Non-official’ participation in sync with India’s policy: MEA
New Delhi: India Friday made it clear that its participation at a multi-lateral conference on Afghanistan in Moscow in a “non-official” capacity was in sync with its Afghan policy, asserting that it was not talking to the Taliban. India sent two former diplomats to the meeting Russia hosted Friday for peace in Afghanistan which was […]
India plays a global leader but fails to act on home turf: Omar
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah has questioned the Centre’s participation in a dialogue on Afghanistan in the presence of Taliban representatives while holding no talks with stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir. “If ‘non-official’ participation in a dialogue that includes the taliban is acceptable to the Modi government why not a non-official dialogue with non-mainstream […]
Elected last week, deputy mayor SMC turns out a bank defaulter
Reports say he owes 125 Cr to J&K Bank
Srinagar: The J&K bank has asked the deputy mayor of Srinagar to settle an outstanding loan of Rs 125 crore or face recovery proceedings and initiation of process to declare him a willful defaulter. An independent candidate, Sheikh Imran was supported by the Congress and elected the deputy mayor of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) […]
The Dragon turns friendly: Indian, Chinese troops meet at Arunachal, vow to boost ties
ITANAGAR: A high-level meeting between Army officials and Chinese PLA troops was organised on Friday at Bumla, near Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh, where the two sides reaffirmed their resolve to strengthen friendship and maintain peace along the Line of Actual Control. The 4057-km-long Line of Actual Control separates India from China. The delegations, led […]
Army porter killed along LoC
Jammu: An Army porter was killed in Pakistani sniper fire along the Line of Control in Jammu district, while a BSF jawan was injured in a separate incident in the Rajouri-Poonch sector Friday. The porter died in sniper fire from across the LoC in the Akhnoor sector of Jammu district around 1800 hours Friday, officials […]
BSF jawan injured in firing along LoC
Jammu: Pakistani troops fired at Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district on Friday, injuring a BSF jawan, officials said. Pakistani personnel targeted forward posts along the LoC in the Manajakote sector around 0930 hours. A jawan of the Border Security Force (BSF) was injured in the firing, they said. The […]
US ‘war on terror’ has killed 500,000 people: Study
Washington: About half a million people have died violently in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan due to the US “war on terror” that was launched following the September 11 attacks in 2001, according to a study released Thursday. The report by Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs put the death toll at between […]
