PTI seeks disqualification of ex-president Zardari
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party on Monday filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking the disqualification of former president and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chief Asif Ali Zardari. Khurram Sher Zaman, a Member of Sindh Assembly from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, filed the disqualification petition against 63-year-old Zardari in the apex court, […]
Taliban attack kills at least 12 in central Afghanistan
Ghazni: At least 12 people were killed Monday in a Taliban-claimed attack on a military compound in central Afghanistan, officials said, as the insurgents continue to batter the war-torn country’s beleaguered security forces. The attack began after a vehicle loaded with explosives rammed into the entrance of a compound in Maidan Shahr — the capital […]
‘Game changer’ Dry Ports a non-starter in JK: JCCI
Jammu: An industry body Monday said a project to set up dry ports, initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is a non-starter in Jammu and Kashmir. “It was last year in the month of February that the J&K government and Dubai Ports World in presence of our Prime Minister NarinderModi and Crown Prince of Abu […]
Police launches special drive against child labour in Katra, rescues 7 children
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police has launched a special drive against child labour in the state’s Katra city and rescued seven children, an official said Monday. A police team and the Child Welfare Committee (care and protection of child team) conducted special drive against child labour, begging and other crimes related to juveniles in Katra […]
Vaishno Devi pilgrim dies in Reasi
Jammu: A 55-year-old Vaishno Devi pilgrim from Gujarat died after apparently suffering a cardiac arrest in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Monday. ParkashBhai, a resident of Ahmedabad, fell unconscious on reaching his hotel room at Katra last evening after paying obeisance at the shrine, a police official said. He said the […]
Govt orders probe after woman gives birth on road
Valley’s lone maternity care hospital had refused to admit her
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government Saturday ordered an inquiry after a woman gave birth to a baby on a road as doctors at the Valley’s premier maternity care hospital here allegedly refused her overnight stay at the medical facility. The woman, a resident of Kupwara district of north Kashmir, delivered a baby girl on the […]
Kashmir witnesses fresh snowfall, flight operations hit
Srinagar: Fresh snowfall in most parts of Kashmir disrupted flight operations at the airport here, officials said on Saturday. There was fresh snowfall in the higher reaches as well as the plains, including in the summer capital Srinagar here, on Friday night, a meteorological department official said. He said while there was light snowfall in […]
Kashmiri’s are branded as Pakistanis by BJP: Farooq
Kolkata: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said Kashmiris were being killed and branded as Pakistanis and traitors. “Look at Jammu and Kashmir. At what state has it been left in? People are being killed everywhere. And it is said that they are Pakistanis, they are traitors,” Abdullah said at Trinamool Congress’ ‘United India’ […]