India slams Security Council for “undermining” UN General Assembly’s authority
United Nations: India has said the UN General Assembly must take lead in finding solutions to the challenges faced by the world, slamming the Security Council for “progressively undermining” the authority of the 193-member global body. India’s Deputy Permanent Representative K Nagaraj Naidu said on Monday the growing number of complex challenges facing the world, […]
N Zealand PM urges global action on social media perils
Christchurch: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday called for a global response to the dangers of social media as the Muslim community began burying their dead five days after the twin-mosques massacre. A white supremacist gunman streamed his 17 minutes of carnage in which he is accused of killing 50 Muslim worshippers during […]
Youth killed in custody, govt orders probe
Srinagar: A 28-year-old school teacher, who was arrested in connection with a terror case, died in police custody here, triggering protests at his town in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday, police said. The state government has ordered a magisterial inquiry to ascertain the cause and circumstances that led to Rizwan Pandit’s death, they said. […]
Terror funding probe: ED attaches 13 assets belonging to Hizb Chief Salahuddin
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate Tuesday said it has attached 13 assets located in Jammu and Kashmir in a terror financing case against Pakistan-based terrorist Syed Salahuddin, the chief of the globally banned outfit Hizbul Mujahideen. The central probe agency issued a provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to attach the […]
Former HC Judge Hasnain Masoodi is NC candidate from Anantnag
Srinagar: The National Conference (NC) has fielded former Jammu and Kashmir High Court judge Justice (retd) Hasnain Masoodi, known for his landmark judgement on Article 370, from the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency. The 65-year-old former judge, who retired from the Jammu and Kashmir High Court in January 2016, is currently serving as the chairman of […]
Gunfire continues to shatter peace along LoC
Jammu: The Pakistan Army violated ceasefire for the third consecutive day by shelling forward areas and posts along the LoC with mortar bombs in Akhnoor and Sunderbani sectors Tuesday, officials said. Pakistani troops have violated ceasefire over 110 times along the Line of Control (LoC) this year. “There was continuous ceasefire violation as the Pakistani […]
Notification for phase 2 of Lok Sabha polls issued
Polls for Srinagar, Udhampur constituencies scheduled in second phase
Polls for Srinagar, Udhampur constituencies scheduled in second phase
Pulwama ‘terror’ attack won’t be forgotten: NSA Doval
Gurgaon: India has neither forgotten nor will forget the Pulwama terror attack and the country’s leadership is “capable and courageous” to mete out effective responses to such acts, NSA Ajit Doval said Tuesday. Speaking for the first time about the attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed on February 14 in Jammu and Kashmir, […]
