Kashmiri journalists targets of paramilitaries violence with govt’s ‘tacit consent’: RSF
Srinagar: Reporters Sans Frontiers on Thursday said that the reportage from Kashmiri journalists working for local media outlets are often the targets of violence by paramilitaries acting with the central government’s tacit consent. In its 2019 report, the RSF said that the region, that the authorities regard as sensitive continues to be very difficult. Foreign reporters are […]
Second phase of LS polls: Srinagar, Udhumpur to vote amid tight security arrangements today
Srinagar: Strict security arrangements have been put in place for the two Parliamentary constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir that go to polls along with 93 LS seats spread across 11 states and one Union territory today. In Jammu and Kashmir, authorities have deployed over 80 companies for election duty in the twin constituencies of Srinagar […]
Kashmir witnessing ‘Jungle Raj’: Mehbooba
Says people having a 'rethink' over state's accession to India
Srinagar: PDP President Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday claimed the situation in Kashmir has worsened to an extent that the people have begun rethinking over the state’s accession to India. “There is a law of jungle here. Yesterday an SDM and other staffers with him were beaten up by the Army. Prison inmates are beaten up, bodies […]
Omar, Mehbooba maintain Twitter niceties in poll time
Srinagar: He condemned the attack on her convoy and she did the same when a leader of his party was targeted with a grenade a day later. Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah may be arch political rivals but make sure to maintain civility when the other’s party is attacked. […]
Death due to Highway blockade: CRPF orders high-level inquiry, expresses condolences
New Delhi: The CRPF has ordered a “high-level inquiry” into the death of a patient as his ambulance was stopped due to the latest restriction imposed on the movement of civilian traffic in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack. The force issued a public statement saying it was “deeply anguished […]
Azhar listing: China says no Apr 23 deadline fixed
Beijing: China on Wednesday dismissed reports that the US, UK and France have served it an ultimatum until April 23 to lift its “technical hold” on designating Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist but claimed that the vexed issue is “moving towards settlement”. After the Pulwama attack, a fresh proposal to designate […]
Pak PM Imran Khan to visit China for Belt and Road Forum
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit China next week to attend the 2nd Belt and Road Forum and hold bilateral meetings with the top Chinese leadership, the Foreign Office announced on Wednesday. China will hold the Belt and Road Forum (BRF), which provides a platform to countries participating in the Belt and Road […]
Imran’s remarks about BJP win a ‘reverse swing’ to affect polls: Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a swipe at his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan over his claim that Indo-Pak peace talks will have a better chance if the BJP wins in Lok Sabha polls, saying it was an attempt by the former cricketer to influence the elections in India with his reverse swing. […]
