Mine protected vehicles, 30-seater buses for CRPF convoys in Kashmir: DG
New Delhi, Mar 25 (PTI) The CRPF will procure a new fleet of mine protected vehicles (MPVs) and small 30-seater buses to ensure safety of its troop convoys in the Kashmir Valley, the chief of the force has said. The paramilitary has also decided to enhance the number of its bomb detection and disposal squads (BDDS) […]
Mehbooba Mufti playing role of Asiya Andrabi says Er Rasheed
Baramulla : Awami Ittehad Party leader Er Rasheed on Monday said that former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir is playing role of Asiya Andrabi now to gain image on ground level. Er Rasheed while addressing media after filing nomination papers at DC office Baramulla for upcoming elections said that Mehbooba Mufti for gaining vote […]
Pakistan gives green signal to open Sharda Temple Corridor
Srinagar: Pakistan on Monday gave a green single to open Sharda Temple Corridor in Jammu and Kashmir for Hindu pilgrims, particularly in the neighbouring country. According to Express News, sources in the ministry of foreign affairs said India’s foreign ministry already sent a proposal to open the corridor in this regard. “After Kartarpur, a piece […]
Rahul Gandhi promises big-bang minimum income scheme; 20 % families to get Rs 72K annually
New Delhi (PTI) In a big bang election promise, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday announced that 20 per cent families belonging to the poorest category will be given Rs 72,000 each annually as minimum income if his party comes to power. Making the announcement at a press conference here, Gandhi said five crore families […]
Two injured as armed robbers looted petrol pump in JK”s Kathua
Jammu, (PTI): Two persons were injured after they were shot at by robbers who looted cash from a filling station on Jammu-Pathankot highway in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said Monday. Three bike-borne masked robbers reached a petrol pump at Seswan in Chadwal area of Rajbagh Saturday night and shot at and injured […]
Air strike kills 13 civilians, mostly children, in Afghanistan
Kabul, (AFP) At least 13 civilians were killed, mostly children, in an air strike by “international forces” in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz late last week, the United Nations said Monday. The strike happened between late Friday and early Saturday in support of ground operations conducted by pro-government forces fighting against Taliban militants in […]
International Conference on Silk-Route begins at KU
Srinagar: A two -day International Conference on ‘Silk Route-Historical and Contemporary Relevance’ organised by Centre of Central Asian Studies (CCAS), University of Kashmir started here at KU on Monday. Scholars, faculty members, students and delegates drawn from various Institutes of India and Central Asia such as Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, JNU, Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi University are […]
SC asks EC to file reply on increasing VVPAT sample survey per assembly segment
New Delhi, Mar 25 (PTI) The Supreme Court Monday directed the Election Commission (EC) to reply by March 28 if it can increase the number of VVPAT sample survey from one in each assembly segment at present for the upcoming general and assembly elections. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta […]
BJP leader demands FIR against Akbar Lone
Baramulla: Bharatiya Janata Party leader M. M War on Monday said that an FIR should be registered against National Conference senior leader Akbar Lone for his recent statements . War who filed nomination papers for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections told reporters that Lone was enacting a drama for votes by issuing misleading statements against […]
Clashes erupt during CASO in Arwani Bijbehara
Bijbehara: Clashes erupted between protesters and government forces, who had launched cordon and search operation in Arwani Bijbehara . Reports reaching KNO that as the searches were intensified in the area, youth took to streets and pelted stones on government forces. “They retaliated by firing tear smoke shells to disperse protesters,” locals claimed. Earlier […]
