India, Pakistan exchange list of nuclear installations
New Delhi: Continuing a 30-year practice, India and Pakistan on Friday exchanged a list of their nuclear installations under a bilateral arrangement that prohibits the two countries from attacking each other’s atomic facilities. The two countries exchanged the list of nuclear installations and facilities covered under the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear […]
Pakistan hands over list of Indian prisoners
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday handed over a list of 319 Indian prisoners including 49 civil and 270 fishermen lodged in the country’s jails to the High Commission of India as part of a bilateral agreement. The Foreign Office (FO) said that the step is in consistent with the provisions of the Consular Access Agreement between […]
Parimpora encounter: Two of 3 youth killed in encounter were ‘radically inclined’, says Police
Srinagar: Two of the three youths killed in an encounter with security forces in the Parimpora area of the city were “radically inclined” and working as over ground workers of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit, police said on Friday and added that the case was being investigated. In a statement here, a spokesman of the Jammu […]
Mehbooba seeks impartial probe
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti sought on Friday an impartial investigation into the killing of three youths in an alleged fake encounter here two days ago and demanded that the bodies be returned to their families. In a letter to Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Mufti said such incidents brought “disrepute” to the […]
Narcotic smuggling emerging biggest challenge in JK: DGP
Jammu: Over 1,600 suspected drug peddlers were arrested in Jammu and Kashmir in 2020, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh said on Friday, asserting that narcotics is the biggest challenge after terrorism in the union territory. “During the year, a massive drive was initiated against drugs and drug peddlers,” he said, adding that 1,132 […]
Temple vandalisation : India lodges protest with Pak authorities, seeks action
New Delhi: India has lodged a protest with Pakistan over the vandalisation of a Hindu temple in Karak district in the northwest Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, sources said on Friday. The protest was conveyed to Pakistan through diplomatic channels, they said. On Wednesday, the temple was vandalised by a mob, protesting against its expansion […]
CBI concluded investigation in around 800 cases in 2020: Agency Chief
New Delhi: The CBI has wrapped up probe in about 800 cases in 2020 in spite of the lockdown, sanitation protocols and social-distancing norms announced by the government to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director RK Shukla, who will relinquish his charge in February, gave this information in his […]
