US trying to find common ground between India and Pakistan: Pompeo
Washington, Mar 5 (PTI) The United States is trying to find a common ground between India and Pakistan, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said, describing Kashmir as a long-standing battle between the two South Asian neighbours. Pompeo cited the India-Pak dispute and the Israeli conflict as recent examples of America’s negotiating diplomatic skills, about […]
US to terminate GSP designation of India, Turkey
Washington, Mar 5 (PTI) Arguing that New Delhi had failed to assure America that it would provide equitable and reasonable access to its markets in numerous sectors, US President Donald Trump on Monday informed the US Congress about his intent to terminate the designation of India and Turkey as a beneficiary developing country under the Generalised […]
Tral Encounter: One militant killed as gunfight rages on
Srinagar: One militant has been killed in the ongoing operation in Mir Mohalla in Tral area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday morning. A senior Police official said that yesterday after initial brief exchange of firing there was a long lull, but we had tightened the cordon and sealed all the exit routes of […]
ECI visit: Hold simultaneous assembly, LS polls in JK, says Political Parties
Srinagar: The political parties of Kashmir Monday impressed upon the Election Commission of India (ECI) to hold the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir simultaneously with the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The ECI Monday began a two-day visit to the state to assess the feasibility of holding the Lok Sabha and the assembly polls simultaneously. […]
Citizens group in Delhi seeks peaceful solution to Kashmir issue
New Delhi: A group of Delhiites Monday urged the governments of India and Pakistan to look for a peaceful solution to the Kashmir issue. Banding under the #citizensagainstwar, they gathered at Jantar Mantar and formed a human chain in protest of the airstrikes by India on Pakistan and the counter strikes by Pakistan. Holding the […]
Pak planning a decisive crackdown on militant, extremist groups: Reports
ISLAMABAD: A decisive crackdown on extremist and militant organisations in the country looks imminent, leading news organization ‘Dawn’ reported Monday. “The action would soon be visible as things progress,” a source told a group of journalists at a background briefing on Sunday. The imminence of an action against extremist groups was confirmed by Information Minister […]
Imran links Kashmir resolution with Nobel peace prize
Says whosoever solves Kashmir issue will be worthy of the prize
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said the person who solves the Kashmir issue will be worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize, days after a resolution was submitted in Parliament endorsing him for the prestigious award, citing his “efforts to de-escalate” tensions with India. “I am not worthy of the Nobel Peace prize. […]
Army kills leopard in Shopian, Wildlife officials seek FIR
Shopian: Army men on Saturday late night shot dead a leopard in Pehlipora village of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. A police official said a patrolling party of 44 RR opened fire on the leopard after it ‘attacked’ them in Pehlipora. The leopard received many bullets on his body due to which he died before wildlife […]
Highway troubles: Fresh landslide halts traffic for 15 hours
No movement of fresh traffic tomorrow
Banihal/Jammu: A fresh landslide halted traffic for nearly 15 hours on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway even as over 3,000 Kashmir-bound vehicles, mostly carrying passengers, crossed the Jawahar Tunnel — the gateway to the valley on Monday, officials said. The 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, is partially […]
China maintains calm on Beijing’s plan for sending special envoy to India, Pak
Beijing: China on Monday kept mum on Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mohammad Qureshi’s claim that Beijing plans to send a special envoy to Pakistan and India to ease tensions following the Pulwama terror attack, but said the two countries can resolve their differences through friendly negotiations. Pakistani media on March 2 quoted Qureshi as saying […]
