‘Closely monitoring’ India-China border row: US
Washington: The US is “closely monitoring” the situation following a fierce clash between Indian and Chinese forces in eastern Ladakh, and hopes that the differences will be resolved peacefully, a senior State Department official has said. Twenty Indian Army personnel, including a Colonel, were killed in the clash with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley […]
UNSC elections: India set for a comfortable victory
United Nations: India is expected to register a comfortable victory in the Security Council elections on Wednesday that will bring the country to the UN high-table as a non-permanent member for the 2021-22 term. The 193-member UN General Assembly will hold elections for President of the 75th session of the Assembly, five non-permanent members of […]
ACB files charge sheet against govt employee
Jammu: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday filed a charge sheet in a court here against a government employee for alleged misappropriation of foodgrains and gunny bags in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, an official said. The charge sheet was filed against the then Junior Assistant Storekeeper, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) department, […]
Anti-China protests staged in Jammu
Jammu: Anti-China protests were held at multiple locations in Jammu region on Wednesday over the killing of 20 Indian soldiers in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley, with agitators demanding revenge, boycott of Chinese products and severing trade ties. They torched China’s flag, effigy and Chinese products amid high-pitch sloganeering calling for a strong response to the action […]
After detention of ten months NC leader Sagar released
Srinagar: National Conference general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar was on Wednesday released from a sub-jail after 10 months, officials said, a day after the Jammu and Kashmir High Court quashed his detention under the Public Safety Act (PSA). Sagar, 67, was released from a government guesthouse which has been designated as a sub-jail, the officials […]