Security beefed up in Delhi following terror attack rumors
New Delhi: Security has been beefed up across the national capital after police received intelligence inputs on a possible terror strike, a senior police official said on Thursday. Raids are being conducted by the Special Cell of Delhi Police at several locations across the city after the intelligence inputs suggested that three to four members […]
Oppn leaders claim restrictions removed in Jammu
Govt says they were under 'self-imposed' curbs
Jammu: Leaders of non-BJP parties in Jammu on Wednesday claimed that the administration has lifted the nearly two-month-long restrictions “imposed” on them following the abrogation of special status to Jammu and Kashmir, even as officials said these were only “self-imposed” curbs. After the Centre announced on August 5 dilution of the provisions of Article 370, […]
Congress leader’s brother refutes allegations of terror links
Jammu: Facing arrest for alleged links with Hizbul Mujahideen outfit, a senior J-K Congress leader’s brother Mohammad Shafi Saroori on Wednesday refuted the charges and claimed the case against him was “politically motivated”. In a statement, Shafi Saroori, brother of the party’s state vice president and former minister Ghulam Mohammad Saroori, alleged the registration of […]
144 juveniles faced detention in JK after Article 370 abrogation: Report
New Delhi: The Juvenile Justice Committee of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has told the Supreme Court that 144 juveniles were detained in the state after the Centre abrogated provisions of Article 370, but 142 minors were later released. The committee, in its report filed in the apex court, said the remaining two were […]
Post abrogation of Art 370 militants may up their ante against India: US
Washington: The United States has voiced fears of many countries that following abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir special status, Pakistani militants might launch terror strikes in India unless Pakistan “keep a lid on militant groups”. “I think many have concerns that Pakistan keep a lid on militant groups that might conduct cross-border activities as a […]
National Law University coming up in JK
Srinagar/Jammu: Governor Satya Pal Malik gave assent to a bill for establishing a National Law University in Jammu and Kashmir, an official spokesman said. The proposal owes its origin to the resolution moved by the ‘All India Law Ministers Conference’ in mid nineties, resolving to set up a law school in each state modelled on […]
India has no extraterritorial ambition, Gen Rawat
New Delhi: India has no extraterritorial ambitions and does not want to “transplant” its ideology on others, Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat has said, asserting that the country will fulfil its regional and global security obligations as a responsible emerging power. In an address to strategic affairs experts and defence personnel in Maldivian capital Male, […]
PM Modi holds series of bilateral meetings on sidelines of UNGA
Kashmir did figure in some meseting: Indian Envoy
New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a series of bilateral meetings with several world leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session here, including with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad. Modi, who arrived here to attend the high-level UN General […]