India says no to Trump’s mediation offer

‘We are engaged with China to resolve border row’: India

New Delhi: India said it was engaged with China to resolve the border issue, in a carefully crafted reaction seen as virtual rejection of US President Donald Trump’s offer to arbitrate between the two Asian giants in resolving their decades-old boundary dispute. “We are engaged with the Chinese side to peacefully resolve it,” External Affairs […]

B R Sharma takes over as Chairman JKPSC

Lt Governor administers oath of office

Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu on Thursday administered the oath to retired bureaucrat B R Sharma as Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) at Raj Bhavan here, an official spokesman said. A 1984-batch IAS (retired) officer of the Jammu and Kashmir cadre, Sharma had served as the chief secretary of the […]

Covid-19: Govt says 23 lakh people in quarantine across India

New Delhi: Nearly 23 lakh people, who have moved within the country or arrived from international destinations during the ongoing nationwide lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, are currently in quarantine facilities arranged by states and union territories. While majority of the state governments and union territory administrations have made at least seven days’ quarantine […]

IED blast averted in Pulwama: Police

Say militants had fitted 45kgs explosives in a private car

Srinagar: Security forces on Thursday averted a major tragedy as they foiled a bid to set up a car-borne IED, containing about 45 kgs of explosives, in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, police said. Inspector-General of Police Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said the militants of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) were working together to target […]

Delimitation panel: Three MP’s from NC, 15 others nominated as associate members

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha Speaker has nominated 15 MPs from Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh as “associate members” of the Delimitation Commission to assist the panel in redrawing parliamentary and assembly constituencies of the northeastern states and the union territory. The 15 MPs include two Union ministers — Kiren Rijiju […]