Srinagar: Reacting to the stand off between the Mamta Banerjee and Central Bureau of Investigation, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has said that the central government is using institutions like CBI to settle personal political scores. “It is unfortunate that the institutions like CBI are used to settle personal political scores. Earlier, we […]
Srinagar: The Taliban has said they would send a delegation to Russia for a rare meeting with Afghan opposition leaders, just days after peace talks with the United States that excluded the Kabul government. The two-day sit-down in Moscow, starting on Tuesday, will be attended by some of President Ashraf Ghani’s chief political rivals, but none […]
Srinagar: Pakistan President Dr Arif Alvi will address a special session of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly on Tuesday to reiterate Pakistan’s support to “Kashmir’s freedom struggle”. Pertinently, Pakistan in celebrating Kashmir Solidarity Day on Tuesday, Feb 5. The Pakistan president’s address will be one of the several events and ceremonies scheduled to […]
Srinagar: Kashmir highway Monday was through for one-way traffic from winter capital city Jammu to Summer capital city Srinagar. An official said that around 3,000 vehicles, mostly trucks, are stranded. He said that the trucks were unable to cross the Jawahar Tunnel on Sunday evening due to slippery road conditions in Banihal and Lower Munda in Qazigund. […]
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Sunday said military intervention in Venezuela was “an option”, as Western countries are building pressure on socialist leader Nicolas Maduro to step down and hand over power to opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim President Juan Guaido. The US, which recognised Guaido as interim president on January 23, is leading a […]
Srinagar: Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command visited forward locations in Western Ladakh on Sunday. According to the defense spokesperson, Singh was briefed on the operational readiness being maintained in the sector. He met and interacted with troops deployed in some of the most hostile terrain and adverse weather conditions in the […]
Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has bid farewell to her 2.5 million Facebook followers after deciding to shut down her page on the social network. In a video statement shared on the page on Friday, Merkel attributed the decision to the fact that she was no longer leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, […]
Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the last leg of day-long visit to Jammu and Kashmir, arrived here this afternoon, to inaugurate and lay foundation stone of several development projects, including AIIMS. Mr Modi visited the interior parts of Dal Lake in a motorboat, despite chilly weather conditions. Unprecedented security arrangements have been made in […]
Srinagar: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday left for the United Kingdom where he is scheduled to attend events organised to highlight human rights violations in Indian-occupied Kashmir. Qureshi will be addressing the International Kashmir Conference, to be held on Monday at the House of Commons by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Pakistan […]
Srinagar: All roads leading to far flung and remote villages, including those near the Line of Control (LoC), in Kupwara and Bandipora in north Kashmir remained closed for the past about three weeks due to accumulation of several feet snow. The main roads from district headquarter Kupwara to border towns of Keran, Karnah, Machil and […]
