EC orders 26 lakh bottles of indelible ink for LS polls
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission has ordered 26 lakh indelible ink bottles worth Rs 33 crore. The seven-phase election will begin on April 11 and conclude on May 19. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the poll panel had bought 21.5 lakh phials, 4.5 lakh less than […]
Virtual SIMs used in Pulwama attack; India to approach US for help
Srinagar: A request would be sent to the US to seek details from a service provider of “virtual SIMs”, which were used by the JeM suicide bomber behind the Pulwama attack and his Pakistan and Kashmir-based handlers, officials said. Piecing together probe from the site of the terror strike, searches carried out by the Jammu […]
Kashmiri Pandits thank PM for his ‘bold step’ to ban JKLF
New Delhi: A Kashmiri organisation Sunday welcomed the Centre’s move to ban separatist organisation JKLF and holding its founder, Yasin Malik, responsible for the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits. The Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora, a joint initiative of Kashmiri Pandit organisations in India and abroad, has been persistently and vehemently demanding the formal acknowledgement that what […]
NC, PDP equally responsible for destroying Kashmir: Er Rasheed
Handwara: Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) supremo Er. Rasheed on Sunday accused National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on being in hand-in-glove with the New Delhi so that special status of Jammu and Kashmir can be eroded. Addressing an election rally at Chinar Park, Handwrara, Er. Rasheed said, “At the time of much talked […]
Thousands attend New Zealand vigil to honour 50 mosque dead
Christchurch, Mar 24 (AP) Thousands of people have gathered in the New Zealand city of Christchurch to listen to prayers, songs and speeches at a vigil to remember the 50 people killed in a terrorist attack on two mosques. One of those watching from a wheelchair was 21-year-old Mustafa Boztas, who was shot in the […]
Imran orders probe into forced conversion and marriages of 2 teenage Hindu girls
Islamabad, Mar 24 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered a probe into reports of abduction, forced conversion and underage marriages of two teenage Hindu girls in Sindh province and to take immediate steps for their recovery, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Sunday. The two girls, Raveena (13) and Reena (15), were allegedly kidnapped […]
Army personnel killed in LoC firing by Pakistan
Jammu, Mar 24 (PTI) An Army personnel was killed Sunday in firing by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. They said the cross-border firing started in Shahpur and Kerni areas of Poonch around 5.30 pm Saturday and it continued intermittently through the night. The Indian Army […]
Normal life affected in Kashmir due to strike by separatists against JKLF ban
Srinagar, Mar 24 (PTI) Normal life was affected in Kashmir Sunday due to a strike called by the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), an amalgam of separatist groups, to protest against the ban on Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front led by Yasin Malik, officials said. Shops and business establishments remained closed while public transport was off the […]
13 terror financers in JK identified: Officials
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) Continuing crackdown on terror financers, security agencies have identified 13 people, including Hizbul Mujahideen founder Syed Salahuddin, Hurriyat leaders and businessmen, who are allegedly providing funds to terrorists and stone pelters at the behest of Pakistan spy agency ISI, officials said Sunday. The Centre has started seizing properties belonging to terror […]
Man held with pistol in Delhi Metro
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) A 38-year-old man has been apprehended at a Delhi Metro station Sunday for allegedly carrying a pistol in his bag, officials said. CISF personnel apprehended Vishal C, a resident of Lajpat Nagar in Delhi, at the Anand Vihar Metro station at around 6 AM after the X-ray baggage scanner detected a […]
