Pak grants India consular access to Jadhav: Khawaja Asif
Islamabad/New Delhi: Pakistan has granted India consular access to Indian death row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav by allowing the presence of an Indian diplomat during the meeting with his family, Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif told a Pakistani media channel. In India, officials downplayed the comments by the Pakistani minister, maintaining that the Indian diplomat was only […]
Hafiz Saeed opens MML office in Lahore
LAHORE: Jamaatud Dawa Chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has opened an office of a subsidiary of the JuD here on Sunday, Dawn News reported. The JuD chief visited different areas of National Assembly constituency NA-120, the Lahore seat the Sharifs had never lost since their debut in politics in 1985 here. He inaugurated an office of […]
2017: Efforts to bring in peace in JK, action on NGOs kept MHA busy
New Delhi: A fresh initiative to bring in peace in restive Jammu and Kashmir, tightening the noose on “erring” NGOs and cross-border firing-related incidents kept the Union Home Ministry busy in 2017. Violence perpetrated by Maoists, prolonged agitation in Darjeeling demanding a separate Gorkhaland state and providing help to states to maintain law and order […]
Brother of former Lashker commander kidnapped, released
Pulwama: Arif Malik, brother of former Lashker commander Pintoo Malik was kidnapped by unknown gunmen yesterday evening from his shop. Family sources said that Arif Malik, younger brother of Pintoo Malik and son of late Gh Hassan Malik resident of Litter Pulwama was kidnapped from his shop yesterday evening around 8 pm. He was later found after […]
Shutdown in Pulwama on slain militant’s 2nd Death anniversary
Pulwama: A complete shutdown is being observed in Pulwama district of south Kashmir on the 2nd death anniversary of a local militant who was killed on this day in Ajas area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Omais Ahmad Shiekh alias Abu Hamza son of Farooq Ahmad of Chatapora village was killed in an encounter with […]
Srinagar records season’s coldest night, sunny morning in Jammu
Srinagar: The summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar, witnessed the season’s coldest night as the temperature dropped to a minus 4.2 degrees Celsius, the MeT Department said on Monday. “The night temperatures are likely to further drop in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 48 hours as cold, dry weather is expected to continue […]
Two drug peddlers arrested in Bandipora
Srinagar: Police today arrested two drug peddlers in separate incidents in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district and seized contraband substances from their possession. Acting on a specific information, a police party raided a house in Ganastaan area of Sumbal and apprehended a drug peddler identified as Nazir Ahmad Bhat, a police spokesperson said. He said that […]
Summoning Geelani act of vengeance: JRL
Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership in Kashmir today termed the NIA’s summoning of Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s son an “act of vengeance and harassment”. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had on Friday summoned Naseem-ul-Zafar Geelani to its headquarters in New Delhi in connection with a terror funding case. The separatists, under the banner of […]
JKSSB concludes Written Exams for 1400 posts, No viva for all these posts
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) on Sunday concluded a week of written exams for various posts of different departments. The Computer based Written Tests (CBT) for about 700 posts of School Education department (Library Assistants and Junior Librarian) and Health and Family Welfare department (FMPHW/MMPHW) was held on 21st and 22nd […]
Chief Minister felicitates people on Christmas
JAMMU: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti has felicitated people of the State on the occasion of Christmas. In her message, the Chief Minister expressed the hope that the holy occasion would be an omen of communal harmony, love for humanity and compassion for all across the world. Such occasions remind us to rekindle the spirit of harmony, […]