SC rejects bail plea of Hizbul Chief Salauddin’s son
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the plea of Syed ShahidYousuf, son of Hizbul-Mujahideen founder Syed Salauddin, challenging the Delhi High Court order dismissing his bail petition in a terror funding case. The top court said that once the trial court had granted extension of time to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to […]
Indo-Pak armies trade fire in Poonch
Jammu: In yet another ceasefire violation, Pakistan army troops resorted to mortar shelling on forward posts and civilian areas along Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said Friday. Indian troops fired in retaliation, they said, adding that no casualty or damage was incurred. There were nearly 1,600 incidents of […]
Sikh man shot dead by militants in Tral
Srinagar: A Sikh man was shot dead by suspected militants in south Kashmir’s Tral area of Pulwama district Friday, police said. Simranjeet Singh was shot at by the militants at Khasipora in Tral area, a police official said. Singh, whose elder brother was elected as a sarpanch in recently held panchayat elections, was rushed to […]
Two killed as truck falls into gorge in Doda
Bhadarwah/Doda: Two persons were killed and another was seriously injured when a truck skidded off the road and rolled down into a deep gorge in Doda district of Jammu division, police said Friday. The truck was on its way to Bhadarwah from Doda when it skidded off the road and rolled down into a 120-feet […]
Library jibe: Congress, BJP join hands to oppose Trump
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday termed as “completely unacceptable” US President Donald Trump’s ‘library’ jibe at Prime Minister NarendraModi and asked the government to remind America of India’s assistance to Afghanistan. Trump took a jibe at Modi for funding a “library” in Afghanistan, saying it is of no use in the war-torn country. He […]
Ayodhya land dispute: SC says appropriate bench to fix hearing date on Jan 10
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday said that an appropriate bench constituted by it will pass an order on January 10 for fixing the date of hearing in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute title case at Ayodhya. “Further orders will be passed by an appropriate bench on January 10 for fixing the date of […]
Trump-Imran summit proposal being discussed: Pak official
Islamabad: Pakistan and the US are discussing plans to hold a maiden meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Donald Trump but it hinges on the “positive outcome” of the Pakistan-brokered talks to strike a peace deal in Afghanistan, a senior official here said. In his first comments in 2019, President Trump on Wednesday […]
Cong demands implementation of 2014 package for people displaced from PaK
Jammu: The Congress on Friday reached out to the people displaced from Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK), who were on a indefinite chain dharna here since December 27 demanding implementation of ‘2014 package’, and urged the Centre to hold talks with them. The displaced people from PaK have been on a chain hunger strike here against […]
Man arrested for raping woman in Udhampur
Jammu: A man was arrested for allegedly raping a woman in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, police said. A police official said that a written complaint was received at Police Station Pancheri from a woman, a resident of Kothi laid Lower Meer, he said. The accused allegedly dragged her to a nearby forest and rape […]