Four drug peddlers held
Banihal: Four alleged drug peddlers were arrested with eight kilograms of charas and 42.5 kilograms of poppy straw in separate operations in Ramban district on Saturday, police said. Sajad Ahmad, a resident of Kokernag, was arrested from Kundi Karol area after eight kilograms of charas was seized from his possession during checking of his vehicle, […]
No seriousness shown by Pakistan about dialogue offer: India
Says Pak trying to mainstream terror
Says Pak trying to mainstream terror
Whenever EC tells us we are ready to hold polls in JK: Guv
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik Friday said the administration was ready for assembly elections in the state and a call in this direction should be taken by the Election Commission and New Delhi. “Whenever, they (EC) tell us, we are ready for the polls (to assembly),” he told reporters here after the […]
Centre should initiate dialogue with Hurriyat: Farooq
Says peace can be achieved by dialogue alone
Kolkata: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has said that lasting peace can be achieved in Kashmir only through dialogue and the Centre should hold talks with the Hurriyat leaders. Referring to Army chief BipinRawat’s comment a day earlier on engaging with Taliban without any preconditions, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Thursday said if […]
Srinagar-Jammu highway faces closure after fresh snowfall
MeT predicts improved weather from Saturday afternoon
Srinagar: Most parts of Kashmir, including the plains, received fresh snowfall Friday which led to closure of the Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only all-weather road-link connecting the valley with the rest of the country. The MeT Office has forecast intermittent light precipitation for the next 24 hours. Kashmir, including plains of the valley, received fresh […]
30 years on, return to homeland eludes Kashmiri Pandits
Jammu: Seventy-nine-year-old Mohan Lal has a last wish: To live the remainder of his life along with “my community” and die in “my homeland”. Sitting in his hut at Jagti camp on the outskirts of Jammu city, Lal, who is among the seven lakh-odd Kashmiri Pandits who had to flee Kashmir Valley in the wake […]
India’s unutilised water under IWT won’t be allowed to flow towards Pak: Govt
New Delhi: The government has given special attention to stop unutilised water allotted to India under the ‘Indus Waters Treaty’ from entering Pakistan, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said Friday. Gadkari, the minister for water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation, also signed anMoU with six chief ministers for the construction of Renukaji Multi-Purpose Dam project […]
Treat me as ‘superannuated’, former CBI chief tells Govt
Says natural justice was scuttled
New Delhi: Former CBI chief AlokVerma submitted his resignation from service on Friday, a day after he was removed from his post by a high powered committee. Verma said in his resignation letter, accessed by PTI, that it was a moment of “collective introspection”. “Also, it may be noted that the undersigned already superannuated as […]
Stalled SAARC summit—If Trump and Kim can broker peace, why can’t other countries: Nepal
New Delhi: With an obvious reference to India and Pakistan, Nepal on Friday strongly pitched for convening of the SAARC summit, saying differences should be resolved through dialogue and the grouping should collectively deal with terrorism and other key challenges facing the region. Nepalese Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali also cited last year’s historic talks […]