Train services to resume partially from Monday in JK

Srinagar, Feb 17: The train services will resume partially in Jammu and Kashmir from Banihal to Baramulla on 22 February (Monday). Chief Area Manager railways, Saqib Yousuf said that the train services will resume partially from 22 February. Chief Area manager has also written a letter to SSP/GRP/Srinagar to inform his office whether they have […]
Pentagon rethinking how to array forces to focus on China

Washington, Feb 17 (AP) The Biden administration faces a conundrum as it rethinks the positioning of military forces around the world: How to focus more on China and Russia without retreating from longstanding Mideast threats and to make this shift with potentially leaner Pentagon budgets. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered a monthslong global posture review […]
Govt being overconfident about COVID, it’s not over yet: Rahul

New Delhi, Feb 17 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused the Centre of being “grossly” negligent and overconfident about the handling of the coronavirus situation, saying the pandemic was not over yet. The comments came after South African and Brazilian variants of the pathogen were detected in India. “GOI is being grossly negligent […]
EU envoys in Srinagar to assess situation

Srinagar, Feb 17 (PTI) A delegation of European Union envoys in India arrived here on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday for assessing the situation following the scrapping of its special status in 2019, officials said. The 20-member delegation arrived amid heightened security arrangements. The delegation is scheduled to visit Jammu on […]
Mercury drops, fairly widespread rains forecast on next week

Srinagar, Feb 17: Barring Gulmarg and Kokernag, the minimum temperatures dropped across Kashmir Valley with Srinagar, the summer capital of the J&K, recording a low of minus 1.2°C, the weatherman said on Wednesday. A meteorological department official said that temperature in Srinagar, which had recorded a low of minus 0.9°C on the previous night, was […]
IED found, destroyed in Rajouri

Jammu, Feb 17: An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted on the Jammu-Poonch Highway was recovered and destroyed on Wednesday, officials said. They said the IED was found by an army patrolling party near Mirza Mohre in Manjakote Tehsil of Rajouri district and was subsequently destroyed by the bomb disposal squad, they said. They said that […]
Sharda Peeth is under illegal occupation, India will take it back: J-K BJP President

Jammu, Feb 17 (PTI) Sharda Peeth, situated in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, is under illegal occupation of the neighbouring country and India will take it back, Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina said here on Tuesday. Raina was the addressing a “Yuva Jodo Sankalp Abhiyan”, a youth connect programme, of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) […]
Pak briefs heads diplomatic missions about situation in Kashmir, envoys arriving in JK today

Islamabad, Feb 17 (PTI) Pakistan on Tuesday briefed the heads of diplomatic missions in Islamabad about the latest situation in Kashmir. Foreign Office said in a statement that Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood’s briefing to the envoys was part of Pakistan’s regular diplomatic outreach to keep the international community fully apprised of the developments relating to […]
Foreign envoys on two-day visit to JK

Will assess situation post-DDC polls: Officials
New Delhi: Envoys from Europe and Africa will visit Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to assess the development work and the security situation in the union territory, especially after the successful completion of the District Development Council elections, officials said on Tuesday. They said during their two-day visit, the envoys would receive first-hand information on […]
UN peacekeeping missions should not operate in perpetuity: India
United Nations: The UN peacekeeping missions should not operate in perpetuity and there is urgent need for time-bound exit strategies to ensure they do not become instruments for “furthering political interests”, India, one of the largest troop-contributing countries, has said. India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti said the current peacekeeping operations […]