India , Pakistan trade fire along LoC in Poonch
Srinagar: India and Pakistani troops today exchanged heavy fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. A defence official while confirming about the firing incident said that the exchange of fire started early morning today in Degwar sector of Poonch. The exchange of fire was going on when the […]
UNMOGIP budget reduced by over 11 per cent
United Nations: The UN has reduced by 11.39 per cent the budget of its military observer group tasked with monitoring the ceasefire line between India and Pakistan for the year 2018-2019. The General Assembly on Sunday allocated USD 19,754,400 for its UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) for the next two […]
Kashmiri chilli chicken filled samosa wins contest in S Africa
Johannesburg: Popular Indian snack samosa with Kashmiri chilli chicken fillings has beaten chocolate, cashew nuts and other exotic entries in a first such contest in South Africa. The contest was organised by the largest national newspaper for the Indian community in South Africa. Among the various entries in the competition were samosas that featured almonds […]
CASO in Sopore village
SOPORE : Government forces on Thursday morning started a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Goripora area of Bomai village in north Kashmir’s Sopore. Official sources said that CASO was launched by security forces after the information about the presence of militants in the area. Search operation was going on when the last reports came in. […]
Al-Qaida reiterates call for ‘Jihad’ in Kashmir
Srinagar: Much to the worry of security agencies, ‘Al Qaida’-Indian subcontinent Wednesday reiterated its call for ‘Jihad’ in Kashmir. The outfit also praised Zakir Musa for raising slogan of Shariah in Kashmir. The outfit stated that ‘solution to resolve the issue of Kashmir, according to Shari’ah, is jihad in the way of Allah’. In […]
Cabinet may see a jiggle
Srinagar: As the Chief Ministers brother, Tasaduq Mufti is all set to be inducted in the cabinet, the grapevine has it that Mehbooba Mufti is also planning a reshuffle of some portfolios among his ministers. Sources privy to the development said that there are high chances of some ministers being given additional portfolios while some […]
Dineshwar Sharma calls on Mehbooba
JAMMU: The Special Representative of the Centre, Dineshwar Sharma, who is currently on a visit to the State, called on Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti here today. During the meeting, Sharma briefed the Chief Minister about his consultations with a cross section of society during his present stay in the State. Sharma who was in Baramulla […]
DSEK fails to improve ‘weak’ students’ performances
Srinagar: Throwing all the norms to the wind, the school education department has failed to start remedial classes for potential learners in government schools who have failed to qualify their annual examination. The potential learners are those students from primary to class 9th who could not qualify all the subjects in annual examination. As per […]
Government exempts children up to 5 years from passport biometrics
New Delhi: Infants and minor children up to the age of five years have been exempted by the Ministry of External Affairs from giving biometrics to the passport issuing authority, Parliament was today informed. Union Minister of State for External Affairs General (retd.) V K Singh, in a written reply in the the Lok […]
Pak claims ‘metallic substance’ in Jadhav’s wife’s shoes
Islamabad: Pakistan claims to have detected a “metallic substance” in the shoes worn by the wife of Kulbhushan Jadhav when she went to meet him at the Foreign Office in Islamabad, a media report said today. The Foreign Office (FO) confirmed that a “metallic substance” had been detected in the shoes that were retained by […]