Cordon and search operation in Shopian village
Cordon and search operation has been launched by 44 RR and SOG Shopian at Pehlipora village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district after receiving inputs about the presence of militants in the area. Heavy forces have been deployed.Search operation was going on when the last reports came in. More details awaited.
BJP sounds alarm bells for PDP
Just when the Chief Minister is trying hard to get her government out of the controversy surrounding the possible scrapping of Article 35 A, the Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP said today that the time has come for the people of the state to say goodbye to Article 370 and Article 35 A. […]
On Geelani’s call Legislator willing to quit assembly
In an unprecedented move, the Awami Itehaad Party (AIP) president and Langate lawmaker Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Thursday responded to the offer of senior pro-freedom leader Syed Ali Geelani, saying he is ‘ready to join his hands with pro-freedom camp’. He said that he is ready to quit assembly if Geelani has a […]
CM testing waters in New Delhi
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is trying every bit to get her government out of the biggest challenges it has faced so far. Mehbooba in a bid to get a wider audience in the backdrop of political row over a petition in Supreme Court seeking scrapping of Article 35-A, Thursday met the Union Home Minister Rajnath […]
Soldier’s killing: India issues demarche to Pakistan
Amid the heightened tensions among the two neighbours, India summoned a senior official of the Pakistan High Commission and issued a demarche over the death of an Indian soldier in an alleged ceasefire violation along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. “Counsellor Tariq Karim in the High Commission for Pakistan in New Delhi […]
Indian hostility towards its neighbours threat to world peace, says Pakistan
Pakistan has warned that Indian belligerence towards its neighbours threatens not just regional but international peace and security. Responding to a question at the weekly news briefing in Islamabad on Thursday about Sino-India border stand-off, Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said India is creating hurdles in the way of its neighbours and this has direct […]
Indian Army orders evacuation of border village near Doklam
The Indian Army has reportedly ordered the evacuation of a village close to India-Bhutan-China tri-junction near Doklam, media reports said Thursday. According to these reports, the Indian Army has asked villagers living in Nathang village to immediately vacate their houses. Nathang is just 35 km from Doklam -the site of the two-month old stand-off between […]
Health Department’s incompetence raising many eyebrows
The functioning of the Directorate of Health, Kashmir (DHSK), has been raising many eyebrows as the officials of the department have failed to lead from the front and improve the services being provided to common masses here. Calling for measures to make state’s Health Care system effective and transparent, recent CAG Audit report of the […]
Qaimoh shuts to protest Army ‘excesses’
The Qaimoh area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district observed a complete shutdown on Thursday alleging “excesses by troopers”. People raised slogans to decry the high handedness of the troopers, witnesses said. They said that the residents of Qaimoh alleged that after the Cordon and Search Operation (CASO), was called off in the area on Wednesday, […]
Water dispute helps in cooling down Indo-Pak rhetoric
A constructive engagement between Pakistan and India during a latest round of ‘water talks’ held here has raised hopes for an amicable resolution of the dispute, according to a top international expert. The World Bank, which hosted the talks at its headquarters two weeks ago, also noticed this positive change and mentioned it in a […]