Pak court tells Govt to send Indian national Hamid Nihal Ansari home within one month
Islamabad/Peshawar, Dec 14 (PTI) A top court in Pakistan has given one month deadline to the federal government to complete formalities to deport Indian prisoner Hamid Nihal Ansari, whose three-year jail term will end on Saturday. Ansari, a 33-year-old Mumbai resident, is currently lodged in the Peshawar Central Jail after being sentenced by a military court […]
PM Modi’s foreign trips cost taxpayers more than Rs 2,000 crore
IAIN MARLOW New Delhi: The cost of Modi’s 84 foreign trips includes the maintenance of Air India One & setting up a secure hotline. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hectic travel schedule over the past four-and-a-half years cost Indian taxpayers about $280 million as he made 84 trips around the world, according to India’s […]
Two LeT militants killed in Sopore encounter
Srinagar: Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were killed in an overnight encounter with security forces in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said Thursday. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Brath Kalan area of Sopore on Wednesday evening following information about presence of militants there, a police official said. He said […]
Thousands attend funeral prayers
Sopore: Thousands of people on Thursday participated in the funeral prayers of two slain Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants- Owais Ahmad Bhat and Tahir Ramzan Dar who were killed in an overnight gunfight that broke out in Brath Kalan area of north Kashmir’s Sopore area. Reports said that thousands of people from Zaingeer belt of Sopore including […]
Resettlement law in JK: SC seeks details on possible returnees from Pak
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, which is hearing a plea challenging the validity of the sensitive Jammu and Kashmir Resettlement Act of 1982, sought to know Thursday as to how many people who migrated from the state have applied for returning from Pakistan. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked the state government’s […]
Myth that BJP is invincible, broken: Omar
New Delhi: The recent assembly poll results have demonstrated that the BJP is not invincible as there is “anger” among people over several of the Centre’s policies, including on agriculture, rising fuel prices and demonetisation, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said Thursday. Abdullah said the results made it clear that there is […]
Expelled Jammu leader calls BJP ‘anti-Dalit’
Says he was victimised for being one
Jammu: Days after his expulsion from the BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit, Gagan Bhagat has accused the state party leadership of being “anti-Dalit” and alleged he was victimized for being one. He claimed that the party’s debacle in the recently concluded assembly elections in five states was a result of its “anti-Dalit” ideology. Going against […]
BJP issues defamation notice
Jammu: The Jammu & Kashmir BJP Thursday said it has issued a defamation notice to its expelled leader Gagan Bhagat for levelling “unfounded and abusive” allegations against state party president and state general secretary. The party had Monday expelled the former RS Pura MLA for indiscipline and anti-party activities. “The BJP has issued a defamation […]
Temp in Gulmarg coldest at minus 9.5 deg C
Srinagar: Higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Thursday while the plains witnessed intermittent rains as the minimum temperature settled below the freezing point at most places in the Valley and Ladakh region. Snowfall has been recorded in the higher areas of the valley like Qazigund, Kokernag, Pahalgam and Mughal Road during […]
MeT predicts dry spell for next ten days
Srinagar: As the higher reaches especially in southern Kashmir received fresh snowfall, the local Meteorological department here on Thursday predicted a dry spell for next ten days. Director MeT, Sonum Lotus said that there is no forecast of rain or snow in the next ten days. “We are predicting a dry spell from today (Thursday) […]
