Islamabad: A day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi cruised back to power so hoped by his Pakistan counterpart Imran Khan, Islamabad favoured peaceful resolution of disputes with India and said it was ready to hold negotiations on all outstanding issues. During an “informal chat” with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, […]
Srinagar: Even as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) managed to stage a comeback with a vengeance in majority of Indian States, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi tipped to lead the country for second term, Jammu and Kashmir saw the massive win of National Conference on all three seats—Anantnag, Srinagar and Kupwara with huge margins leaving Peoples […]
Srinagar: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Thursday said the country has rejected an alternative to the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “second term” is not a “fluke”. Omar also requested the BJP leader to “take everyone along” in the coming five years as “this country belongs to all”. “We fought the election and tried to […]
Srinagar: Elaborate security arrangements have been made in Jammu and Kashmir for counting of votes tomorrow for six Lok Sabha seats. Security personnel including central reserve police forces (CRPF) and state police will be deployed tomorrow in all the counting centres for ensuring smooth and violence-free counting, official sources said. “There will be a three […]
Srinagar: Governor Satya pal Malik on Wednesday said that his administration wants an elected government to take over in Jammu and Kashmir soon. He also apologized to the people for the restrictions imposed on civilian movement on Srinagar-Jammu highway twice a week. Talking to the reporters after inaugurating the second phase of Jahangir Chowk-Ram Bagh […]
Srinagar: Following a review of the security situation for Amarnath Yatra , Governor SP Malik led dispensation has decided to lift the restrictions on civilian movement on the National Highway (NH-44) connecting Jammu to Srinagar with effect from May 27. The government said these restrictions had become necessary following the movement of forces on an […]
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir BJP unit Tuesday batted strongly for grant of seats reserved in the state assembly to displaced people of Pakistan Administered Kashmir. Twenty-five seats are reserved for the people from that region. State BJP chief spokesperson Sunil Sethi said after a long struggle of more than seven decades, “the time has […]
Srinagar: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has removed the Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Srinagar Air Base, the senior-most officer of the base, for circumstances related to the crash of an Mi-17 helicopter near Srinagar on February 27 after it came under friendly fire, even as a Court-of-Inquiry (CoI) continues to investigate the matter. On February […]
Srinagar: National conference on Monday said that India and Pakistan need to sit across the table and share each other perspectives notwithstanding the intricacies of the issue that has been plaguing the bilateral ties between the two neighboring countries. A delegation of German diplomats on Monday called on political advisor to party vice president Tanvir […]
Srinagar: Army on Monday said that the number of local youth joining militant ranks has significantly reduced, saying that anti-militancy operations will continue with full vigor. General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command of Army, Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh told media persons that 86 militants have been killed in anti-militancy operations this year so far. He said […]
