Governor’s statement over govt formation stripped BJP naked: JKNPP
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) said Wednesday Governor Satya Pal Malik’s remarks over recent attempt of government formation in the state by the BJP has left the party fully exposed for its “duplicity and dishonest” intentions. Last week, the governor defended his decision to dissolve the state assembly and said had […]
Bovine smuggler detained under PSA
Jammu: A man was slapped with the Public Safety Act (PSA) and detained for his alleged involvement in bovine smuggling in Rajouri district, police said Wednesday. The accused, Mohammad Amin, is a resident of Badhoon village of Rajouri and has a number cases registered against him in the district, they said. He was found involved […]
Three militants, soldier killed in two encounters
Srinagar: Three militants, including one from an ISIS offshoot, and a soldier were killed while two jawans suffered injuries in two separate encounters in south Kashmir’s Kulgam and Pulwama districts on Tuesday, police said. In the Kulgam encounter, two militants of the militant group Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) were killed, while the one killed in Pulwama belonged […]
Delhi wanted me to install Lone-led government in JK: Guv Malik
Says post dissolution of house Omar, Mehbooba expressed happiness
Jammu: In remarks that can embarrass the Centre, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has said had he looked to Delhi, he would have had to install a government led by Sajad Lone, and history would have remembered him as a “dishonest man”. Malik had abruptly dissolved the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly last week […]
Pak to extend invitation to PM Modi for SAARC summit
Islamabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be invited to Pakistan for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit, Foreign Office Spokesman Mohammad Faisal said on Tuesday. The 2016 SAARC Summit was to be held in Islamabad. But after a deadly terrorist attack on an Indian Army camp in Uri in Jammu and Kashmir […]
Militants not acting in the interests of Kashmiris: Army Chief
New Delhi: Army Chief Bipin Rawat has said that militants in Kashmir are acting out of frustration and they (militants) are not acting in the best interests of the people of Kashmir. “Now, the militants are targeting the unemployed, alleging that they are police informers. Locals now feel (militants) aren’t acting in the best interests […]
Perpetrators of terror acts should be brought to justice: UN
United Nations: Any person who takes part in terrorist attacks or any acts of violence should be brought to justice, the UN has said as India marked the 10th anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks purportedly carried out by militants belonging to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba. About 166 people, including six Americans, were killed in the […]
Pakistan’s weapons for peaceful intent: Pak Prez Alvi
Karachi: Pakistan’s weapons are a deterrent to ensure that nobody looks at it with a “bad eye” as the country is facing a “belligerent neighbourhood”, President Arif Alvi said on Tuesday. Alvi was addressing the opening ceremony of the 10th International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) 2018 here. “We want peace, we have been striving […]
