Without naming Pak, Modi calls it ‘fountain head of terror acts’
Says all leads in global terror attacks ultimately point to 'single source'
Singapore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday told US Vice President Mike Pence that all the traces and all the leads in the global terror attacks ultimately leads to a “single source and single place of origin”, in an apparent reference to Pakistan. Modi, who held talks with Pence on a wide range of bilateral […]
Basanth Rath’s transfer: Social media users express anger
Srinagar: Social media users in Kashmir expressed their anger against the transfer of IGP Traffic Basant Kumar Rath and blamed Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Junaid Mattu for government’s decision to remove the highly popular IPS officer. Rath, who is credited with streamlining the traffic system in Jammu and Kashmir in less than one […]
NIA files charge sheet against Aasiya Andrabi, 2 others
New Delhi: The NIA Wednesday filed a charge sheet against pro-Pakistani separatist and Dukhtaran-e-Millat head Aasiya Andrabi and two of her associates for allegedly “waging war” against the country using Internet platforms, officials said. In a statement, the NIA’s spokesman said Andrabi, Sofi Fehmeeda and Naheeda Nasreen were using various social media platforms like Twitter, […]
Three intruders killed in two ‘infiltration’ attempts, says Army
Srinagar/Jammu: Three intruders were believed to be shot dead during the two attempted infiltration bids in north Kashmir and Akhnoor area of Jammu along the Line of Control (LoC), army said Tuesday. Two unidentified militants were killed Tuesday when the Army foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Keran […]
BJP leaders killing: Those involved will be neutralised soon: Madhav
JAMMU: BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Tuesday said militants behind the killings of a senior party leader and his brother in Kishtwar district would be neutralised soon. BJP state secretary Anil Parihar and his brother Ajeet Parihar were shot dead on November 1 by suspected militants in a dark, narrow lane leading to their […]
Soldiers posted on LoC to get ‘anti-mine boots’
JAMMU: The Army has procured special anti-mine boots for troops deployed along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir with twin aims of facilitating domination of the landmine-infested forward areas and hot pursuit of terrorists if necessary, a top Army officer said. As part of the counter-infiltration grid, the soldiers have to get into […]
IPS officer Basanth Kumar Rath removed as IGP Traffic
Srinagar: High profile IPS officer Basanth Kumar Rath was Tuesday removed as the inspector general of police (traffic) and attached to the office of Commandant General, Home Guards, officials said. Rath was replaced by Alok Kumar, who was earlier posted as IGP security, the officials said. Kumar, an IPS officer of 1997 batch, was instrumental […]
‘Confinement’ of Muslims in our country is a mere rumour, says China
Beijing: China defended its internment of Muslims in the country’s northwest as a terror prevention measure on Tuesday, calling on the international community to reject “hearsay” and believe its official line. Up to a million Uighurs and other Chinese Turkic-speaking minority groups have been placed in political re-education camps in the Xinjiang region, according to […]
Facing official apathy, Tanta panchayat villagers to boycott rural body poll
Doda: Shorn of basic amenities like “bijli, sadak and pani” since ages, the natives of dozen-odd villages of Tanta panchayat in this mountainous district of Jammu region have decided to boycott the rural body polls on November 24. Fed up with the successive governments’ failure to provide even a modicum of the basic amenities, the […]
Popular govt in JK unlikely
State set to be placed under Presidents rule
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir is unlikely to have a popular government anytime soon as the central government may recommend a spell of President’s rule at the expiry of Governor’s rule on December 19, official sources said. Under the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir, there is no provision for extension of Governor’s rule. The state […]
