Lahore: Pakistani authorities on Monday restored the Samjhauta Express services between Lahore and Delhi, days after the train was suspended due to tense bilateral ties. The train departs on Monday and Thursday from Lahore. The Samjhauta Express carrying some 150 passengers left Lahore railway station for India, Radio Pakistan reported. The train, named after the Hindi […]
Sopore: Amid cold weather and continued rains massive throng was witnessed at the funeral prayers of slain Lasker-e-Tobia militant Ishfaq Majeed Mir at his native village Brath Sopore in Northern Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Ishfaq was among the two militants killed in one of the longest gunfights between militants and government forces at Babagund area of Handwara in […]
Srinagar: At least 23 people, some children, have been killed after tornadoes struck Lee County in eastern Alabama. Sheriff Jay Jones told the Associated Press the toll could rise, but rescue efforts had to stop until dawn due to the danger of searching in the dark. “The challenge is the sheer volume of the debris […]
Srinagar: The Kashmir highway was on Monday restored for one-way traffic after remaining closed for the night. The highway was closed for traffic on Sunday night due to a landslide at Panthal in the Ramban-Ramsoo sector. According to an official, one-way traffic will be restored later in the day as the landslide debris have been […]
Srinagar: A meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) passed two strongly worded resolutions on Kashmir a day after it was addressed by India’s foreign minister, including a reference to “Indian terrorism”, prompting the Congress on Sunday to attack the government over its participation in the Abu Dhabi meet. The two resolutions, one on […]
Jammu: The armies of India and Pakistan Monday exchanged gunfire along the Line of Control in Akhnoor sector. Reports quoting defence officials said that Pakistan violated the ceasefire and started firing at around 0300 hours and stopped at 0630 hours. They said Pakistan initiated the “unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing mortar shells and small arms […]
Srinagar: Governor Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik on Saturday appointed Muneer Ahmad Khan, ADGP Law and Order as State information commissioner. General Adminstration Department passed the order of the posting on March 2. According to the order Khan, presently Security, Law and Order, Home gaurds, Civil Defence, SDRF has been appointed as State Information […]
Srinagar: Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir has condemned the government decision to seal private schools run by Fallah e Aam Trust (FAT) as the situation will impact around one lakh students and push Kashmir into an educational crisis. The Association said that FAT is purely concerned with education and it has nothing to […]
Srinagar: , Mar 2 (PTI) Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Saturday termed the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) an act of “vengeance” by the Centre, saying it would have “dangerous consequences”. “There is an atmosphere of vengeance in the state, especially in the Valley after JeI youths and leaders were arrested. JeI is […]
Srinagar: A motion was submitted in Pakistan’s National Assembly Secretariat on Saturday calling for Prime Minister Imran Khan to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in “de-escalating” tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad. The motion, submitted by Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, stated that the Indian leadership’s “war hysteria” and “aggression” caused tensions […]
