Agitated Doda residents threaten to boycott LS polls
Bhaderwah: Irked over the inordinate delay to connect their villages with a motorable road, residents of seven villages in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday staged a protest and threatened to boycott the Lok Sabha polls. The villagers of Dhara, Dhaloa, Hanga, Bharwa, Chak-Katoch, Dharaan and Noori falling in three panchayats on the western […]
20 Pakistani gangsters get death sentence for killing 6 policemen
Lahore, Mar 13 (PTI) An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan awarded death sentence to 20 gangsters for killing six policemen in the country’s Punjab province. The court also imposed a fine of PKR 6.2 million on each of the convicts on Tuesday. The Multan court awarded the death sentence to the notorious Chotu gang members of Rajanpur […]
Pak regrets India’s move to not issue visas to journalists for Kartarpur meeting
Islamabad, Mar 13 (PTI) Pakistan on Wednesday expressed disappointment over India’s decision to not issue visas to Pakistani journalists to cover the first meeting between the two countries on the Kartarpur Corridor. The meeting will take place on the Indian side of the Attari-Wagah border on Thursday. “Regrettable that India has not given visas to Pakistani […]
Juvenile Board rejects medical reports suggesting grenade thrower as ‘adult’
Jammu, Mar 13 (PTI) Juvenile Board of Jammu and Kashmir has rejected medical reports suggesting that the teenager allegedly involved in a grenade attack in Jammu last week was in fact an “adult”, officials said on Wednesday. The board has sought for all school records of the accused which it suspects to be a minor. The […]
US envoy says ‘real strides’ made in longest Taliban talks
Doha: US and Taliban negotiators wrapped up their latest round of marathon peace talks on Tuesday with “real strides” made but no agreement on a timetable for troop withdrawal, the US special envoy said. “Just finished a marathon round of talks with the Taliban in #Doha. The conditions for #peace have improved. It’s clear all […]
Environment damage behind 1 in 4 global deaths, disease: UN
Nairobi: A quarter of all premature deaths and diseases worldwide are due to manmade pollution and environmental damage, the United Nations said Wednesday in a landmark report on the planet’s parlous state. Deadly smog-inducing emissions, chemicals polluting drinking water, and the accelerating destruction of ecosystems crucial to the livelihoods of billions of people are driving […]
BJP woman MP’s son among three held for possessing smack
Mandla (MP), Mar 13 (PTI) BJP MP Sampatiya Uike’s 21-year-old son and two others have been arrested here for allegedly possessing smack, police said on Wednesday. Raja Uike, son of the Rajya Sabha member, was arrested along with Abhishek Lakda (22) and Shahrukh Khan (26) on Tuesday night at Devdara locality in the city, he […]
Search operation started in Bijbehara Village
Srinagar ; Government forces on Wednesday morning launched a Cordon and Search operation in Khiram Srigufwara area of Bijbehara belt in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Official sources said that on specific inputs about the presence of militants in the forces government forces including 3 RR and SOG of Jammy and Kashmir Police launched Search operation […]
Election Commission observers tasked to visit JK
New Delhi (PTI) The three special observers appointed by the Election Commission to suggest as to when Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir can be held, will visit the state soon. While announcing the schedule for the Lok Sabha elections on Sunday, the poll panel had said that Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir cannot be […]
Failure to designate Masood Azhar as global terrorist against regional stability, peace: US
Washington, Mar 13 (PTI) Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar meets the criteria to be designated as a global terrorist and not doing so is against regional stability and peace, the US said Tuesday on the eve of the UN Security Council making a crucial decision in this regard. The JeM, headed by the 50-year-old Azhar, carried out […]
