Srinagar: Clashes erupted between protesters and government forces during Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Hajin area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday. Sources said that fallowing the inputs about the presence of militants in the area, the forces launched a joint CASO in Boni-Khan area of Hajin. As the forces launched the CASO youths […]
Five people died after a King Air C90 charter aircraft crashed in Ghatkopar, the congested central suburbs of Mumbai, on Thursday afternoon. All occupants on board, which included two pilots — Capt P S Rajput and Capt Maria — and two aircraft maintenance engineers along with one person on ground are dead. The name of […]
SRINAGAR: The government today ordered posting of staff in the personal sections of the advisors to the governor. According to an order issued by the General Administration Department, Tassaduq Hussain Mir, KAS, additional secretary to the government, Tourism Department, has been transferred and posted as officer on special duty to K Vijay Kumar, advisor to the […]
Srinagar: Days after journalist Shujaat Bukhari’s killing in Srinagar, police has revealed names of four accused involved in his brutal murder. One of the killers is Pakistani and a Lashkar-e-Taiba militant, while the other two are locals from south Kashmir, police said. Shujaat Bukhari, the editor of Rising Kashmir, was shot dead on June 14 […]
SRINAGAR: To ensure safe and secure movement of pilgrims for annual Shri Amarnathji Yatra-2018, Police today issued traffic advisory indicating detailed cut-off timing at various places enroute the holy cave on both Baltal and Pahalgam routes. The advisory shall be applicable for the tourists as well. As per the advisory, the cut-off time for the pilgrims […]
Srinagar: Governor N N Vohra on Thursday visited the holy cave shrine of Amarnath hi Yatra, paid obeisance at the Sanctum Sanctorum and prayed for sustained peace, harmony, progress and prosperity in the State. On account of continuing rain since last night the annual Yatra to the Holy Cave Shrine of Shri Amarnathji in the Kashmir […]
Washington: Notwithstanding “the continued adherence by Iran” to its nuclear-related commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the agreement is “at a crossroads” the United Nations top political official has said. “On 8 May 2018, the United States announced its withdrawal from the agreement. The Secretary-General … believes that issues not directly related […]
New Delhi: Accusing the Narendra Modi government of politicising the surgical strikes carried out by the Indian Army, the Congress on Thursday said the BJP used it as a tool to garner votes. Talking to reporters here, AICC media in charge Randeep Surjewala said, ‘Let the ruling dispensation remember that the blood and sacrifice of […]
Jammu: Tension erupted in Ramban town along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway after some local youths intercepted a truck carrying cattle to Kashmir and set it ablaze on Wednesday night. Nearly two dozen bovines were rescued by local police before the vehicle was set ablaze, sources said. Its three occupants, including the driver, managed to escape. […]
New Delhi: The United States has deferred 2 plus 2 dialogue with India but said a convenient dates will be worked out soon. MEA spokesman Raveesh Kumar tweeted here and said that the US Secretary of State Pompeo spoke to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to express his regret and deep disappointment as the US […]
