AAC, Shehr e Khas traders support shutdown call for tomorrow
Srinagar : Awami Action Committee ans Shehre Khas traders union have extended support to the the shutdown call by Valley based traders against amendment in Article 35 A,and ban on Jamat e Islami. An emergency meeting of Awami Action Comiitte was held at rajouri kadal, after which they announced their support to the […]
Rawlakote-Poonch Bus: Three PaK-bound passengers return due to ‘closed gate’
Poonch:Three Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) residents who had arrived here last month to meet their relatives via the cross-LoC Rawalakote-Poonch bus service (Rah-e-Milan) were forced to extend their stay as the Chakan-da-Bagh crossing point gate was closed on Monday, officials said. “ We waited an hour from 11 am to 12 pm at the Chakan-da-Bagh […]
Live mortar shell found near IB in JK’s Samba
Jammu,(PTI): A live mortar shell was found on Monday in a field near the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, police said. Bomb disposal squad has been summoned to defuse the rusted 82-MM mortar shell which was unearthed from an agriculture field at Narayanpur village in Ramgarh sector, an official said. He […]
Forces launch search operation in Another Kulgam Village
Kulgam: Government forces on Monday afternoon launched cordon and search operation in Lone Mohalla of Bugam village of south kashmir’s Kulgam district. Official sources told KNO that joint team of forces launched search operation in the area after receiving specific inputs about the militant movement in the area. Local sources told KNO […]
Army kills leopard after it attacks soldier in Shopian
Srinagar: Army on Monday killed a leopard after it attacked a soldier at Pehlipora in Shopian district of South Kashmir. Official sources said animal attacked an army patrol and injured one army soldier. Later Wildlife department took possession of carcass. DFO wildlife Ifshana said: “We had deputed a team in the area […]
Rahul accuses Modi of lying on Amethi ordnance factory; Smriti hits back
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of speaking “a lie” about inaugurating an ordnance unit in the Congress president’s parliamentary constituency Amethi, claiming he had himself laid the foundation stone of the factory in 2010. His remark drew immediate reaction from Union minister Smriti Irani, who said Gandhi is […]
Use common sense, Modi tells Oppn on his Rafale remarks
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday hit out the opposition for questioning his statement that the presence of Rafale fighters would have given greater firepower to the IAF during the February 27 aerial engagement with Pakistan. Modi said India would not sit quietly in the fight against terrorism and would do all to cure it […]
NSUI members stop metro train to demand concession in metro fare for students
New Delhi, (PTI) NSUI members stopped a metro train at the Vishwavidyalaya metro station on Monday demanding concession in metro fare for students. Around 10-15 members of the National Students Union India (NSUI) jumped on the tracks and raised anti-Modi and anti-Kejriwal slogans. They were also demanding metro passes for DU students. According to Delhi Metro […]
India will use all its might to protect its sovereignty: President Kovind
Coimbatore, (PTI) President Ram Nath Kovind Monday said India will use all its might to protect the nation’s sovereignty while referring to the IAF air strikes in Pakistan following the Pulwama terror attack of February 14. Addressing a function here, the President said India’s growing stature in the comity of nations is consistent with the strength […]
45 passports of NRIs cancelled for abandoning their wives: Maneka
New Delhi, (PTI): The government has cancelled passports of 45 non-resident Indians, or NRIs, for abandoning their wives, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has said. The Integrated Nodal Agency made to look into the matter has been issuing Look-Out Circulars to absconding husbands in cases of NRI marriages and 45 passports have been impounded […]