Two militants killed in overnight Handwara encounter
Srinagar: Two militants were killed in an overnight encounter at Babagund village of Langate, Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Earlier, on Thursday night at around 9:00 pm, a contingents of army’s 22 RR, 92 battalion CRPF and SOG launched a cordon-and-search operation at Khanu Babagund hamlet in Langate. Reports said that the forces had […]
Pak PM Imran announces release of captured IAF pilot
Calls it 'first step' to open negotiations with India
Calls it ‘first step’ to open negotiations with India
Am doing everything for Kashmir resolution: Imran Khan
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said that an idea cannot be jailed and that the recent escalations along LoC were only because of Kahsmir issue. “All of this issue is because of Kashmir,” PM Khan said while addressing a joint session of parliament. “I want to ask the Indian public about all […]
Slain CRPF Jawan’s wife calls for end to Indo-Pak hostilities
Kolkata: Unfazed by trolls she faced for her advocacy of peace between India and Pakistan, the widow of a CRPF jawan killed in Pulwama attack Thursday asserted she stands by her view that dialogue should be “given a chance”. She also urged the Centre to ensure the safe release of Indian fighter pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, […]
Border skirmishes give sleepless nights to local residents
Laam LoC (Rajouri): Sakhee Mohmmmad, who lives barely 200 metres from the LoC in Pokhrni hamlet in Laam sector, left his house for the first time in four days on Thursday. Intense shelling and air intrusions by Pakistan jets have left hundreds of people living in villages along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir in […]
Lack of basic facilities: Education department ropes in district administration to equip government schools
Srinagar: The school education department has roped in the district administration to equip the government schools across the state with all basic facilities of electricity, toilets and drinking water. In this regard, the government has constituted district level committees headed by concerned deputy commissioners to achieve 100 percent target of saturation of all these facilities […]
Will evaluate India’s dossier on Pulwama attack with ‘open heart’: Pak FM
Islamabad: Pakistan Thursday said it will evaluate with an “open heart” the dossier handed over by India on “specific details” of the involvement of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in the Pulwama terror attack on CRPF and the presence of camps of the UN-proscribed terror outfit in the country. India handed over the dossier on Wednesday to […]
Saudi FM arrives in Pak with ‘important message’: Qureshi
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al Jubeir visited Islamabad on Thursday “carrying an important message” from the Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman. Qureshi said he spoke to the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia, a close ally of Pakistan, on Wednesday night and he expressed his desire to […]
