Musharraf will return to Pakistan on May 1: Lawyer
Islamabad, Apr 27 (PTI) Pakistan’s former military dictator Pervez Musharraf, who is facing high treason case, is likely to return to the country on May 1, his lawyer said on Saturday. A special court indicted General (retd) Musharraf, 75, for high treason in March 2014. He left for Dubai in 2016 to “seek medical treatment” […]
Militant’s body exhumed after two months, handed over to family
Srinagar, April 27: The body of a militant from Bandipora was exhumed on Saturday evening, more than two months after burial in Rajwar area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Three militants were killed in a gunfight with government forces in Warpora area of Sopore on February 22 this year and all of them were buried […]
Tulip Garden closed for public visits, say officials
Srinagar, April 27: The Directorate of Floriculture today issued a notification saying that Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden shall remain closed for general public from April 28,2019 as the garden is not suitable for further display to visitors due to less Tulip bloom.
Child rights body asks states to stop sale of Johnson’s baby shampoo
New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI) The apex child rights body has asked all states to stop sale of Johnson’s baby shampoo after its sample was found to be of substandard quality in a lab test. In a letter to chief secretaries of all states, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights or NCPCR ordered stoppage […]
Pakistan suspends polio drive after security threats to workers
Islamabad, Apr 27 (PTI) The Pakistan government has suspended the anti-polio drive and post-campaign evaluation following the increasing number of attacks on polio workers in different parts of the country. The countrywide campaign to administer anti-polio drops to 39 million children under five years of age was launched on Monday and Friday was the last […]
Darbar Move: Offices close in Jammu, to reopen in Srinagar on May 6
Jammu, Apr 27 (PTI) As part of the bi-annual ‘Darbar Move’ under which the Jammu and Kashmir government functions six months each in Jammu and Srinagar, all move offices, including the Raj Bhavan, closed here Saturday and will reopen in the summer capital on May 6. While the civil secretariat the seat of Jammu and […]
US imposes sanction on Pak; may deny visas to Pakistanis
Washington, Apr 27 (PTI) The US has imposed sanctions on Pakistan after Islamabad refused to take back its citizen deportees and visa over-stayers from America, warning that it may withhold visas of Pakistanis beginning from its senior officials. The State Department on Friday said that consular operations in Pakistan remain unchanged as of now but as […]
Air India’s operations hit globally due to technical glitch: official
New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI) Hundreds of Air India passengers were left stranded at several airports across the world due to a glitch in its check-in software, the airline said Saturday. The airline’s “server is down”, an official said. “SITA server is down. Due to which flight operation is affected. Our technical teams are on work […]
Forces launch search operation in Shopian orchards
Shopian, April 27: Government forces on Saturday morning launched a search operation in orchards of Heff Shirmal belt of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. Official sources said that on specific inputs about the presence of militants in the orchards, a joint team of forces including 44 RR, 178 Bn CRPF and SoG Shopian launched search and […]
The dreadful highway
The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway is once again in news and once again for wrong reasons. The highway is giving sleepless nights to the commuters and the trade fraternity in the Kashmir valley, so much so the valley traders have either called to stage protests or call off their business activity. On the one hand, the […]