Pak troops shell LoC areas in Poonch
Army major, BSF official injured in Rajouri
Jammu: The Pakistan army violated ceasefire for a third consecutive day Thursday, shelling forward posts and civilian areas along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district inviting a strong retaliation from Indian forces, officials said. The year 2018 witnessed the highest number of ceasefire violations — 2,936 — by Pakistan troops in […]
Ensure culprits in rape of 13-yr-old girl are punished: Mehbooba to Malik
Srinagar:Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti Thursday urged Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik to ensure that the culprits in the rape of a 13-year-old girl in Ramban district of the state are punished. “What can be more blood curdling & disturbing than a case where a 13-year-old minor girl was gang raped in […]
Cross-border infiltration: Army has wide range of options, says Commander
Srinagar: The Army has a range of options to exercise against the continued infiltration from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir to give a befitting reply to Pakistan, a top Army commander said Thursday. “It (infiltration) has carried on We have a range of options that are available to the Indian […]
Police arrest 3 smugglers in Ramban, rescue 35 cattle
Jammu: Three men were arrested for illegally transporting cattle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district Thursday and 35 animals were rescued, police said. The arrests and recoveries were made in three separate incidents, they said. During a routine check, police intercepted two vehicles near Shan Palace and found 20 and nine cattle in them, they […]
2010 topper, Shah Faesal quits IAS
Says voices of reason cannot be muzzled, environment of siege needs to end
Says voices of reason cannot be muzzled, environment of siege needs to end
Terrorism will keep growing like a ‘multi headed monster’: Army Chief
Seeks control over social media to stop radicalization of youth
New Delhi: Terrorism is becoming a new form of warfare and it will keep growing like a “multi-headed monster” till nations continue to use it as a State policy, Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat said Wednesday as he pitched for some control over social media to contain spread of radicalisation and terror-funding. In an address […]
Cold wave persists as Kashmir prepares for another spell of snowfall
Srinagar: Kashmir continued to reel under intense cold with Gulmarg skiing resort recording a low of minus 10 degrees Celsius, Met officials said Wednesday. The minimum temperature in Srinagar the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir – fell to minus 3.0 degrees Celsius, they said. They said Qazigund in south Kashmir recorded a low of […]
SC defers hearing on 1982 J&K re-settlement law, CJI to fix date
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred hearing on a plea challenging the validity of the sensitive Jammu and Kashmir Resettlement Act of 1982, and said the Chief Justice will fix the further date for hearing in the matter. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices L N Rao and S K […]
Indian TV content ‘damages our culture’: Pak CJ
Says ban on airing it will continue
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Chief Justice Saqib Nisar on Wednesday said that the Supreme Court will not allow Indian content to be shown on Pakistani TV channels as it “damages our culture”. Chief Justice Nisar made the remarks while hearing an appeal filed by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) against a high court’s decision to […]
