Search operation conducted in Rajouri
Jammu: A joint team of police and Army conducted a massive search operation in Rajouri town and some adjoining areas on Thursday after receiving reports of suspicious movement. The operation was conducted in Rajouri’s Bela colony and Kallar village and areas on the outskirts of the border town, senior superintendent of police YougalManhas said. Police […]
Citing ‘health grounds, BJP’s Leh MP resigns
New Delhi: BJP MP ThupstanChhewang, who represents Ladakh in the Lok Sabha, has resigned from the House and also the party, its Jammu and Kashmir unit president Ravinder Raina said. Chhewang, 71, has resigned to pursue a “spiritual life” and had also been suffering from health issues, Raina told PTI, insisting that his resignation is […]
Won’t give you a walk over in assembly polls, Omar tells BJP
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah has hinted his party would participate in assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir if fresh elections to the state legislature were announced in near future. “You got the control of a handful of towns & cities because NC & PDP stayed away (and the Congress did such a poor […]
Deepika Rajawat no longer represents us, Kathua victims family
Says she seldom came to attend court hearings
Pathankot: The family of the eight-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in Kathua has removed lawyer Deepika Rajawat as their advocate on record, saying she seldom appeared for hearings in the case, officials informed Thursday. The plea was moved Wednesday by the family before the court of district and sessions judge here which is […]
Give ‘anti-terror’ ops a further push, US tells Pak
Washington: Pakistan certainly needs to do more in its fight against terrorism and the Trump administration expects Islamabad to act against terror groups like the Haqqani network and Lashkar-e-Taiba in same way as it did against al-Qaeda after the 9/11 attacks, a top American official has said. State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism Nathan Alexander Sales […]
Arrest of two LeT militants in Poonch, police says module busted
Jammu: Two militants, who were arrested from Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, were part of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) module and had come to the town to ferry weapons to the Kashmir Valley, a senior police officer said. Senior Superintendent of Police, Poonch, Rajiv Pandey said a special investigation team (SIT) headed by a sub-divisional police […]
Ram Madhav surpassing constitutional authorities: NPP
Jammu: A day after BJP general secretary Ram Madhav said his party has decided to continue with the governor rule in Jammu and Kashmir for some more time, National Panthers Party Thursday accused him of trespassing into the domain of constitutional authorities. The continuance or revocation of governor rule is the prerogative of constitutional authorities […]
ReT scheme frozen to facilitate regularisation of teachers
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration will formally stop the Rehabar-e-Taleem (ReT) scheme with a provision that the teachers already engaged under it would continue to be governed by the scheme till their regularization or otherwise. The decision taken at the State Administrative Council (SAC) meeting would help the school education department to consolidate the […]
Without naming Pak, Modi calls it ‘fountain head of terror acts’
Says all leads in global terror attacks ultimately point to 'single source'
Singapore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday told US Vice President Mike Pence that all the traces and all the leads in the global terror attacks ultimately leads to a “single source and single place of origin”, in an apparent reference to Pakistan. Modi, who held talks with Pence on a wide range of bilateral […]
