Top security, intel officials meet at PMO: PM briefed
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Wednesday briefed about the latest security situation following violation of Indian airspace by Pakistani fighter jets in Jammu and Kashmir, sources said. Top security and intelligence officials were in a huddle earlier in the day at the prime minister’s office in the wake of fresh developments that […]
Railways issue security alert
New Delhi: Indian Railways has issued a security alert across its network in view of the escalating tension with Pakistan, a senior official of the Railway Protection Force said Wednesday. Security has been beefed up on board all trains operating in border areas and on railway premises, he said. “We have issued an alert to […]
Dialogue only way forward: Mirwaiz Umar
Asks India, Pak to desist from warmongering
Srinagar: Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday asked India and Pakistan to desist from warmongering, saying war will be a disaster for the entire region. Mirwaiz, who was prevented from holding a press conference by authorities at his Nigeen residence, said dialogue was the only way forward. “Leadership and people of Kashmir greatly […]
India, Pak must de-escalate tensions: Farooq
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah Wednesday called for de-escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan and asked both the countries to maintain “maximum restraint” for the “greater good of humanity”. “History bears testimony to the fact that war did not help both the neighbours resolve their long pending issues. It is in the […]
Strike disrupts normal life across Kashmir
Srinagar: Normal life was affected in Kashmir on Wednesday due to a strike called by separatists to protest the NIA raids at residences of several leaders in connection with investigation into terror funding through hawala channels in the valley. Most of the shops, fuel stations and other business establishments were shut in Srinagar the summer […]
Stop harassing youth of Jammu, BJP leader asks JK Police
Jammu: A senior J-K BJP leader Wednesday accused the state police of harassing the city’s youth on “selective basis” in the wake of the anti-Pakistan protests over the Pulwama attack. A curfew was clamped in Jammu city on February 15 following massive protests, a day after 40 CRPF personnel died in Pulwama. The crowd torched […]
India carries out ‘preemptive’ strike against JeM camp across LoC
Pakistan refutes claim, says Indian planes violated Pak airspace
New Delhi: In a swift and precise air strike following the Pulwama attack, India bombed and destroyed Jaish-e-Mohammed’s biggest training camp in Pakistan early Tuesday, claiming killing a “very large number” of militants, trainers and senior commanders, officials said. The operation, described as a non-military, preemptive strike, was welcomed by the entire political spectrum and […]
Will respond ‘at the time and place of our choice’: Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday “strongly rejected” India’s claim” of targeting a militant camp near Balakot and causing heavy casualties even as it vowed to respond “at the time and place of its choosing” to what it called India’s “uncalled for aggression”. At a special meeting of the National Security Committee hours after Indian air strikes […]
