KEG stages protest against ban on advertisements to two members
Srinagar: Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) on Sunday held a protest at Kashmir Press Club, Srinagar against the government’s ban on advertisements to two major dailies published from Srinagar: Senior editors and journalists took part in the protest to demand revocation of ban on advertisements to the two English dailies. A member of the KEG said […]
Mehbooba slams Centre over NIA summons to Farooq
Srinagar, Mar 10 (PTI) Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Sunday said the NIA summons to moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq were “emblematic” of the Centre’s “repeated assaults on our religious identity”. “Mirwaiz Farooq isn’t any ordinary separatist leader. He is religious & spiritual head to Kash (Kashmiri) Muslims,” the Peoples Democratic […]
Desist from using photographs of soldiers in campaigns, EC tells pol parties
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday asked political parties to desist from displaying photographs of defence personnel in their poll campaign in view of a picture on social media showing image of Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman in a political poster. In a letter to political parties written on Saturday, the […]
Smuggler held with fake currency along LoC
Jammu, Mar 10 (PTI) A suspected cross-border narcotics smuggler was arrested with fake Indian currency worth Rs 10 lakh and two kgs of heroin near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said on Sunday. Mohammad Zaffar Khan, a resident of village Dabbi, was caught while attempting to cross the LoC […]
EC to announce Lok Sabha poll schedule at 5 pm on Sunday
New Delhi, Mar 10 (PTI) The Election Commission (EC) is set to announce on Sunday schedule for the high-voltage Lok Sabha elections, which is likely to be spread over seven to eight phases in April-May. The poll panel will be holding a press conference at 5 pm at Vigyan Bhavan here. The term of the present […]
North Korea goes to polls to approve new parliament lineup
Pyongyang, Mar 10 (AP) Millions of North Korean voters, including leader Kim Jong Un, went to the polls on Sunday to elect roughly 700 members to the national legislature. In typical North Korean style, the vote was more of an endorsement than a competitive contest voters were presented with just one state-sanctioned candidate per seat. They […]
Residential house damaged in cross LoC shelling in Uri
Srinagar:Cross border shelling again in Uri Sector of northern region of Kashmir created panic among residents on early Sunday. Reports said that cross-border firing and shelling took place in Kamalkote sector in Uri during the night and continued in the morning hours today resulting in damage to one house belonging to Mohammad Sadiq Barwal son […]
Cordon and search operation started in Tral village
Pulwama: Government forces on Sunday morning launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Pinglish area of Tral in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Official sources said that the search operation was jointly launched by the 42 RR and SOG Tral after receiving credible information about the presence of militants in the village. The search operation […]
Pak demands India’s removal from terror financing watchdog’s review body
Islamabad: Pakistan has asked the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international terror financing watchdog, to remove India as co-chair of its Asia-Pacific Joint Group, the Finance Ministry said. Currently placed on the FATF’s ‘grey list’, Pakistan has been scrambling in recent months to avoid being added to a list of countries deemed non-compliant with […]
Missing Italian, British climbers found dead on Pak’s ‘killer mountain’
Islamabad: The bodies of two mountaineers from the UK and Italy were found Saturday in northern Pakistan, nearly two weeks after the duo went missing while trying to climb Nanga Parbat in Gilgit-Baltisitan region, the Italian ambassador said . Italian national Daniele Nardi, 42, and Tom Ballard, a 30-year-old Briton, went missing on February 24 […]
