No respite: Jammu-Srinagar NH continues to remain closed
Srinagar: The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained closed for the fifth day on Friday as fresh snowfall hampered efforts of authorities to clear the road for vehicular movement. The arterial road was closed on Tuesday after a snow avalanche had blocked both tubes of the Jawahar Tunnel on Qazigund side. The official said intermittent snowfall was […]
India-Pakistan have to engage in talks to see improvised ties: Pak envoy
Kolkata: Pakistan High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood advocated talks and sustained engagement between the two countries to find common ground for improvement of bilateral relations. Quoting Pakistan Prime minister Imran Khan, Mahmood said it is time need to move away from the blame game and try to resolve long-standing bilateral issues. “More and more […]
Maintain dignity of office: Omar tells LS Speaker
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Friday criticisedLokSabha speaker SumitraMahajan for her remarks that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took the political plunge as Congress chief Rahul Gandhi could not handle his responsibilities. Reminding Mahajan that she was the Speaker of the lower house of Parliament, the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) advised her […]
Army Chief Rawat among 19 awarded PVSM
New Delhi:Army Chief Gen. BipinRawat is among 19 senior army officials who have conferred the ParamVishishtSeva Medal, the highest military medal awarded in recognition of peace-time services not relating to gallantry. Almost all commanders who became Army chief in the past four decades had been decorated with the award before their appointment to the top […]
Guns and roses: How BSF jawans balance duty and dreams
Jammu: At the Border Security Force camp in Jammu, uniform isn’t the only thing common; it’s the shared passion for singing, dancing, and a heart, which beats as much for the nation as for their secret dreams. The jawans in the camp train hard everyday. Their routine – strict and demeanour- tough. But scratch the […]
25 JK cops including 855 officers awarded for ‘distinguished’ services
New Delhi: 25 officials from the Jammu and Kashmir Police were among the 885 police personnel from across India who were honoured by the government for their distinguished services on the eve of the Republic Day. While the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG) have been given to three CRPF constables — Mohammad Yaseen, Borase […]
As South Kashmir soldier gets Ashoka Chakra posthumously, wife recalls his ‘valiant’ behavior
New Delhi: It was love at first sight for Mahajabeen, wife of Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani, when the two met at a school in South Kashmir around 15 years back. Nearly one-and-half months after Wani’s death in an anti-militant operation in Shopian, Mahajabeen, a teacher and mother of two, says his immense love for […]
CRPF gets 2 Kirti Chakras, one Shaurya for operation in Kashmir
New Delhi: Two slain CRPF jawans were decorated with the Kirti Chakra, the second highest peacetime gallantry medal of the country and their commander was awarded the Shaurya Chakra for displaying dare devilry in taking on heavily armed terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Awantipora in 2017. The military decorations have been bestowed on constables Pradip […]