Washington: The United States issued a travel advisory for its citizens visiting India due to increased risk of ‘terrorism’ in Jammu and Kashmir and the prevailing tension in the country, an official statement said. “US issues Level 2 travel alert for India — “exercise increased caution,” warning Americans to not visit most of Jammu and […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah described Election Commission’s decision to not hold assembly elections in the state as “surrender to Pakistan, to militants and to the Hurriyat”. “In light of the failure to conduct assembly elections on time in J&K I’m retweeting my tweets from a few […]
Srinagar: Two militants were killed in a gunfight with government forces at Pinglish area of Tral in South Kashmir’ s Pulwama district on Sunday. A senior Police officer that two militants have been killed and their bodies have been recovered along with as many rifles. The identities of the slain militants are yet to be […]
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has termed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) summon to Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Syed Ali Geelani’s son Syed Naseem Geelani and asking them to present themselves before NIA court in New Delhi on Monday, as sheer political vendetta deserving strongest condemnation. JRL said that NIA raids on the residences of […]
Srinagar: The Election Commission of India (ECI) today announced Lok Sabha polls to be held in seven phases across India. However much to the surprise for regional political parties in Jammu and Kashmir, the ECI has put on hold the assembly elections in the state, which is currently under Presidential rule. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil […]
Srinagar: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday said that Pakistan wants peace but if India resorts to any aggression, “we will give a befitting response”, Radio Pakistan reported. Talking to media in Sukkur today, he regretted that the Indian posture is so “belligerent that even the Indian cricket players are wearing caps of their […]
Jaipur: A MiG-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district on Friday with the pilot ejecting safely, a defence ministry spokesperson said. The aircraft was on a routine mission and crashed after getting airborne from the Nal airbase near Bikaner. The pilot of the aircraft ejected safely, the spokesperson […]
Srinagar: The Election Commission will soon announce its schedule for the high-voltage Lok Sabha elections, which is likely to be spread over 7-8 phases in April-May, sources said on Thursday adding that in Jammu and Kashmir only Lok Sabha polls will be held while Assembly polls will be kept on hold due to security reasons. Top […]
Srinagar: The United States, while providing F-16 fighter jets to Islamabad, not only acknowledged the aircraft’s “deterrence value” to Pakistan in a future conflict with India but also noted that it could prevent a nuclear clash between the two neighbours. Both points are specifically mentioned in a message the then US ambassador in Islamabad Anne […]
Srinagar: “As long as India and Pakistan refuse to deal with their core dispute — the future of Kashmir — they face unpredictable, possibly terrifying, consequences,” the New York times stated in its editorial on Thursday. It said that the current focus on North Korea’s growing arsenal obscures the fact that the most likely trigger […]
