Tourism promotes interactions, removes misgivings: Mehbooba
GULMARG: Terming tourism as one of the best means to promote dialogue, Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti has said that it gives ample opportunities to people to know each other better and closely. Interacting with a group of tourists on the side-lines of a three day Snow festival here last evening, the Chief Minister said […]
IED recovered in Maloora on Srinagar outskirts; second in last 24 hours
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Iran rules out any change to nuclear accord
Tehran: Iran today rejected any modification of its nuclear deal with world powers after US President Donald Trump demanded tough new measures to keep the agreement alive. Iran “will not accept any amendments in this agreement, be it now or in the future, and it will not allow any other issues to be linked to […]
Pak Army warns of response to India’s misadventure
Islamabad: The Pakistan Army today warned India against any misadventure, asserting that the country’s nuclear weapons were exclusively meant to foil any threat emanating from the east. The Army’s response came days after Army Chief General Bipin Rawat’s recent remark that the force was ready to call Pakistan’s “nuclear bluff” and cross the border to carry […]
Kashmir shivers in cold wave, Leh coldest at minus 15.2
The cold wave continued in the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday with the weather office giving no indication of any immediate relief.Minimum temperatures remained several degrees below the freezing point in Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region. At minus 15.2 degree Celsius, Leh town was the coldest in the state […]
Editorial: Going to people’s court
The open rebellion by four senior judges of the supreme court by placing their case in the people’s court has brought to the fore many issues confronting the judiciary. Judiciary as we all know is the last resort for any person to seek redressal of his grievances or any other wrong that is committed by […]
Amid restrictions valley mourns death of civilians
Srinagar: The district administration Srinagar on Saturday imposed restrictions in Srinagar parts while the rest of the Valley observed a complete shutdown to protest against the civilian killings in the Valley.The strike call was given by the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) including Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik days after the […]
IED diffused on Baramulla-Srinagar highway
Srinagar: Government forces today averted a major tragedy after they found and defused an improvised explosive device (IED), weighing approximately five kilogram’s, on Srinagar-Baramulla highway, a police official said.The IED was found in Shalteng area of Srinagar this morning, the official said.The official said that a patrol party of 44 BN CRPF discovered the IED […]
BSF personnel killed in LoC firing
Jammu: A Border security forces personnel was killed and a teenager was injured in two separate incidents in Jammu’s Rajouri and Poonch districts.Defence sources said that a soldier was injured when armies of India and Pakistan exchanged fire along LoC in Rajouri’s Sundarbani sector today.Sources said that the trooper identified as Lance Naik Yogesh Muralidhar […]
Congress leader P Chidambaram reacts to ED raids
New Delhi: Congress leader P Chidambaram today termed the ED raids against his son “a comedy of errors” and claimed the officers were left “embarrassed” and “apologetic” as they could not find anything.He was reacting after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at multiple premises linked to Karti Chidambaram, the senior Congress leader’s son, in […]