Srinagar: Terming the attacks on Kahsmiri students and traders in parts of mainland India as shameful, Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday prayed for the safety and wellbeing of all. Mirwaiz said that open threats of boycott and expulsion of Kashmiri students is condemnable. He said that the people of Kashmir will uphold the […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday held RCom chairman Anil Ambani and two others guilty of contempt of court for violating its order by not paying dues of Rs 550 crore to Ericsson, and said they faced a three-month jail term if Rs 453 crore was not paid to the telecom equipment maker in […]
New Delhi: Slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for receiving Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the airport, the Congress on Wednesday asked whether according a “grand welcome” to those who praised Pakistan’s “anti-terror” efforts was his way of remembering CRPF personnel killed in Pulwama attack . In a special gesture, Prime Minister Modi on […]
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency is taking help of Maruti Suzuki engineers to identify the owners of the Eeco van that was used in the Pulwama suicide bombing that which left 49 CRPF personnel dead and several others in injured. “A metal plate having some numbers on it was found from the blast site. The engineers, who […]
Srinagar: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman on Wednesday met President Ram Nath Kovind at the Presidential Palace in Delhi during his day-long official visit to India. The prince, who was accorded a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, said on the occasion that Riyadh wishes to maintain and improve ties with Delhi “for the […]
Srinagar: The United Nations has asked the government of India for additional escorts for its military observers in Kashmir after one of its vehicles was stopped by a group of protesters in Jammu, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said. “The observer group reported on February 16 that a UN vehicle in the city of […]
Srinagar: Militant organisation Hizbul Mujahideen has warned of fidayeen (suicide) attacks by young boys “as it has become a do-or-die situation for them”. The warning comes five days after a suicide bomber of JeM rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a bus in a CRPF convoy on Srinagar-Jammu highway at Lethpora, Pulwama, killing at least 49 […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani has expressed condolence over the demise of senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Majeed Fazili of Ahmad Nagar Soura. Geelani in a statement said that Fazili was a noble soul, an affectionate human being, a caring citizen, a religious and inspirational lover for Islam and freedom. “The workers of his […]
Srinagar: A paratrooper who was critically injured in a gunfight seven days ago at Ratnipora area of Pulwama in south Kashmir, has succumbed to injuries in a military hospital. Official sources said that the soldier Sandeep Kumar of 10 PARA succumbed to injuries at army’s 92 base hospital Badamibagh here. On Feb 12, an army […]
Jammu: Authorities temporarily relaxed the ongoing curfew in Jammu for a few hours Wednesday. The curfew, which was imposed on February 15, has been relaxed in all parts of the district from 8 am to 12 noon., an official said. However, all educational institutes will remain shut and the exams scheduled for Wednesday have been […]
