South Kashmir: Amid shutdown, thousands participate in funerals of six slain militants
Srinagar: Amid shutdown in Pulwama and Shopian district massive throng was witnessed at the six funeral’s held in six neighbouring villages of the twin districts on Wednesday. Three local militants were killed in Budgam and three were killed in Shopian orchards yesterday. Locals claimed that thousands of people participated in the funerals of six slain […]
Massive snow clearance operation underway to restore Jammu-Srinagar NH
Jammu (PTI): A massive snow-clearance operation is underway to restore the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar National Highway which remained closed for vehicular traffic for the third consecutive day Wednesday, officials said. The snow clearance operation on both sides of the Jawahar Tunnel – the gateway to Kashmir – was started and the snow-clearance operation is going on […]
US confirms its envoy meeting Taliban in Qatar to negotiate Afghan war
Washington: The United States confirmed Wednesday that its envoy is meeting in Qatar with the Taliban, seeking to negotiate an end to the Afghanistan war despite a new major attack claimed by the insurgents. Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special representative on Afghan reconciliation, met Tuesday in the Qatari capital Doha with Taliban representatives, the State […]
Nine held in Maharashtra for links with ISIS
Mumbai, Jan 23 (PTI) The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested nine people from Thane and Aurangabad for their alleged links with banned terror outfit ISIS, police said Wednesday. The nine terror suspects, all part of a group, were nabbed by ATS teams over the last two days, an ATS official said. The ATS, […]
PM inaugurates museums on Bose, Jallianwala Bagh in Red Fort complex
New Delhi, (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday inaugurated the Subhash Chandra Bose museum at the iconic Red Fort to mark the leader’s 122nd birth anniversary. Modi also inaugurated the Yaad-e-Jallian Museum, (museum on the Jallianwala Bagh and World War I), the Museum on 1857- India’s first war of Independence, and Drishyakala-Museum on Indian Art […]
Air traffic as per schedule today
Srinagar: Airport authorities on Wednesday said that all the scheduled flights for today will be air borne on time. “All operations are normal today. All flights are on time,” Airport authorities at Srinagar said. They said that a GoAir 213 flight is already airborn from Delhi. “No delay or cancellations today upto this time,” they […]
Shah Faesal hints at launching his own party, seeks public donation
Srinagar : Former bureaucrat Shah Faisal Wednesday hinted at floating his own independent party by seeking public donations and called it a ‘people’s movement’. The IAS topper who recently resigned from country’s elite services in this morning sought public donation. He said that it is a people’s movement for a change and asked people to […]
US lawmakers reintroduce legislation enforcing fair trade with China
Washington,(PTI): Two US lawmakers — one each from the Republican and the Democratic party — on Wednesday reintroduced a legislation in the House of Representatives to safeguard American assets from Chinese influence and possession, as well as protect American businesses from China’s tools of economic aggression. Reintroduced by Congressman Tim Ryan and Mike Conaway, […]
Woman, five others held for killing husband in Jharkhand
Jharkand (PTI) Six persons, including a woman, were arrested for allegedly killing her husband in Jharkhand’s Palamau district, police said on Wednesday. The woman’s husband, Amresh Oraon, a resident of Maknapur village under the jurisdiction of Manatu police station, had been missing from January 14. Oraon’s body was recovered by the police from the banks of […]
Highway remains shut as snow avalanche at Jawahar Tunnel yet to be cleared
Srinagar: Authorities have decided to keep the Srinagar-Jammu highway closed post snow avalanche that hit the Jawahar Tunnel yesterday and ‘keeping in view security of commuters’ Officials said that a huge avalanche hit the tunnel on the Qazigund side on Tuesday which is yet to be cleared. They claimed, the avalanche could have caused a […]