Srinagar: United States Chargé d’Affaires Ambassador Paul Jones on Friday called on Pakistan Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua to convey “an important message” from the Trump administration, Dawn quoting a Foreign Office source reported. The meeting took place in the aftermath of a suicide attack in Kashmir, which has raised tensions between Pakistan and India. “The […]
Jammu: The Army has deployed nine security columns with air support in Jammu following massive protests over the terror attack in Pulwama in the Valley in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed, officials said. Earlier, curfew was imposed in the city after stray incidents of violence and torching of vehicles. “The Army has reacted promptly. Nine […]
Jammu: One-way traffic was allowed on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Saturday and only stranded vehicles are moving from Jammu to Srinagar, a traffic official said. Around 7,000 vehicles stranded in the Kashmir Valley would only be allowed to move towards the Jammu region after the highway was completely decongested, the official added, hoping the process might […]
Srinagar: The Government has said that the civilian movement will be stopped during the movement of ‘large convoy’s of security forces” passes through an area. Home Minister Rajnath Singh, while chairing a security review meeting in Srinagar said: “in the wake of suicide attack on CRPF convoy yesterday, it has been decided that the civilian movement […]
Srinagar: Protest erupted in several parts of Bihar on Friday against the Pulwama militant attack which has claimed the lives of 49 CRPF personnel, two of them belonging to the state. Sanjay Kumar Sinha and Ratan Kumar Thakur, both of them hailing from Bihar,are among the CRPF personnel who lost their lives in Thursdays attack in […]
Srinagar: A Kashmiri student of Dehradun-based Shridev Suman Subharti University was suspended on Friday after his WhasApp chat on Pulwama attack went viral. The student allegedly wrote, ‘aaj to inke sath real PUBG ho gaya’ in a WhatsApp group. Hundreds of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal members gheraoed the university and demanded immediate […]
Srinagar: Aligarh Muslim University authorities on Friday suspended a Kashmiri student for “highly objectionable tweet” after Pulwama militant attack that left more than 44 CRPF personnel dead and several others injured. Omar Saleem Peerzada, AMU PRO said: “We have come to know of the highly objectionable tweet. Taking immediate cognizance the student has been suspended by […]
Mumbai: Veteran actor Shabana Azmi on Friday said she and her husband, lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar, have decided not to attend Kaifi Azmi’s birth centenary celebrations in Karachi in the wake of Pulwama attack. The couple was invited to Pakistan by the Karachi Arts Council for a two-day event. “@Javedakhtarjadu and I were invited for a 2 […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti have expressed concern over the reports of violence and arson in Jammu division in the aftermath of Pulwama militant attack that left 49 CRPF personnel killed. “If the security forces & the administration’s attention is shifted to dealing with communal violence in #Jammu […]
Srinagar: Strongly condemning the attack in Pulwama, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday expressed hope that a “befitting reply” will be given to the perpetrators. The killing of the CRPF men “will not go in vain”, he told reporters outside the premises of the Assembly in Bihar, where proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm […]
