Clash near Jammu over anti-encroachment drive
Jammu: Two women fell unconscious and some people were injured in clashes with the police during an anti-encroachment drive on the outskirts of Jammu on Tuesday, officials said. A team from the Jammu Development Authority (JDA) and the police launched a six-hour drive in Mandal area and faced stiff resistance from the people, an official […]
Budgam chopper crash: Senior IAF officer removed, likely to face charge of culpable homicide
Srinagar: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has removed the Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Srinagar Air Base, the senior-most officer of the base, for circumstances related to the crash of an Mi-17 helicopter near Srinagar on February 27 after it came under friendly fire, even as a Court-of-Inquiry (CoI) continues to investigate the matter. On February […]
86 militants killed in JK this year so far: Army Commander
Says ops against militants to continue
Udhampur: Asserting that the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir is “under control”, the Army said Monday Pakistan is continuing with its anti-India activities along the Line of Control (LoC) by trying to infiltrate militants into the Valley and promoting drug trade. General Officer Commanding in Chief (GoC-In-C), Northern Command, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh said […]
Ahead of the ‘big day’ BJP begins prepping up for celebrations
New Delhi: Buoyed by exit poll predictions, the BJP has started preparation to celebrate Lok Sabha election results on May 23 in a big way at the party headquarters here. Most exit polls Sunday forecast another term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with some of them projecting that BJP-led NDA will get more than 300 […]
Bhaderwah limps back to normal as day curfew lifted
Bhaderwah/Jammu: Day curfew was lifted from Bhaderwah town on Monday since its imposition last week following the killing of a person in a firing incident and subsequent violence, DG of J&K Police Dilbag Singh said. The DGP along with Jammu Divisional Commissioner Sanjeev Verma and Jammu Inspector General of Police M K Sinha visited the […]
FATF grey list: Pak needs aggressive diplomacy to exit from it, says top official
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan needs to launch an aggressive diplomatic effort to secure enough support to come out of the grey list or prevent itself from falling into the black list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) next month, a senior government official has said. The official’s remarks came after a 10-member Pakistani delegation attended a […]