JK’s statehood to be restored at appropriate time: Amit Shah
Patna: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday promised restoration of statehood for Jammu and Kashmir at “an appropriate time” and a “good resolution” of demands raised by people of the Union Territory of Ladakh. Speaking at a media conclave in Patna, he also claimed that after the abrogation of Article 370, terror-infested Jammu and […]
Operation Sindoor was only a trailer: Rajnath Singh
Says every inch of Pak territory within BrahMos range Lucknow: Every inch of Pakistan’s territory lies within range of BrahMos and what happened during Operation Sindoor was just a trailer, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said here on Saturday, in a stern warning to Pakistan. The operation proved that victory has become a habit for India, […]
Nagrota bypoll: Ex-minister Harsh Dev Singh, BJP leader Devyani Rana files nomination
Jammu: JKNPP-I president and former minister Harsh Dev Singh and BJP candidate Devyani Rana on Saturday filed their nomination papers for the bypoll in Nagrota Assembly constituency here, officials said. After submitting their papers before the returning officers, both the leaders addressed separate public meetings to seek support of the voters. The by-elections in Nagrota […]
Jammu zone DIG reviews border management in Kathua
Asks locals to report suspicious activity Jammu: A senior police officer on Saturday visited the Kathua district and called for the strengthening of checkpoints, especially during night hours, to keep a tab on anti-social and anti-national elements, officials said. Deputy Inspector General of police, Jammu-Samba-Kathua range, Shiv Kumar Sharma, also emphasised the importance of inter-agency […]
India now unstoppable, does not remain silent after terror attacks: PM Modi
Says earlier govts carried out reforms as compulsion, we do it with conviction New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that India now does not remain silent after terror attacks but hits back using surgical and air strikes. Addressing the NDTV World Summit here, he said there are several roadblocks and speed breakers […]
SC voices concern over rising instances of digital arrest
Seeks Centre’s response New Delhi: Rising incidents of online frauds in the country, especially digital arrests to dupe citizens by fabricating judicial orders, have come under the scanner of the Supreme Court which on Friday sought responses of the Centre and the CBI saying such offences strike at the “very foundation” of public trust in […]
India to focus on taking domestic defence production to 100 per cent: Rajnath
Nashik: India is looking at taking domestic defence production to 100 per cent as dependence on foreign military supplies creates “strategic vulnerability”, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday. He said this after inaugurating a third production line of Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)-Mk1A and a second manufacturing facility of trainer jet HTT-40. “There was […]
Slashing RBA quota calculated move to disempower people: Waheed Para
Srinagar: PDP MLA Waheed Para on Friday said the Jammu and Kashmir government’s decision to “slash” the RBA quota is a “calculated attempt to disempower” Kashmiris. The Pulwama legislator accused Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of advancing the “disempowerment agenda” and asserted that the Residents of Backward Areas (RBA) quota safeguards Kashmiri representation. “The J&K government’s […]
Court in Baramulla declares Hizbul Mujahideen chief proclaimed offender
Srinagar: A court in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district has declared Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen chief Mohammad Yousuf Shah alias Syed Salah-ud-Din as a proclaimed offender in a 2012 case, police have said. The court of the chief judicial magistrate, Sopore, has declared Shah a proclaimed offender under section 153-B of the Ranbir Penal Code (imputations, assertions […]