SIDCO faces 5 Cr penalty for polluting Basantar river
New Delhi: The NGT has imposed a penalty of Rs five crore on the Jammu and Kashmir State Industrial Development Corporation (SIDCO) for failing to stop discharge of effluents and dumping of waste in the Basantar river in Samba district. A bench headed by National Green Tribunal (NGT) Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel held SIDCO […]
Promoting terror in India not in Pakistan’s favour: Imran Khan
Says he is ready for talks with PM Modi
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday said he was ready to hold talks with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi while conceding that it was not in the interest of his country to allow terror activities from its territory. Khan’s remarks came a day after External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj categorically ruled out possibility of […]
LS, Assembly polls may be clubbed together: EC sources
New Delhi: The Election Commission, which has to hold fresh assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir before May 21 next, is likely to club it with the Lok Sabha elections due next year, highly-placed sources in the poll panel said Thursday. The state assembly was dissolved by Governor Satya Pal Malik on November 21 citing […]
Panchayat polls: Kashmir records 19, Jammu region 61 pc in fifth phase
Jammu: Kashmir recorded over 19 per cent polling while Jammu registered more than 61 per cent voting till noon in the fifth phase of the Jammu and Kashmir panchayat elections Thursday, officials said. The polling began at 8 am and ended at 2 pm in 2,512 polling stations, including 1,743 stations in Jammu division and […]
Kartarpur Corridor can undo freeze in India, Pak ties: Pakistani media
Islamabad: The move to build the Kartarpur Corridor has the potential to undo the “freeze” in ties between India and Pakistan and push the two sides to engage in a positive and purposeful manner, the Pakistani media commented on Thursday. The planned corridor will connect Sikh faith’s founder Guru Nanak Dev’s final resting place in […]
Move could be a ‘new beginning’ for India, Pak: Mehbooba
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said the Kartarpur corridor could be a “new beginning” of reconciliation between India and Pakistan and called for facilitation of bilateral trade and people to people contact to make borders “irrelevant”. The planned corridor will connect Sikh faith’s founder Guru Nanak Dev’s final resting […]
India, China to hold joint military exercises from Dec 10
Beijing: The militaries of China and India would hold a joint 14-day drill from December 10 in southwest China’s Chengdu city to improve their capabilities in fighting terrorism and promote mutual understanding, the Defence Ministry said here Thursday. Each side will send 100 troops to take part in the 7th India and China joint military […]
Reference to Kashmir regrettable: MEA
New Delhi: New Delhi: India on Wednesday termed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s reference to Kashmir during the ground breaking ceremony of the Kartarpur corridor “deeply regrettable” and said he chose to politicise a pious moment. The Ministry of External Affairs said Jammu and Kashmir was an “integral and inalienable” part of India. “It is […]
Kartarpur corridor, talks with Pak have no connection: Sushma
Hyderabad: There will be no dialogue with Pakistan unless it desists from terrorist activities against India, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj declared Wednesday, in a rebuff to Pakistan a day after Islamabad said it would invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the SAARC summit. She also said the Kartarpur corridor initiative was not linked to […]
Terrorism can be tackled if Pak leadership shows sincerity: Rajnath
Mandi (HP): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday criticised Pakistan for sponsoring terrorism in India, saying the menace can be tackled if the leadership in that country works sincerely towards it. Addressing a ‘panna pramukh sammelan’, a meeting of BJP workers, in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi parliamentary constituency, Singh said Naxalism in the country has reduced […]
