Leh gets its first medical college
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has announced to establish a Government Medical College (GMC) for Leh which would be first such facility in the hilly district and help develop health education and services in the region, an official spokesman said on Tuesday. The Health and Medical Education Department will set up the GMC in […]
Inter district militant modules will be identified, says DGP
Srinagar/Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh has stressed the need to identify inter-district militant modules involved in carrying out atrocities on people and initiate strict action against them. The Director General of Police (DGP) said all the steps required for thwarting the “ill designs” of the anti-national elements and their mentors should be […]
Indian diplomat refuses to comment on mediation offer
New York: Asking journalists to “wait” for the meeting between Narendra Modi and Donald Trump, a senior Indian diplomat refused to comment on the US president renewing his offer to mediate between India and Pakistan on Kashmir and his description of the prime minister’s statement in Houston as “very aggressive”. Describing himself as “an extremely […]
Ready to mediate on Kashmir if India, Pakistan agree: Trump
New York: US President Donald Trump said that he was ready to mediate between Pakistan and India on the Kashmir issue if both sides agree as he described himself as “an extremely good arbitrator”. India maintains that the Kashmir issue is a bilateral one and no third party has any role in it. Trump made […]
No terror attack is ‘more or less’, ‘good or bad’: PM Modi
New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that terrorist attacks anywhere in the world should be considered as an act of terrorism — “not more or less” or “good or bad”. During his address at the Leaders’ Dialogue on Strategic Responses to Terrorist and Violent Extremist Narratives, held on the sidelines of the 74th […]
Govt officer booked for accumulating disproportionate assets
Jammu: An officer of the Jammu and Kashmir administration has been booked in a disproportionate assets case by the Anti-Corruption Bureau, an official spokesperson said on Tuesday. An FIR was registered against Noor Alam, deputy secretary ARI and Trainings, on Monday after verifying the allegations that he holds assets disproportionate to his known sources of […]
Pak using drones to supply arms to militants: Punjab CM
Urges Amit Shah to handle the ‘problem’
Chandigarh: Two days after a Punjab Police probe revealed use of drones to deliver weapons from across the border, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said this has added a “new and serious dimension on Pakistan’s sinister designs” after abrogation of special status to Jammu and Kashmir. He urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to […]