IPS officer expresses apprehension about his safety, triggers controversy
Jammu: A letter, purportedly written by senior IPS officer Basant Rath expressing apprehension about his safety due to “certain activities” of the Jammu and Kashmir Police chief, has gone viral on the social media, triggering a controversy. The June 25 letter, addressed to the Gandhinagar police station SHO, does not seek registration of an FIR, […]
Armed groups recruiting minors in JK: US report
Washington: A US State Department report on human trafficking in India has said that non-state armed groups continue to recruit and use children as young as 14 years in direct hostilities against the government in Jammu and Kashmir. The Congressional-mandated 2020 Trafficking in Persons report of the State Department, released by Secretary of State Mike […]
Main Qayoom’s detention: SC seeks govt’s reply on plea filed by bar leader
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to Jammu and Kashmir administration on a plea filed by high court’s bar leader Mian Abdul Qayoom challenging his detention under Public Safety Act since August 7 last year. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and B R Gavai issued notice to the Union Territory’s administration […]
Five killed in Doda mishap
Bhadarwah/Jammu: Five people, including a woman and her three minor children, were killed when their car skidded off the road and rolled down into a 350-feet deep gorge in Doda district on Friday, officials said. The car was on its way from Gool area of Ramban district to Thathri town of Doda district. The accident […]
LAC standoff: India holds China responsible
China amassing large contingent of troops, armaments since early May
New Delhi: China has been amassing a large contingent of troops and armaments along the Line of Actual Control since early May and conduct of the Chinese forces has been in complete disregard of all mutually agreed norms, India on Thursday said holding Beijing responsible for the eastern Ladakh standoff. At an online media briefing, […]
Did PM Modi mislead people on LAC, says Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come clean on whether he has misled the nation by saying there has been no intrusion into Indian territory in Ladakh and cited reports quoting experts that China’s PLA has returned to the Galwan valley. Addressing a joint virtual press conference, Congress chief […]
Ready to iron out differences: Chinese Ambassador
New Delhi: Striking a conciliatory tone after raising tensions in eastern Ladakh to a fever pitch, China on Thursday said it was ready to work with India to properly deal with the border standoff while noting that “suspicion and friction” was a wrong path that goes against the fundamental aspirations of people of the two […]
China-India standoff ‘very serious, worrying’: Boris Johnson
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called on India and China to engage in dialogue to sort out their border issues as he described the escalation in eastern Ladakh as “a very serious and worrying situation” which the UK is closely monitoring. The first official statement of Johnson came during his weekly Prime Minister’s […]
Land grab case: Former Minister Lal Singh to face CBI enquiry
New Delhi: The CBI has registered a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) to probe allegations of land grabbing and corruption by an educational trust run by ex-Jammu and Kashmir minister Choudhary Lal Singh, who had quit BJP following a row over the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua, officials said on Thursday. The officials […]
Covid-19 casts shadow on annual fair at Chamliyal
BSF officers, locals offer 'chadar' at the shrine
Jammu: BSF personnel and a few villagers on Thursday offered ‘chadar’ at Baba Chamliyal shrine after the annual Indo-Pak fair organised on the two sides of the International Border (IB) in Samba district was cancelled amid the coronavirus outbreak. “There is no public function at the shrine of Baba Chamliyal Thursday in the wake of […]
