Kartarpur Corridor : US welcomes agreement between Pakistan, India
Washington: The US has welcomed India and Pakistan signing a key agreement to operationalise the landmark Kartarpur Corridor next month, saying building of people-to-people ties between the two neighbours is “good news”. India and Pakistan on Thursday signed the agreement on the Kartarpur Corridor that will allow Indian pilgrims to undertake visa-free visit to GurdwaraDarbar […]
Govt orders winding up of district consumer forums
Srinagar/Jammu: Ahead of its bifurcation into two union territories next week, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has ordered the winding up of district consumer forums from October 31, an official order said. The order issued by the General Administration Department (GAD) said consequent upon the repeal of the Jammu and Kashmir Consumer Protection Act by […]
BJP inches towards govt formation in Haryana
Five independent MLAs meet Nadda
New Delhi: Five Independent MLAs, along with Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and BJP’s Haryana in-charge Anil Jain, met the party’s working president, J P Nadda, at his residence here on Friday to finalise the modalities of government formation, sources said. The five Independent legislators – Dharampal Gondan, NayanpalRawat, SombirSangwan, Rakesh Daulatabad and Randheer […]
Karan Singh stresses on dialogue with Kashmiri leadership
New Delhi: Former Jammu Kashmir Sadr-i-Riyasat and son of last Dogra Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, Karan Singh has stressed on resumption of dialogue with political leadership and civil society of Kashmir to normalize the situation in Kashmir. Kashmir is on edge since August 5 when Government of India annulled the special status of Jammu […]
Congressional hearing on Kashmir was one sided: KP’s
Washington: The Congressional hearing on human rights situation in South Asia with a focus on Kashmir was one sided, an organisation of Kashmiri Pandits has alleged in a letter to the Congressman who chaired the committee, saying it left out one of the indigenous races of Jammu and Kashmir against whom human rights violations have […]
Political detenues to be shifted to private hotel
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration is likely to shift political detenues from the Centaur Hotel, located on the banks of Dal Lake, to a private hotel in the cantonment area in view of the forthcoming winter season, officials said. They said that since heating arrangements at the government-run hotel were not adequate, the state […]