Kidnapped toddler rescued after 8 months in Maha, 2 arrested
Thane(PTI) A one-year-old boy kidnapped over eight months ago from Thane district in Maharashtra and allegedly sold to a woman was rescued and two persons were arrested in this connection, police said. The boy was sleeping with his grandmother in the verandah of their home at Mharal village in Kalyan town on June 29, 2018 when […]
JKLF Chairman Yaseen Malik booked under PSA: Party Spokesman
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik has been booked under Public Safety Act (PSA), said a party spokesman on Thursday. “Malik sahab has been booked under the draconian law, Public Safety Act. He is being shifted to Kot Balwal jail in Jammu,” he said. Malik, who was detained on February 22, […]
Trump warns Kim over ‘rebuilding’ of NKorea rocket site
Washington, Mar 7 (AFP) President Donald Trump said Wednesday he’d be “very, very disappointed” with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un if reports that work is underway to rebuild a long-range rocket site are confirmed. Speaking to reporters, Trump said “it’s too early to see” if the information about work at the North Korean site is […]
Pak envoy to India Sohail Mahmood will be coming back
Islamabad: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Pakistan is sending its envoy back to India and is ready to engage with New Delhi to reduce tensions which are “de-escalating” due to diplomatic efforts by countries like the US, China and Russia. Qureshi said it is time to end all our conflicts and move towards peace. […]
RSS shakhas produce ill-informed bigots: Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah has said that RSS shakhas produce ill-informed bigots. Abdullah made the remark attacking former Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta for his reported remarks that madrasas breed militants. “And RSS shakhas produce ill-informed bigots like Gupta here,” said Abdullah in a tweet. The BJP leader and former […]
Militant killed in overnight Handwara gunfight, searches on: Army
Srinagar: One militant has been killed in an encounter with government forces at Badra Payeen area of Kralgund, Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said on Thursday. An army officer said that after a brief gunfight last night, one militant was killed and his body was recovered along with a pistol and some grenades. […]
BJP lawmakers exchange blows at dist planning panel meet
Sant Kabir Nagar (UP), Mar 6 (PTI) Two elected representatives of the ruling BJP came to blows during the district planning committee meeting here Wednesday evening in full public glare. The incident took place when the planning committee meeting was underway at the collectorate in the presence of minister in-charge of the district, Ashutosh Tandon. The […]
Forces start search operation in Bijbehara Town in south Kashmir
Srinagar: Government forces on Wednesday evening launched a cordon and search operation in Zirpora area of Bijbehara Town in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district, sources said. They said that joint team of security personnel launched a search operation in the area after receiving specific inputs about the presence of militants. Local sources said that all entry […]
Pak FM Qureshi maintains that PAF shot down 2 IAF fighter jets
Islamabad, Mar 6 (PTI) Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday maintained that the Pakistan Air Force jets shot down two Indian fighter planes and identified the Pakistani pilot in Parliament. Tensions between India and Pakistan flared up after a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed killed 40 CRPF personnel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama […]
EC to hold fresh round of discussions with MHA team on JK polls
New Delhi, Mar 6 (PTI) The Election Commission (EC) would call Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and other top officials the Ministry of Home Affairs for consultation — second time in less than a month — to firm up its view on whether to hold Assembly elections and Lok Sabha polls in Jammu and Kashmir […]
