PC announces candidates for two LS seats
Srinagar: Peoples Conference led by separatist-turned-politician Sajad Gani Lone on Monday announced it will field a former PDP leader and a businessman on two Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir. The party’s central election committee finalised the names of Raja Aijaz Ali for Baramulla Lok Sabha seat and Irfan Reza Ansari for Srinagar seat, […]
Pak FM banks on improved ties with India after polls
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Finance Minister Asad Umar Monday expressed hope that ties with India will improve after the general elections as he underlined the need to increase regional trade and improve relations with neighbouring countries. The finance minister in his address to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Peshawar talked at length about his vision […]
Valley shuts down to mark Afzal Guru’s sixth death anniversary
Srinagar: Normal life in Kashmir was affected Saturday due to a strike called by separatists to mark the sixth death anniversary of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru, who was hanged on this day in 2013. Shops and other business establishments remained closed while public transport was off the roads due to the shutdown called […]
Lt Gen Dhillon takes over as Commander 15 Corps
Srinagar: Lt Gen KanwalJeet Singh Dhillon has taken over as the 48th Corps Commander of Army’s Srinagar-based strategic 15 Corps, which mans the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, a defence spokesman said Saturday. Lt Gen Dhillon took over the command of the 15 Corps, also called the Chinar Corps, on Friday from Lt Gen […]
Citizenship bill: PM Modi faces black flags, protests during Assam visit
Guwahati: Prime Minister NarendraModi’s second day in Assam saw nude protests, a bandh, raising of black flags and burning of effigies by agitators over the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. Six KrishakMuktiSangramSamiti (KMSS) activists were taken into police custody on Saturday when they stripped naked in front of JanataBhawan — the state secretariat here. The KMSS […]
Sharif, family still on ‘Exit Control List’: Pak Govt
Islamabad: The Pakistan government on Saturday rejected prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law’s requests seeking removal of their names from the Exit Control List (ECL), which is preventing them from flying abroad. In October last year, Sharif, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Mohammad Safdar had separately applied to the Interior Ministry seeking removal […]
ED files PMLA case against LeT’s frontal organization
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case against Pakistan-based outfit Falah-e-Insaniyat (FIF), a front for banned group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the agency said Saturday. It said a criminal case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has been filed by the central probe agency for the outfit’s “involvement in money […]