Will inform about decision on polls in JK soon: CEC
Jammu: Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Tuesday said that the commission had discussions with top officials over conducting simultaneous Assembly and Lok Sabha polls in Jammu and Kashmir and the EC will inform about the decision at a press conference in Delhi. The CEC’s remarks came after EC finished its two-day visit to Jammu […]
Shutdown call by trade body evokes mixed response
Srinagar: Normal life was hit partially in the Valley on Tuesday due to a strike called by the traders’ community to protest against the extension of central laws to Jammu and Kashmir and the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir. Shops and other business establishments remained closed in Kashmir due to the strike called by […]
Cross-LoC trade through Kaman post resumes
Srinagar: The cross-LoC trade on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road resumed on Tuesday after it was suspended last week following an aerial engagement between the air forces of India and Pakistan. As many as 70 trucks crossed the Kaman Post in Uri sector on the LoC as part of the barter trade between the divided parts of Kashmir […]
Pulwama, Balakot being politicized, says Omar
Srinagar: NC leader Omar Abdullah said Tuesday the opposition parties need to switch strategies by focussing on issues such as rural distress and unemployment in order to deny Prime Minister Narendra Modi the space to “politicise” the Pulwama terror attack and the Balakot air strike. The Indian air strike at a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) camp in […]
300 mobile phones were active at the site on bombing in Balakote: Rajnath
Says number of people killed in strike will be known 'today or tomorrow'
Dhubri (Assam): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday said the number of terrorists killed in the air strike by Indian Air Force on the training camp of Jaish-e-Mohammed in Pakistan’s Balakot would be known “today or tomorrow”. He claimed that National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) system had informed about presence of around 300 active mobile […]
DSEK seeks mass transfer of teachers ahead of school reopening
‘Move likely to disturb academics in schools’
Srinagar: In a bizarre move, the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) has initiated the process for transfer of teachers and masters a week ahead of reopening of schools post over two month long winter vacations. The process for transfer of teaching staff in schools was scheduled to be started in December and January and […]
India set to lose preferential trade status with US
New Delhi says move won’t hurt much WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has announced plans to scrap the preferential trade treatment for India, claiming that New Delhi has failed to assure the US of “equitable and reasonable” access to its markets, a move India said will not have a “significant impact” on its exports to America. […]
