North Korea goes to polls to approve new parliament lineup
Pyongyang, Mar 10 (AP) Millions of North Korean voters, including leader Kim Jong Un, went to the polls on Sunday to elect roughly 700 members to the national legislature. In typical North Korean style, the vote was more of an endorsement than a competitive contest voters were presented with just one state-sanctioned candidate per seat. They […]
Residential house damaged in cross LoC shelling in Uri
Srinagar:Cross border shelling again in Uri Sector of northern region of Kashmir created panic among residents on early Sunday. Reports said that cross-border firing and shelling took place in Kamalkote sector in Uri during the night and continued in the morning hours today resulting in damage to one house belonging to Mohammad Sadiq Barwal son […]
Cordon and search operation started in Tral village
Pulwama: Government forces on Sunday morning launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Pinglish area of Tral in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Official sources said that the search operation was jointly launched by the 42 RR and SOG Tral after receiving credible information about the presence of militants in the village. The search operation […]
Pak demands India’s removal from terror financing watchdog’s review body
Islamabad: Pakistan has asked the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international terror financing watchdog, to remove India as co-chair of its Asia-Pacific Joint Group, the Finance Ministry said. Currently placed on the FATF’s ‘grey list’, Pakistan has been scrambling in recent months to avoid being added to a list of countries deemed non-compliant with […]
Missing Italian, British climbers found dead on Pak’s ‘killer mountain’
Islamabad: The bodies of two mountaineers from the UK and Italy were found Saturday in northern Pakistan, nearly two weeks after the duo went missing while trying to climb Nanga Parbat in Gilgit-Baltisitan region, the Italian ambassador said . Italian national Daniele Nardi, 42, and Tom Ballard, a 30-year-old Briton, went missing on February 24 […]
Twelve dead in Colombia plane crash
Bogota, Mar 10 (AFP) A plane crash in Colombia killed 12 people on Saturday, including a mayor and her family, aviation and emergency services said. The Douglas DC-3 aircraft, an American-made twin-engine propeller plane that was first produced in the 1930s, crashed in the centre-east of the country on a flight between the towns of San […]
Forces start cordon and search operation in Shopian village
Shopian: Government forces on Sunday morning launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Braripora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. Official sources said that the search operation was jointly launched by the 44 RR and SOG Shopian after receiving credible information about the presence of militants in the area. The search operation was going […]
Pak soil won’t be used to carry out terror acts: Imran Khan
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that no person or organisation would be allowed to carry out terror acts in other countries by using the soil of Pakistan, a media report said Saturday. Addressing his first public gathering on Friday in Thar district of the Sidh province since becoming the prime minister, Khan said […]
India now follows a new policy on terror, says Modi
Slams Congress for asking for proof on air strikes
Noida (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday again hit out at those seeking proof of India’s air strike at Balakot in Pakistan and slammed the previous Congress government for its handling of terror attacks like the one in Mumbai in 2008. Addressing a public meeting in Greater Noida, Modi said the “corrupt” are opposing […]
