Poll-bound areas observe shutdown in Kashmir
Srinagar: Normal life was affected in poll-bound areas in Kashmir Valley Wednesday due to a strike called by separatists against the urban local bodies elections in the state. Voting for the second of the four-phased elections was underway in the Valley. It began at 6 am and ended at 4 pm. Shops, fuel stations and […]
Guv Malik meets Rajnath as phase II of polls ended in JK
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik Wednesday met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed the situation in the state, where the elections to the urban local bodies are underway, officials said. During the half-an-hour meeting, the governor apprised Singh about the law and order in the state, particularly in militancy-wracked Kashmir Valley. […]
Three students with links to AGH arrested in Punjab, says police
Chandigarh/Srinagar: In a joint operation, the Punjab Police and the Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police Wednesday arrested three students and busted a module of Kashmiri terror outfit Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH) in Jalandhar. The students were nabbed from the hostel of CT Institute of Engineering Management and Technology, located in Shahpur on the […]
Lt Gen Asim Munir appointed head of Pakistan’s ISI
Islamabad: Lt Gen Asim Munir, who previously served as the head of the Military Intelligence (MI), will be the new chief of Pakistan’s powerful spy agency ISI, the Pakistan Army announced Wednesday. Munir was recently promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General by the Army Promotion Board headed by Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar […]
BJP candidate dies of heart attack before casting vote
Banihal/Jammu: A BJP candidate died of heart attack Wednesday when he was about to cast his vote in the second phase of the municipal elections in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Azad Singh Raju, 62, a former employee of the Irrigation and Flood Control Department, died at a local polling station before […]
Pakistan, China negotiating on phase-II of FTA: Chinese diplomat
Islamabad: China and Pakistan are negotiating the terms of the second phase of their free trade agreement to increase trade and provide free trade opportunity for their businesses, a senior Chinese diplomat has said. Beijing and Islamabad have held around 10 rounds of talks to iron out differences over the terms of the phase-II of […]
College in UP faces closure amid allegations of ‘ban’ on signing Vande Matram
Ballia (UP): A day after a magisterial probe was ordered to investigate an alleged ban on singing Vande Matram and chanting “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” at a government-aided inter college in Ballia district, authorities have closed it indefinitely. “We have closed the college till further orders. It will be reopened after permission from administration” Principal […]
