Relations turn sour: Pak says no immediate plans on granting MFN status to India
Lahore: Pakistan has “no immediate plans” to grant Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India, a senior aide to Prime Minister Imran Khan has said, amid the chill in bilateral ties. Asked whether the government was considering granting MFN status to India and that Prime Minister Khan was keen to hold peace talks with the […]
Omar praises Madhav for clearing the air
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Wednesday said it was sensible of BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav to clear the air about government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, which is under governor’s rule since June. The former chief minister was reacting to Madhav’s statement that the BJP had decided the governor’s rule should continue […]
Guv rule is here to stay, says Ram Madhav
Says NC, PDP should clear stand on participating in state polls
Kathua: Accusing the NC and the PDP of trying to scuttle the democratic process, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav has asked them to clear stand on whether they would participate in state assembly elections or boycott them, like they did during the local bodies polls. Asked about any proposal to dissolve the Jammu and Kashmir […]
Without naming Pak, Modi calls it ‘fountain head of terror acts’
Says all leads in global terror attacks ultimately point to 'single source'
Singapore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday told US Vice President Mike Pence that all the traces and all the leads in the global terror attacks ultimately leads to a “single source and single place of origin”, in an apparent reference to Pakistan. Modi, who held talks with Pence on a wide range of bilateral […]
Re-scheduled academic calendars by DSEK proved a dampener
Srinagar: Bellying the tall claims of increasing the number of working day in schools, the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) failed to implement the re-scheduled academic calendar which was aimed to compensate the academic losses in Kashmir during the academic year 2017-18. The new academic calendar was announced by school education department in May […]
Let Kashmir be an independent nation, suggests Afridi
Srinagar: Former Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi said that he is pained at the loss of lives in Kashmir. Talking to a group of students in London, the United Kingdom he said that Kashmir shouldn’t be given to Pakistan as the country is struggling to manage its existing four provinces. Speaking to the students at London’s […]
Rains lash plains, higher reaches experience snowfall
Weather to improve from today, dry conditions to prevail till Nov 21
Weather to improve from today, dry conditions to prevail till Nov 21
Admin issues avalanche warning
SRINAGAR: As per the communication of Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, there is a danger of avalanches from November 13, 2018 (1700 hrs) to 14th November 2018 (1700 hrs) in avalanche prone areas of Bandipora, Baramulla, Anantnag, Kulgam, Budgam, Kupwara, Ganderbal, Leh and Kargil districts of Kashmir Division. The Deputy Commissioners of the concerned districts have been […]
200 militants killed, 50 arrested in 2018 in JK: Reports
Srinagar: 200 militants have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir so far in 2018, media reports said on Wednesday among whom 109 were killed in southern Kashmir and 45 in north Kashmir. India Today reported that while most of the slain militants belonged to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the highest number were killed in southern Kashmir. […]
