasons in the Kashmir valley, where separatists have called for two-day strike from Sunday against any move to weaken the Article 35 A. The Supreme Court (SC) will hear on Monday (August 6) a number of writ petitions challenging Article 35 A, which empowers the Jammu […]
Srinagar: The authorities have suspended movement of all vehicles carrying Amarnath pilgrims on the National Highway, the only all-weather road connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, on Sunday for security reasons following two-day strike called by separatists against ploys to abrogate Article 35-A. The Supreme Court (SC) will hear on Monday […]
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Aug 3 (Reuters) Twelve schools – eight girls and four boys schools – were attacked by bombs and set on fire overnight in a northern Pakistani district where Taliban-linked militants opposed to girls’ education are active, police said on Friday. Pakistani Taliban and allied Islamist militants, who regard girls education as anti-Islam, have […]
Baramulla: A local court in this north Kashmir district on Saturday framed charges against five accused, including a Pakistani national, in connection with the recovery of 66.5 kg brown sugar recovered from a truck from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) in July last year. A police spokesman said here this afternoon that criminal charges were framed […]
