PM should make a statement on JK situation: Congress
New Delhi: Condemning the government’s decision to curtail the Amarnath Yatra, the Congress on Saturday said the entire country is worried and Prime Minister Narendra Modi should make a statement in Parliament on the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a press conference at the Congress office here, senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad […]
UN Chiefs statement calling situation as ‘armed conflict’ irks India
United Nations: India has strongly expressed its disappointment over UN chief Antonio Guterres, in his recent report, including situations in India that are neither armed conflicts nor a threat to international security, saying such attempt to expand mandate in a selective manner to certain situations only politicises the agenda. In the ‘Annual Report of the […]
Indian troops used cluster ammunition on LoC: Pak army
India denies allegation, says Pak army tried to push in infiltrators
Islamabad/New Delhi: The Pakistan Army said on Saturday that the Indian troops had used “cluster ammunition” to target civilians across the line of control and killed two persons, an allegation the Indian Army rejected as “pure propaganda”. Pakistan Army Spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor said in a statement the international community should take notice of […]
Worried over ‘Kashmir situation’, Pak says Afghan peace talks will take a hit
KARACHI: Pakistan on Saturday threatened that the situation in the state of Jammu and Kashmir will have serious repercussion on the ongoing Afghan peace process if ‘things go out of hand’. According to ARY News the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Shah Mehmood Qureshi ‘vehemently opposed India’s designs and increased aggression in Pak held Kashmir and […]
Taliban- Govt talks, US banks on Pak support
Washington: US President Donald Trump hoped that Pakistan will help the US in Afghanistan as peace talks with the Taliban have apparently entered its last phase. Trump said he had developed a “good chemistry” with the Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, whom he met at his Oval Office last week. “We’re doing very well, as […]
Pak national ‘held’ near Indo-Pak border
Ferozepur (Pb): A 38-year-old Pakistani national was held near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Ferozepur district, an official said Saturday. Yakub, a resident of Kamalia village in Tobha Tek Singh district in Pakistan, was found to be roaming under suspicious circumstances on Friday night near Border Out Post (BOP) Dona Rai Dina Nath and was […]
BJP alleges pol parties of creating fear among people
Says NC, PDP, Cong deliberately triggering panic
Jammu: The BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit on Saturday accused leaders of the NC, PDP and the Congress of deliberately trying to trigger panic among the people as they themselves were frightened, and asserted that the common man has no fear. The party’s state unit president, Ravinder Raina, said every common citizen of the country […]
Citing militant threat Govt cancels Amarnath Yatra
Asks pilgrims, tourists to leave valley immediately
Asks pilgrims, tourists to leave valley immediately
Move triggers panic in Kashmir
Srinagar: Kashmir remained on the edge on Friday as a fresh order asking tourists and Amarnath yatris to leave the Valley triggered panic among the residents as they started stocking up dry ration and essentials, fearing long law and order disturbance. The state government issued an advisory to Amarnath pilgrims and tourists to curtail their […]
Why was Parliament not kept in the loop: CPI (M)
New Delhi: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury hit out at the government on Friday over a security advisory issued for the Amarnath pilgrims and tourists in the Kashmir valley, saying Parliament should have been taken into confidence before sending out such a missive. In a tweet, the Left leader also alleged that rumours were being […]