Jmu-Sgr Highway remained closed on day 6
Fresh snowfall hampers efforts to reopen the arterial road
Banihal/Jammu: A fresh spell of snowfall hampered the efforts of authorities to reopen the Jammu-Srinagar national highway which remained closed for the sixth consecutive day on Saturday, officials said. The continuous closure of the 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, had left hundreds of passengers stranded here. The […]
Kashmir shuts on JRL’s call on R-Day
Srinagar: Life came to a grinding halt in Kashmir on Saturday due to a strike called by separatist groups, which asked people to observe the Republic Day as a “black day”. Shops, offices, petrol pumps and business establishments in Srinagar remained closed while public transport services were suspended, officials said. The effect of the strike […]
On LoC India-Pak armies’ trade fire, forget sweets
Jammu: Pakistani troops Saturday violated ceasefire by targeting forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu division, promoting “strong and effective retaliation” by the Indian army, a defence spokesman said. There was no traditional exchange of sweets from both the sides at Chakan Da Bagh. The unprovoked small […]
Sweets exchanged at Attari
Attari (Amritsar): On the occasion of India’s 70th Republic Day, the Border Security Force (BSF) offered sweets to its Pakistani counterparts at the International border here on Saturday. BSF commandant Mukund Kumar Jha gave the sweets to Pakistani Wing Commander Usman at zero line on the Attari-Wagah border. Personnel of BSF and Pakistan Rangers, the […]
‘Intruder’ suffers critical injuries after BSF shot at him in Samba
Jammu: A 22-year-old Pakistani intruder, shot at by Border Security Force personnel along the International Border in Samba district of Jammu division and presumed dead earlier, was shifted to hospital after he was found alive, officials said. Farooq Ahmad, a resident of village Bhollian Da Kothay of Shakargarh in Pakistan, was fired upon by the […]
Nawaz Sharif’s lawyer files plea for suspension of sentence
Seeks bail on health grounds
Islamabad: Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s lawyer on Saturday filed a petition in the high court here for suspension of his sentence and seeking bail on medical grounds for the incarcerated PML-N leader. Sharif has been incarcerated in the KotLakhpat jail in Lahore after he was sentenced to seven years in jail by an […]
President confers Ashoka Chakra on Nazir Wani
New Delhi: Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani, a militant-turned-soldier who laid down his life fighting a group of terrorists in Shopian in Kashmir in November, was awarded the Ashoka Chakra by President Ram NathKovind Saturday. The award — India’s highest peacetime gallantry honour — was received by Wani’s wife and mother at the Republic Day […]
SC to hear Ayodhya land dispute case on Jan 29
Reconstitutes 5-member Constitution Bench
New Delhi: A new 5-judge Constitution Bench was constituted by the Supreme Court Friday to hear on January 29 the politically sensitive Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid land title dispute in Ayodhya. The bench was re-constituted as Justice U ULalit, who was a member of the original bench, recused himself on January 10 after expressing disinclination to […]
