PaK minister’s presence irks Indian diplomat Stages walkout from meet
Islamabad: An official of the Indian High Commission in Pakistan staged a walkout of a SAARC meeting over the presence of a minister from Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) at the event, according to source here. Diplomat Shubham Singh, left the meeting to register India’s protest over the presence of PaK minister Chaudhary Muhammad Saeed at the […]
Dialogue with Pak only after it ends terrorism: Rajnath
Mathura: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Sunday said ending terrorist activities was a pre-condition for any dialogue with Pakistan as its “dual” role is unacceptable to India. “Promoting terrorist activities and entering into a dialogue for peace cannot run together,” he said, when asked by reporters to explain why India is avoiding any dialogue with […]
Former Cong MLA joins NC
Jammu: Dealing a blow to the Congress ahead of the parliamentary and assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, its former MLA Swaran Lata Monday joined the National Conference on Monday. Lata was vice-chairperson of social welfare board during the NC-Congress coalition government which ruled the state between 2009 to 2014. She joined the National Conference […]
Disgruntled Baig holds meeting with Mehbooba
Srinagar: The attempts of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti to mollify disgruntled Lok Sabha member of the party Muzaffar Hussain Baig bore fruit on Monday as the two leaders jointly chaired a meeting of the party here. “Senior leaders of the party today (Monday) met under the chairmanship of party President @MehboobaMufti and Muzzafar Hussain Beigh […]
Relief from cold, but MeT predicts downpour
Srinagar: The mercury across Kashmir rose on Friday night providing some relief to residents from cold conditions, even as all weather stations in the valley and Ladakh region continued to record sub-night zero temperature. There was improvement in the weather as the night temperature increased considerably across the valley last night owing to overcast conditions, […]
79.9 pc voting recorded in penultimate phase of panchayat polls
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 79.9 per cent voting Saturday in the penultimate phase of the nine-phased panchayat polls, state electoral officer Shaleen Kabra said. A massive 85.1 per cent polling was witnessed in five districts of Jammu division, while encouraging 49.6 per cent was witnessed in five districts of Kashmir division, he said. The […]
More than 225 militants killed so far this year: Army
2018 proves one of the deadliest for JK
2018 proves one of the deadliest for JK Kapurthala (Punjab): More than 225 militants have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir so far this year, Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Ranbir Singh said on Saturday. He said initiatives taken by the government and security forces had resulted in a drop in the number of local […]