KABUL: The Taliban held its first official news conference in Kabul since the shock seizure of the city, declaring on Tuesday it wished for peaceful relations with other countries, the Al Jazeera reported. “We don’t want any internal or external enemies,” the movement’s main spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, said, reports added. The spokesman asserted that […]
Srinagar, Aug 17: At least 21 BJP workers were killed in different militant attacks in Jammu and Kashmir in the last two years, figures revealed on Tuesday. As per the details 23 BJP workers including some leaders were killed by militants in separate attacks in J&K in the past two years. Official sources said that […]
Srinagar, Aug 17: Scores of Shia mourners and policemen were injured on Tuesday after the authorities foiled the Muharram procession in Dalgate and Lal Chowk areas of the city. The authorities had also imposed restrictions in several areas of Srinagar in a bid to prevent the Shia mourners from carrying out the major procession in […]
Kulgam, Aug 17: Suspected militants on Tuesday shot dead a BJP worker in Brazloo area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. An official said that the BJP worker namely Javaid Ahmad Dar son of Abdullah Dar resident of Brazloo was shot dead outside his residence. “Javaid was the constituency in charge of BJP for Kulgam,” he […]
SRINAGAR: Scores of journalists were on Tuesday allegedly thrashed by the Jammu and Kashmir Police at Jehangir Chowk in Srinagar. Waseem Andrabi, a photojournalist working with Hindustan Times, said that the media persons were covering a Muharram procession at Jahangir Chowk. However, he said, the policemen from Shergari Police Station led by Station House Officer […]
Srinagar, Aug 17: Authorities on Tuesday imposed restrictions in and around commercial hub Lal Chowk to foil the Muharram procession. Official sources said that in view of Muharram procession that was scheduled to be taken out from Abi Guzar today, restrictions were imposed in Maisuma, Abiguzar, Trc, Dalgate, Budshah bridge, Gowkadal and Kralkhud areas. Notably, […]
Srinagar: Bharatiya Janta Party, (BJP), Member of Parliament (MP), Subramaniam Swamy has said that Taliban along with Pakistan and China will attack India a year after Afghanistan is secured, the Week reported. Taking to his Twitter handle, the former Union Minister said, “Taliban the first year will have as leaders of Afghanistan govt those who […]
Srinagar, Aug 16: After the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status on 5 August 2019, seven state commissions including state women’s commission were dissolved by the Government of India. However, two years later, the government is yet to re-establish the commission in the region leaving a population of more than twelve million in a […]
Srinagar, Aug 16: Jammu & Kashmir reported 77 new coronavirus cases while one person succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday. They said 23 of the cases were reported from Jammu Division and 54 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall case tally to 323499. Regarding the death, they said, […]
Srinagar: In the backdrop of the fall of Kabul, National General Secretary of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) Ram Madhav has warned that India should brace-up for serious security challenges in the coming days. Taking to twitter, Madhav said that Taliban has over ‘over 30K mercenaries trained in Pak by ISI,” Madhav tweeted. “In power in […]
