Pak PM calls Hasina ahead of her India tour
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received a surprise phone call from her Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan hours ahead of her visit to India, according to officials. Khan called Hasina amid his shrill anti-India campaign on the Kashmir issue after the Indian government revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. Khan has been dialling up Muslim […]
Article 370 was a roadblock in the development of JK: Amit Shah
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said Article 370 was a roadblock in the development of Jammu and Kashmir and that the journey of development in the region would begin with the launch of Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express. Shah, who was accompanied by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, Union ministers Jitendra Singh and […]
Govt takes full responsibility to safeguard interests of Kashmiris: Madhav
Jammu: Reaching out to the people of Kashmir with the message “every Kashmiri is ours”, BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav assured them that the Modi government has taken up the responsibility to safeguard their interests on land and culture. He termed Article 370 “anti-people and biggest hurdle” in the development of Jammu and Kashmir, […]
Special commandos to guard sensitive stations on Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express route: RPF
New Delhi: Special commandos will be deployed at sensitive stations, like Jammu and Pathankot, on the 654-km route of the Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express to respond to any security situation, a senior Railway Protection Force official said on Thursday. RPF Director General Arun Kumar said Commandos for Railways Security (CORAS) will not be deployed on […]
Ensuring prompt redressal of public grievances must: Div Com
Jammu: “Ensuring prompt redressal of public grievances must be the prime concern of officers”, said Divisional Commissioner, Sanjeev Verma here today. The Div Com was speaking at the inaugural function of foundation course for officers trainees of Junior scale J&K Administration Services, Police Services and Accounts Services, batch 2016 organised by J&K Institute of Management, […]
Gandhi would have launched Delhi-Srinagar yatra on Art 370 move: Singh
Indore: Had Mahatma Gandhi been alive today, he would have announced a march from Delhi to Srinagar over the Centre’s move on Article 370, said Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh as he attacked the government for scrapping Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah had “finished” former […]
Union minister Jitendra Singh faces ‘hostile’ students
New Delhi: Some JNU students resorted to sloganeering during a talk by Union minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday, which was countered by ABVP activists. Singh was invited to the varsity for a talk to deliver a lecture on ‘Abrogation of Article 370: Peace, Stability and Development in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh’. A section of students […]
Man goes missing from Jammu railway station
Jammu: The railway police has launched an operation to trace a man who had gone missing from the Jammu railway station, officials said on Thursday. Surinder Kumar, hailing from Vijaypur belt of Samba district, had gone missing from Jammu railway station on September 25, they said, adding that a case has been registered in this […]