US to designate Iran Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group
Washington, Apr 8 (AP) The Trump administration is preparing to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a “foreign terrorist organization,” an unprecedented move against a national armed force that could have widespread implications for US personnel and policy in the Middle East and elsewhere. Officials informed of the step said an announcement could come as early as Monday, […]
Mirwaiz Umar leaves for Delhi, to face NIA team today
Srinagar: Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday morning left for New Delhi to face questioning at the National Investigation Agency (NIA) headquarters later in the day. Mirwaiz has been summoned by the NIA thrice since the past few weeks in connection with the alleged militancy funding case. Mirwaiz, who till today […]
Mirwaiz alongwith APHC (M) Ex members will travel to Delhi on an NIA summon
Srinagar: Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq would travel to New Delhi to appear for questioning before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in an alleged militancy funding case, a spokesman of the amalgam said on Sunday. Last week, the NIA issued a third summon to Mirwaiz to appear for questioning in the case. Mirwaiz had […]
Five suspected drug peddlers arrested
Jammu, Apr 7 (PTI) Five suspected drug peddlers were arrested and a large quantity of poppy straw and heroin seized in separate operations in Jammu and Ramban districts of the state on Sunday, police said. Gurmail Singh, alias Sonu, and Sukhdev Singh, both residents of Punjab, were arrested after 80 kg poppy straw was recovered from […]
PDP leader briefly detained in Kishtwar
Jammu, Apr 7 (PTI) Senior PDP leader and former MLC Firdous Ahmad Tak was briefly detained Sunday along with several of his supporters in Kishtwar district for trying to defy a ban on movement of civilian traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, officials said. Authorities have ordered the closure of the Jammu-Srinagar Highway for all kinds […]
Pakistan releases 100 Indian fishermen as ‘goodwill gesture’
Karachi, Apr 7 (PTI) Pakistan on Sunday released 100 Indian fishermen as a “goodwill gesture” amidst tensions between the two countries after the Pulwama terror attack, media reports said. The fishermen form the first batch of 360 Indian prisoners Pakistan has announced to set free in four phases this month. The released prisoners were taken […]
Labourer killed as under-construction bunker collapses in Samba
Jammu, Apr 7 (PTI) A 40-year-old labourer died Sunday when the wall of an under-construction bunker collapsed in a village along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, police said. Another labourer was injured in the incident which took place at Nanga village in Ramgarh sector, a police official said. He said […]
Stranded vehicles cleared as 2-day a week ban on civilian traffic begins on Jammu-Srinagar highway
Banihal/Jammu/Srinagar, Apr 7 (PTI) Nearly 2,000 civilian vehicles, which were left stranded on Jammu-Srinagar national highway following a massive landslide, were cleared as the two-day per week ban on movement of civilian vehicles on the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country came into effect on Sunday, officials said. The governor administration […]
Highway ban causes inconvenience to civilians
Srinagar, Apr 7 (PTI) Ghulam Mohammad Bhat started off from his home here to reach a hospital where his daughter is admitted, but cannot find any means of transport to get there due to the ban on civilian traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar highway. “I have been walking for the past 15 minutes, but there is […]
Cong blowing Pakistan’s trumpet more than that of India: Modi
Imphal, Apr 7 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday alleged that the Congress, through its manifesto, is blowing the trumpet of Pakistan more than that of India. Addressing a rally here, Modi also noted that Congress had claimed no one could tamper with Article 370 of the Constitution, an assertion which Pakistan agreed to. […]
