Pak Supreme Court grants bail to Nawaz Sharif for treatment
Islamabad, Mar 26 (PTI) In a relief to ailing Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s Supreme Court Tuesday granted bail to the jailed former prime minister for six weeks for seeking medical treatment within the country. Sharif, 69, is lodged in the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore since December last year, serving a 7-year imprisonment in the Al Azizia […]
F-16s escort Mumbai-Singapore flight after bomb threat
Singapore/New Delhi (PTI) A Singapore Airlines flight from Mumbai to Singapore with 263 passengers on board Tuesday received a bomb threat, prompting Singapore Air Force to send two F-16s to escort the aircraft. The flight landed safely at Singapore’s Changi International Airport on Tuesday around 8 am (local time), the airline added. “Singapore Airlines confirms there […]
Police arrest 4 drug peddlers with heroin in Jammu
Srinagar: Police arrested four drug peddlers with contraband of heroin in Ranbir Singh Pura area here on city outskirts. “During routine checking, the police on Sunday night intercepted the four persons at Magowali area,” police here said on Tuesday. They said that during frisking, 11 grams of heroin was recovered from their possession and […]
Forces launch CASO in Pulwama village
Pulwama: Government forces on Tuesday afternoon launched Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Rohmoo village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Official sources said that on specific inputs about the presence of militants in the area, a joint team of forces including 55 RR, 183 BN CRPF and SOG of J&K Police launched search operation. […]
PDP ready to offer legal assistance to JeI, JKLF: PDP
Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday said that the party is ready to offer legal assistance to Jamaat-e-Islami and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front who were recently banned by central government. Senior PDP leader Muzaffar Hussain Baig while addressing party workers at Cariapa Park Baramulla said that his party is ready to offer […]
Dr MS Khuroo delivers special lecture on ‘Hepatitis-E’ at KU
Srinagar: A one -day special lecture on ‘Hepatitis-E, from bench to bed side, my personal journey’, was delivered by eminent surgeon DrMS Khuroo, at University of Kashmir on Tuesday. The lecture was organized by AlamaIqbal Library, KU and was presided over by Vice Chancellor University of Kashmir Prof Talat Ahmad. He thanked Dr Khuroo for […]
Sikhs, not Modi, saved Kashmiri students outside : Omar Abdullah
Baramulla: National Conference vice president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that it was Sikh community which saved Kashmiri students from mob violence in Jammu and outside recently. Omar Abdullah while targeting Modi Govt said that Sikhs across India came forward when everywhere Kashmiri students were assualted post Pulwama […]
Reports of India denying overflight to Malaysian PM during trip to Pak false: Sources
New Delhi, Mar 26 (PTI) India’s aviation regulator DGCA allowed use of Indian airspace to Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s flight during his recent visit to Pakistan, official sources said on Tuesday, terming reports of denial of permission “false and motivated”. There were media reports in Pakistan that India denied permission to the plane carrying the […]
US accuses China of ‘systematically’ impeding access to Tibet
Washington/Beijing, (PTI) The US has accused China of “systematically” impeding access to Tibet by imposing restrictions that have barred diplomats and foreign journalists from visiting the remote Himalayan region, drawing a strong reaction from Beijing which warned that Washington’s interference in its internal affairs would harm bilateral ties. The US State Department in a report documented […]
Now, NC leader calls party workers ‘real Mujahideen’
Baramulla: After People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti, National Conference senior leader Ali Mohammad Sagar on Tuesday said that his party was the original “Mujahideen party” of Kashmir. He was addressing a public gathering in Baramulla. Sagar said that party contribution towards Kahsmir valley was known to all and “our candidates will lead on […]