Taliban threaten to end peace talks with US
Say won’t meet the Kabul government representatives
Kabul: The Taliban issued a statement Tuesday threatening to end contact with the US even as Washington’s peace envoy makes another round of the region in pursuit of a negotiated end to Afghanistan’s protracted conflict before a frustrated President Donald Trump makes good on his 2016 campaign promise to end America’s involvement. Earlier in the […]
Top Taliban commander, three others killed in Pakistan
PESHAWAR: Security forces in Pakistan have gunned down four militants, including a top Taliban commander who masterminded the last year’s powerful bomb blast in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in which at least 31 people including three Sikhs were killed, reports said. Those killed in the exchange of fire include Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander Islam […]
Barring PDP, all parties want early polls: Guv
Jammu: Batting for early assembly elections, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has said all political parties, except Mehbooba Mufti-led Peoples Democratic Party, want early polls. The governor, however, hastened to add that it is the Election Commission of India, which has the mandate to hold the polls and decide the schedule. “The government […]
Release Kashmiri scribe, drop charges against him: CPJ tells JK governor
New Delhi: The Committee to Protect Journalists has appealed to Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik to release journalist Aasif Sultan, arrested last year for alleged links with militant groups, and drop the charges against him. No charge sheet has been filed against Sultan, who works for a weekly newspaper and was arrested under […]
Tarigami welcomes governor’s outreach to separatists
Jammu: Senior CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami on Wednesday welcomed the outreach of Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik to separatists and called for a time-bound inquiry into the three major incidents of civilian deaths in the past six months. “Governor Malik’s offer of reaching out to the separatist leaders is a welcome step, […]
BSF bids adieu to officer killed on IB
Jammu: The Border Security Force (BSF)Wednesday bid adieu to Assistant Commandant Vinay Prasad who was killed in sniper firing by Pakistan Rangers along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said. A solemn wreath laying ceremony for the slain officer was held at the BSF frontier headquarters here, a BSF spokesman […]
Two killed, three others injured in separate incidents in Jammu
JAMMU: Two persons were killed and three others injured in separate road accidents in Samba and Ramban districts of Jammu division, police said Wednesday. A-three vehicle crash killed the driver of an oil tanker and injured three others near Railway bridge Nanak Chack in Samba Tuesday night, they said. The identity of the deceased driver […]
Two drug peddlers held in Jammu
JAMMU: Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested in separate cases after a huge consignment of poppy straw, and charas were seized from their possession along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, police said on Wednesday. Nitin Sharma (30), a resident of R S Pura, was arrested after police seized 175 kg poppy straw from his truck at […]
Man wanted in rash driving case arrested after 12 years
Jammu: A man, wanted in a rash driving case, was arrested Wednesday after over a 12-year-long hunt in Jammu divisions Samba district, police said. Harmeet Singh, a resident of the Rajbagh area of Kathua district, was arrested by a police party from the Mansar Morh area in Samba, a police spokesman said. Singh was wanted […]
Report police, forces atrocities to me: Guv Malik tells Hurriyat leaders
Says Hurriyat should not consider him as an ‘alien’
Jammu: In a bid to build bridges between Raj Bhawan and Hurriyat Conference, J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik Tuesday reached out to the separatist leaders urging them to apprise him directly of the cases of “atrocity and injustice” to common people that they may come across. Malik made the offer with an appeal that the […]
