Mehbooba meets Rajnath, reminds him about resuming dialogue with Pak
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday appealed the Centre for resumption of dialogue between India and Pakistan to end the “present phase of acrimony and confrontation” between the two neighbours. The former chief minister made the appeal during a meeting with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh here, her Peoples Democratic Party said in a […]
Tragedy on the other side too
Slain soldier's wife delivers baby hours before his cremation
Banihal/Jammu: They waited for this moment for ten long years but when the couple had their first baby, Lance Naik Ranjeet Singh was not alive to cherish the moment of joy. The soldier waited for 10 years for the birth of his first child but destiny had something else in store for him, Vijay Kumar, […]
Traffic on Mughal road suspended owing to snowfall
Jammu: Fresh snowfall in some high altitude areas including Peer Ki Gali forced suspension of traffic on Tuesday on the historic Mughal road, the alternate link between Kashmir and rest of the country, traffic department officials said. Traffic was suspended around 4.30 pm Tuesday on the Mughal road, connecting the twin districts of Rajouri and […]
Pakistan to go tough on IWT
Says it will launch aggressive campaign against India
Islamabad: Pakistan will launch an aggressive campaign against India to highlight its concerns over the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) after New Delhi failed to let Pakistani officials visit two hydropower projects in Jammu and Kashmir, a media report said Tuesday. Pakistan’s Commissioner on Permanent Indus Water Commission Syed Mehr Ali Shah said the Indian […]
India protests killing of 3 soldiers along LoC
NEW DELHI: India summoned a senior official of the Pakistan High Commission here Tuesday and lodged a strong protest over the loss of lives of three of its soldiers during an infiltration bid by Pakistani terrorists in the Sunderbani sector of Jammu division two days ago. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), in a statement, […]
On Masood Azhar China keeps India guessing
Beijing: China on Tuesday made it clear that there is no change in its position on India’s request to list Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar as a ‘global terrorist’ by the UN and said it will decide on the issue on the “merits of the matter”. India had asked China to support the pending application […]
Pilgrim dies on way to Vaishno Devi
Jammu: A 61-year-old pilgrim from Uttar Pradesh died en route the Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. Harbir Singh Teotia, a resident of Ghaziabad, fell unconscious near Satya point along the new track while on his way from base camp Katra to cave shrine on Monday evening, […]
Pak PM Imran Khan calls for dialogue to resolve K-issue
Islamabad: India should move to resolve the Kashmir issue through dialogue, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said Monday. His remarks came a day after six civilians were killed after an explosive went off at an encounter site in Kulgam district of South Kashmir. “Strongly condemn the new cycle of killings of innocent Kashmiris….by Indian security […]
India asks Pakistan to ‘take bodies’ of two slain intruders
Jammu: A day after killing two heavily-armed Pakistani intruders in a gunfight which also left three soldiers dead, the Army on Monday conveyed a stern warning to Pakistan to restrain militants operating from its soil. The army also asked Pakistan to take over the bodies of its two hostile nationals, said an army officer who […]