JRL calls Kulgam march tomorrow, state wide shutdown on Oct 27
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called for a march to south Kashmir’s Kulgam district tomorrow to pay homage to seven civilians killed in a blast in Laroo village on Sunday. The leadership has also called for a shutdown on October 27. In a statement today, the JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar […]
Special CBI Director Asthana moves HC on FIR against him in bribery case
New Delhi (PTI) Special CBI Director Rakesh Asthana Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court against the lodging of an FIR against him in a bribery case. Asthana has sought the high court’s direction that no coercive action be taken against him. His petition was mentioned before Chief Justice Rajendra Menon, who allocated the matter to an […]
Seven burnt to death as van with smuggled petrol collides with truck in Pak
Karachi (PTI) A van carrying smuggled petrol collided with a truck on Tuesday in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, killing at least seven persons and burning three cars parked nearby and a police check post, authorities said. The accident occurred a day after 20 people were killed when two buses collided head on in Pakistan’s Punjab province that […]
Security pact with India provides institutional guarantee to combat trans- border crimes: China
Beijing (PTI) China on Tuesday said its first internal security cooperation agreement with India will provide institutional guarantee to combat trans-border crimes, but did not indicate any change in its stance on blocking India’s efforts to list Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN. The agreement was inked during the first […]
CBI official arrested in bribery case produced in court
New Delhi(PTI): CBI on Tuesday produced before a Delhi court its DSP Devender Kumar, arrested in connection with bribery allegations involving agency’s Special Director Rakesh Asthana. The investigating agency sought his custody for 10 days and told Special CBI Judge Santosh Snehi Mann that incriminating documents and evidence found after raiding his office and residence. It […]
JRL March: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq arrested, tried to defy house detention
Srinagar: Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was detained by Jammu and Kashmir police after he defied his house arrest and tried to march towards Lal Chowk. “A large posse of police personnel deployed outside the Nigeen residence of Mirwaiz detained him after he defied his house arrest and tried to march towards Lal Chowk,” […]
Saudi foreign minister promises truth from Khashoggi probe
Jakarta: Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister says the investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi will produce the truth about what happened. He also pledged that mechanisms will be put in place so that “something like this can never happen again.” Adel al-Jubeir spoke on Tuesday in Indonesia, just hours before Turkey’s president was expected […]
Pakistan to launch aggressive campaign against India over IWT: Report
Islamabad: Pakistan will launch an aggressive campaign against India to highlight its concerns over the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) after New Delhi failed to let Pakistani officials visit two hydropower projects in Jammu and Kashmir, a media report said Tuesday. Pakistan’s Commissioner on Permanent Indus Water Commission Syed Mehr Ali Shah said the Indian […]
Army bunker damaged in a shell fired from Pakistan
Srinagar: An army bunker was damaged after a shell fired from across the border in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir district. SSP Poonch Rajiv Pandey told GNS that the shell was fired from the Pakistani side which landed in army’s 93 infantry brigade camp in Poonch district . In the incident, the SSP said […]
NC protests against Kulgam killings, several detained
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) on Tuesday carried out a protest march against the Kulgam killings that took place on Sunday following an encounter in Laroo area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. NC General Secretary, Ali Muhammad Sagar, NC provincial President, Nasir Aslam Wani and other senior leaders including Mustafa Kamal, Akbar Lone, Sakeena Itoo and […]