By Press Desk on February 23, 2019
KASHMIR, LATEST NEWS

Bareilly: Three Kashmiri girl students of the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) have been booked for allegedly forwarding controversial comments, along with their own remarks, against the Indian Army on an instant messaging app following the Pulwama militant attack, police said Saturday. According to an official, after the deadly Pulwama attack on February 14, these girls […]
By Press Desk on February 23, 2019
JAMMU, LATEST NEWS

Jammu: Two shops and as many vehicles were gutted in a fire in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Saturday, police said. The fire, which broke out in the early hours in Mendhar town damaged the shops of Shuban Gupta and Amit Tandon and the cars of Mohammad Zubair and Mohammad Aijaz, which were parked […]
By Press Desk on February 23, 2019
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Srinagar: A man from Haryana, claiming to be an activist of the Akali Dal, was Saturday taken into preventive custody by police at Lal Chowk here as he was shouting slogans. Deepak Sharma was taken into custody near the iconic Clock Tower at Lal Chowk in the early hours as he was shouting slogans like […]
By Press Desk on February 23, 2019
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Jaipur: Paying homage to CRPF personnel killed in the Pulwama attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday peace in the world is not possible if terrorism continues. Speaking at a rally in Rajasthan’s Tonk district, he said a strong consensus has been reached against “terrorism” today and the entire world is with the families of […]
By Press Desk on February 23, 2019
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Bandipora: Nine persons sustained injuries on Saturday after the vehicle they were traveling in met with an accident in Putshay area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district . Reports said that a vehicle bearing registration number JK02P-7845 was on its way to Sopore when the driver of the vehicle lost control and vehicle turned turtle. In the […]
By Press Desk on February 23, 2019
KASHMIR, LATEST NEWS

Srinagar: The National Conference Saturday took out a protest march here against the intimidation and harassment of the people of Kashmir outside the valley and demanded such attacks be immediately stopped. Scores of NC activists, led by party general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar, assembled at the party headquarters ‘Nawai-Subah’ here and took out a protest march. […]
By Press Desk on February 23, 2019
KASHMIR, LATEST NEWS

Srinagar: A Delhi court on Saturday deferred the hearing on the bail plea of Hurriyat leader Shabir Ahmad Shah till April 2. Shah is lodged in Tihar Jail in a decade-old money laundering case. The court of Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora had on February 18 sought response from the Enforcement Directorate on Shah’s […]
By Press Desk on February 23, 2019
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Srinagar: The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Saturday condemned the stopping of government advertisements to two English dailies– Greater Kashmir and Kashmir Reader, calling the move as a futile attempt to ‘manipulate the news narrative.’ In a statement issued today, a KCCI spokesperson said the move is an attempt to interfere in the […]
By Press Desk on February 23, 2019
LATEST NEWS, OPINION

After Pulwama, a suffocation has gripped India. Not to put too fine a point on this, political opinion now operates under the disconcerting thought that Pakistan is in some significant sense, winning. The anger against Pakistan is justified. But what we are witnessing in India is more a paroxysm of self-loathing rather than […]
By Press Desk on February 23, 2019
LATEST NEWS, WORLD

Washington: US President Donald trump has said he may host his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at his personal Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida next month to discuss the final terms of a trade deal that is being negotiated by the two countries. The world’s two largest economies are locked in a trade war since Trump imposed heavy […]