Pakistani by birth, this 37 year old woman to vote as Indian citizen
Gurdaspur (Punjab): The 16-year wait to cast her vote in India’s general election is almost over and TahiraMaqbool, who came from Pakistan in 2003 when she got married to an Indian citizen, is counting each day. The 37-year-old will exercise her right to franchise in the 2019 LokSabha from the GurdaspurLokSabha constituency, which goes to […]
LoC flare-up: Pak troops shells forward areas in Poonch
Jammu: Pakistani troops Friday lobbed mortars and opened fire along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri and Poonch districts, leavng two persons injured. “At about 1440 hours, Pakistani Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by shelling with mortars and firing of small arms along the LoC in Nowshera sector in Rajouri district,” PRO […]
Modi was the first PM to act against terror: Amit Shah
Imphal (Manipur): BJP president Amit Shah Friday said that NarendraModi has made the country more secure by becoming the first Prime Minister to destroy militant camps across the borders. He spoke highly about airstrikes on terrorist camps in Pakistan following the Pulwama incident in which 40 CRPF jawans were killed. Such retaliation made the country […]
Pandit body threatens agitation over ‘cover-up’ on killings
Jammu: An organisation of displaced Kashmir Pandits Friday vowed to create a mass movement against the alleged cover-up of the community’s genocide and the denial of their basic rights under the international and domestic laws. The Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora (GKPD) also criticised national and regional political parties including the Congress, the National Conference (NC) […]
Two drug smugglers arrested
Jammu: Two drug peddlers were arrested and 210 kgs of poppy was recovered from them in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, police said Friday. Acting on a tip-off, a Punjab-bound truck was intercepted on the link road at Sallan in Hiranagar and the poppy, concealed in six bags, was recovered, they said. The truck driver […]
NC will review all cases against youth, says Omar
RAFIABAD: National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah Thursday said cases registered against Jammu and Kashmir youth since 2015, after the PDP-BJP alliance came to power in the state, would be reviewed and the FIRs cancelled if his party is voted to power. Addressing an election meeting here in Chijhama village of Rafiabad in north Kashmir’s […]
AFSPA review necessary to stop human rights violation: Azad
Jammu: Senior Congress leader GhulamNabi Azad Thursday defended his party’s promise to review the AFSPA, saying while the security forces should enjoy full powers to eliminate militancy, it is also necessary to ensure that no human rights violation takes place. Asserting that the Article 370 – guaranteeing special status to Jammu and Kashmir – would […]
