India declines comment on Pakistan’s no to bilateral trade
New Delhi: India on Friday declined to comment on Pakistan’s flip-flop on plans to go for limited imports of sugar and cotton from the country. “We have seen reports on this. But as is evident, we are not the right party to whom this question should be directed at,” said Arindam Bagchi, Spokesperson in the […]
Origin of COVID-19: India calls for expert-led mechanism for investigation
New Delhi: India on Thursday said it shares the need for a comprehensive and expert-led mechanism to expeditiously investigate the origin of the coronavirus, days after the World Health Organization (WHO) came out with a report on it. WHO officials said data was withheld from its investigators, who travelled to China to study the origin […]
No sweetening effect: Pak rejects proposal to import cotton, sugar from India
Islamabad: In a volte-face, Pakistan’s Cabinet on Thursday rejected the proposal of a high-powered committee to import cotton and sugar from India, with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi asserting that there can be no normalisation of ties until New Delhi reverses its decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. The somersault came […]
Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams to build temple in JK
Govt allots 25 hectare land to TTD trust
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday approved a proposal to allot nearly 25 hectares of land on lease basis for a period of 40 years to the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams (TTD) to build a temple and its allied infrastructures in the union territory. The proposal was approved by the Administrative Council (AC), which […]
Cop killed as militants attack BJP leader’s residence
Four LeT militants were involved in the attack: IGP
Srinagar: A policeman was killed when militants fired upon the residence of a BJP leader in Nowgam area of the city here on Thursday, police said. BJP leader Anwar Ahmad, who is the party’s district general secretary for Baramulla and in-charge for Kupwara district, is safe, a police official said. The official said that the […]
One held with 130 kg of poppy straw
Jammu: An alleged drug peddler was arrested with 130 kg of poppy straw from the outskirts of Jammu, police said on Thursday. The accused, Babu Ram, a resident of Reasi, was intercepted during the checking of vehicles at Mund in Maira Mandrian area of Akhnoor, a police spokesperson said. A search of his car led […]
Live mortar shell found in Samba
Jammu: A 51-MM live mortar shell was recovered from a secluded place in Samba district on Thursday evening, police said. The shell was found in Bai Nallah near a graveyard under Ghagwal police station area, they said. A local resident spotted the shell and informed the local police station, the police said. A police team […]
ED files chargesheet in terror funding case, names Baramulla resident
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said it has filed a chargesheet against a Jammu Kashmir-resident in a money laundering case linked to a terror-funding case of 2006. It said in a statement that the prosecution complaint (chargesheet) has been filed against Aijaz Hussain Khwaja, a resident of Baramulla district of the Union […]
Europe’s vaccination programme is ‘unacceptably slow’: WHO
London: European nations’ immunization campaigns against COVID-19 are unacceptably slow and risk prolonging the pandemic, a senior World Health Organization official said Thursday. Dr Hans Kluge, WHO’s regional director for Europe, said vaccines present our best way out of this pandemic, but noted that to date, only 10% of Europe’s population has received one dose […]
20 people held for creating ruckus at musical event
Srinagar: Twenty people were arrested for allegedly creating a ruckus at a musical event organised by the tourism department at Badamwari (Almond garden) here last month, a police spokesman has said. The tourism department on Sunday (March 28) organised a musical event at Badamwari, in Downtown area of the city here, where several famous local […]
