Police registers case against Army after its vehicle crushes girl to death
Police have registered a case against Army after a girl was crushed to death by a speeding Army vehicle today in Shopian area of South Kashmir. The incident triggered widespread protests that continued through the day in which scores of people and policemen were injured. A girl identified as Aroofa, a second standard student, was […]
Ram Nath Kovind elected as India’s 14th president
NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind was on Thursday elected as the 14th President of India after receiving an overwhelming majority of votes from the country’s lawmakers. Kovind defeated Opposition candidate Meira Kumar, a former Lok Sabha speaker after garnering 66 percent of the votes in the Electoral College, Returning Officer Anoop Mishra announced. The 71-year-old, […]
Reinvest in your credibility in JK, KEG tells PCI
Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) suggested the visiting subcommittee of the Press Council of India (PCI) to reinvest in its efforts seriously so that its credibility in J&K is restored. One way of salvaging the credibility would be to revisit its 1991 report “Crisis and Credibility” that was a bid to undermine and subvert the institution […]
Militants mingle with crowd, get help from locals to escape encounters: Police Report
A police report has noted that the militants fire from the crowd on the government forces and are being helped out to escape from the encounter sites in Kashmir. The report has cited a number of incidents in which the local people helped the militants to escape from the encounter sites. As per police records […]
India, China standoff: DG BRO visits strategic Ladakh region
Amid heightened tension between the armed forces of India and China over Doklam in Sikkim, the Director General of Border Roads Organisation (BRO), Thursday visited Ladakh to inspect the strategic roads in the region. Lt Gen S K Shrivastava, visited Ladakh to take stock of the construction activities of the various strategic road network […]
Hindu nationalism risks pushing India into war with China: Chinese Daily
With the tensions rising in the Dokhlam Sikkim between India and China, a Chinese Daily has hit out at BJP led Narendra Modi government, accusing it of using Hindu nationalism in propagating the anti-China sentiments in India. An article published by China’s Global Times, says that India considers China as a rival and a potential […]
Chief Secretary chairs meeting of the Committee of Secretaries
Chief Secretary, B B Vyas Thursday underlined the importance of submitting utilization certificates (UCs) on time to pave way for speedy and effective implementation of various Centrally Sponsored Schemes. Chairing the meeting of the Committee of Secretaries (CoS), here, Chief Secretary urged Administrative Secretaries to ensure that project-wise UCs are submitted and bottlenecks if […]
Won’t talk until India withdraws troops: China
China on Thursday reiterated that it won’t talk to India until New Delhi withdraws troops from Doklam where both armies have been locked in a stand-off for more than a month. China has repeatedly said the withdrawal of troops from Doklam was the precondition for any “meaningful dialogue” with India over the festering border row […]
Transporters announce indefinite strike
The Western Bus Service (WBS) today announced an indefinite strike against the shifting of Batmaloo General Bus Stand to the outskirts of city at Parimpora. Established in 1978, Bus Stand Batmaloo caters to the most parts of the valley including some faraway places of Gurez in North Kashmir. “The move will render us jobless […]
Pakistan summons Indian envoy over border tensions
Pakistan summoned on Thursday the Indian Deputy High Commissioner for a second consecutive day and lodged a formal protest over ceasefire violations in Jammu and Kashmir resulting in the killing of two civilians. The Director General of South Asia at the Foreign Ministry, who summoned the Indian diplomat, condemned the “unprovoked ceasefire violations” by the […]