Srinagar: Former top bureaucrat Farooq Ahmad Shah who quit the government service last week joined the National Conference on Monday. Shah, who was secretary PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control and DMRRR, had sought voluntary retirement from the service last week. He joined the National Conference in presence of the party president Farooq Abdullah and vice […]
Jammu: Governor Satya Pal Malik paid homage to DySP Aman Thakur who was killed on Sunday in a gunfight with militants at Turigam Village of district Kulgam. Governor laid floral wreath on the mortal remains of DySP Thakur in a wreath laying ceremony held at the District Police Lines Jammu today. Dr Jitendra Singh, Union MoS; […]
Srinagar: The Jammu-Srinagar highway was closed for traffic Monday due to fresh landslides in Ramban district, leaving many vehicles stranded. Police officials said the highway has been closed due to fresh landslide at Marog area in Ramban district. Authorities Sunday allowed Kashmir-bound vehicles to ply on the highway, which was reopened for one-way traffic after remaining […]
Srinagar: The Islamabad High Court on Monday rejected Nawaz Sharif’s plea seeking suspension of sentence in Al Azizia verdict on medical grounds. A high court bench comprising Justice Amir Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani ruled that the former prime minister will have to serve the sentence in prison, Express Tribune reported. The former premier is […]
Srinagar: Holding elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be a test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handling of Kashmir over the last five years, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said Monday. “Will the Modi government bow before those forces of separatism & terror that have always sought to disrupt/delay polls in J&K or will polls take […]
Srinagar: The latest round of peace talks between the United States and the Taliban will begin in Doha this week and include Taliban political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Qatar said on Sunday, despite earlier reports suggesting his absence. US officials have been keen to negotiate with Baradar, hoping the Taliban’s co-founder and military veteran […]
Srinagar: The Supreme Court of India Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking judicial inquiry into alleged administrative lapses in the Uri and Pulwama attacks, news gathering agency ANI reported. Advocate Vineet Dhanda last week filed a PIL plea in the Supreme Court for an independent probe led by a retired apex court judge into […]
Srinagar: Mandi township in Poonch district is observing a shutdown on Monday to protests in defence of Article 35-A. Reports said that the commercial establishments are shut in the township while public transport is off the roads. The call for shutdown was issued by traders and members of religious bodies in Mandi and was also supported by […]
Washington: US President Donald Trump has announced that he would be delaying an increase in tariffs against China after recent talks between the two nations made “substantial progress”, and plans to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to reach a final deal to end a trade war. The US and China have been locked in an […]
Srinagar: A complete shutdown is being observed in southern Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Monday against the killing of three Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants in a gunfight with government forces on Sunday. Reports said that all the shops and business establishments are shut in the district while public transport is off the roads. They said that forces have […]
