Militants not acting in the interests of Kashmiris: Army Chief
New Delhi: Army Chief Bipin Rawat has said that militants in Kashmir are acting out of frustration and they (militants) are not acting in the best interests of the people of Kashmir. “Now, the militants are targeting the unemployed, alleging that they are police informers. Locals now feel (militants) aren’t acting in the best interests […]
Perpetrators of terror acts should be brought to justice: UN
United Nations: Any person who takes part in terrorist attacks or any acts of violence should be brought to justice, the UN has said as India marked the 10th anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks purportedly carried out by militants belonging to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba. About 166 people, including six Americans, were killed in the […]
Pakistan’s weapons for peaceful intent: Pak Prez Alvi
Karachi: Pakistan’s weapons are a deterrent to ensure that nobody looks at it with a “bad eye” as the country is facing a “belligerent neighbourhood”, President Arif Alvi said on Tuesday. Alvi was addressing the opening ceremony of the 10th International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) 2018 here. “We want peace, we have been striving […]
Imran Khan to lay foundation stone for Kartarpur corridor today
Kartarpur (Pakistan): Prime Minister Imran Khan will on Wednesday lay the foundation stone for the much-awaited corridor linking Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Kartarpur – the final resting place of Sikh faith’s founder Guru Nanak Dev – to Dera Baba Nanak shrine in India’s Gurdaspur district to facilitate visa-free movement of Indian Sikh pilgrims. Kartarpur […]
‘Enmity’ between India and Pakistan will be erased: Sidhu
Lahore: Terming Kartarpur as a “corridor of infinite possibilities”, Punjab Cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu said Tuesday that such initiatives would promote peace and erase “enmity” between India and Pakistan. Sidhu, who arrived here along with a group of Indian journalists to take part in the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kartarpur Corridor in Narowal, some […]
Migratory birds throng Gharana wetland in Jammu
Gharana: Hundreds of migratory birds have arrived in Gharana Wetland Conservation Reserve in Jammu and Kashmir, after keeping away last year in large numbers due to heavy firing and shelling along the International Border (IB) here, officials said. Every year with the onset of winter, over 370 bird species, including 310 water species, from Central […]
Communist leader calls for united struggle against NDA’S ‘anti-labour’ policies
Jammu: Senior CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami Tuesday called for united struggle to fight the onslaught of the “anti-labour” policies of the central government, alleging that every section of the society has been bearing the brunt of its neo-liberal economic policies. “The BJP-led central government is formulating the labour laws which are totally pro-corporate and […]