Law & order situation in J&K satisfactory: DGP
Jammu: Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Wednesday said the law-and-order situation in Jammu and Kashmir was “good and satisfactory”, adding that the people in the two regions were cooperating with the security agencies. Singh said Kishtwar in Jammu region would be free of militancy again as only a “couple of militants” were active […]
SC seeks J&K admin’s response on plea against Mehbooba Mufti’s detention under PSA
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday sought response of the Jammu and Kashmir administration on a plea challenging former J-K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s detention under the Public Safety Act. Mufti was arrested moments after the Rajya Sabha passed the law to bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories (UTs) in August last year […]
Srinagar airport security handed over to CISF
Srinagar: The security of the strategic Srinagar international airport in Kashmir was on Wednesday taken over by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), six weeks after a Deputy Superintendent of Police posted there was caught ferrying militants out of the valley. According to officials, the process of the CISF taking over the airport security was […]
Anyone targeting minorities in Pak would be dealt with strictly: Imran Khan
"Now 200 million Muslims in India are being targeted. The world community must act now," he tweeted.
“Now 200 million Muslims in India are being targeted. The world community must act now,” he tweeted.
J&K ‘was, is and shall forever’ remain its integral part: India tells Pakistan at UNHRC meeting
Geneva: Jammu and Kashmir “was, is and shall forever” remain an integral part of India, a top Indian diplomat asserted at the UN Human Rights Council’s meeting here on Wednesday, a day after Pakistan sought the international community’s intervention on the Kashmir issue. Speaking at the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council which […]
Doval tasked to bring Delhi situation under control after violence spirals
New Delhi: Concerned over the deteriorating law and order situation in the national capital, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given to National Security Advisor Ajit Doval the mandate to restore normalcy in riot-hit northeast Delhi where at least 20 people have been killed in the communal violence, officials said on Wednesday. Immediately after taking over […]
Firing over old enmity on Jammu city outskirts: 1 killed, sarpanch injured
Jammu: One person was killed and two others, including a sarpanch, were injured in firing by some people in connection with an old enmity on outskirts of the Jammu city, officials said on Tuesday. On the intervening night of Monday-Tuesday, the assailants barged into a house and fired at sarpanch Dalbir Singh and his family […]
US lawmakers express concern over Delhi violence
Washington: The violence over the amended citizenship act in India’s capital New Delhi drew sharp reactions from US lawmakers with the mainstream media prominently reporting it along with the just-concluded visit of President Donald Trump. Reacting to the violence that has claimed at least 13 lives in the past a couple of days, US Congresswoman […]