Indo-Pak armies exchange fire at LoC
Jammu: Pakistani troops Saturday opened fire at forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said. The Pakistani troops targeted Indian posts at about 9 am, prompting strong and effective retaliation from the Indian Army, the spokesman said. No casualty has been reported in the […]
Will oppose any attempt to create disunity: Congress
Jammu: The Congress said Saturday it would oppose any attempt to create disunity in the Jammu and Kashmir society under the garb of seeking administrative facilities. The remark comes a day after Peoples Democratic Party president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti warned of an agitation if the J&K administration, headed by Governor S P […]
India, US partners in defence, regional security: US commander
WASHINGTON: India and the US are global partners in defence and regional security, a top US commander has said, as Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman toured the headquarters of the strategic Indo-Pacific command in Hawaii before concluding her maiden visit to America. Sitharaman described her US visit as part of her endeavour to “take forward the […]
Congress leader, political activists join BJP
Jammu: Several political activists from Kishtwar, including a Congress leader, Saturday joined the BJP here and pledged to work for strengthening the party at gross-roots level, a party spokesperson said. Congress leader Pardeep Singh Parihar, former trade union leader Suresh Sharma and eight NC and PDP activists, including former sarpanches Noor Hussain and Joginder Dhar, […]
BJP has’anti-Muslim’, ‘anti-Pak’ approach: Imran Khan
Says all his peace overtures were rebuffed by India
Says all his peace overtures were rebuffed by India
Guv encroaching on democratic space, says Mehbooba
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said there should be no meddling with the constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir till a popular government takes power. Mehbooba said there seemed to a “hidden agenda” behind the decisions to treat Jammu and Kashmir Bank as a PSU, changing procedures of state subject rules, revoking Roshni […]
JK Resettlement Act 1982: Govt seeks adjournment of ‘sensitive’ 1982 case in SC
NEW DELHI: The J&K government Friday sought adjournment of the case in Supreme Court challenging the validity of the sensitive Jammu and Kashmir Resettlement Act of 1982. The Act envisages grant of permit for resettlement of Pakistani nationals who had migrated to Pakistan from Jammu and Kashmir between 1947 and 1954 after India’s partition. A […]
NC is harbinger of communal politics in JK, says BJP
Jammu: The BJP hit out at National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah, claiming he had no moral authority to accuse it of “divisive politics” as his party was the harbinger of communal and divisive politics in Jammu and Kashmir. State BJP spokesperson Anil Gupta told reporters that people did not take Abdullah seriously anymore, but he […]
Mercury dips to minus 4 degrees Celsius in Kashmir
Srinagar: A day after Kashmir got some respite from the cold, the minimum temperatures in the valley dipped again on Thursday night, the meteorological office here said. Srinagar experienced its coldest night of the season with a minimum temperature of minus 4 degrees Celsius, two notches lower that previous night’s minus 2.6 degrees Celsius, a […]