Pompeo to meet India’s Foreign Secretary Gokhale today
Washington, Mar 11 (PTI) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale on Monday, during which the two officials are likely to discuss bilateral, regional and global issues of common interest. Gokhale arrived in the US on Sunday in connection with the bilateral Foreign Office Consultation and Strategic Security Dialogue with his […]
Forces start search operation in Tangmarg village
(Bilal Ahmad) Baramulla: Government forces on early Monday launched a cordon-and-search-operation (CASO) at Goigam area of Kunzer Tangmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said a joint team of Army’s 2 RR , Special Operations Group of Police (SOG) and 176 Bn CRPF laid a cordon and search operation in Goigam area of Kunzer and […]
JK Bank aims to grow by enabling growth of our constituents: Parvez Ahmed
Jammu, March 10 :The Chairman and CEO J&K Bank today launched the Bank’s Customer Connect Initiative at Jammu by visiting the top industrial clients of the Bank in the state along with the senior Management team of the Bank. Under the initiative Chairman & CEO J&K Bank today visited the leading industrialists M/S Saraswati Agro […]
Four civilians injured in Pak firing along LoC in Uri
Srinagar, Mar 10 (PTI) Four civilians, including a woman, were injured in a ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control in Baramulla district on Sunday, officials said. Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing towards Indian posts and villages in Kamalkote area of Uri in north Kashmir, a police official said. He said […]
Article 370 discussion only after Sec 35A verdict: RSS leader
Gwalior, Mar 10 (PTI) The government should keep its view on Section 35A firmly in court so that a discussion can be taken up on Article 370 after a verdict on the former, RSS general secretary Bhaiyaji Joshi said on Sunday. Article 35A, which was incorporated in the Constitution through a 1954 Presidential Order, accords special […]
Assembly polls in four states with Lok Sabha elections but not in J&K: EC
New Delhi, Mar 10 (PTI) The assembly polls in Arunachal Pradesh, Arunachal, Odisha and Sikkim will be held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections but not in Jammu and Kashmir due to security reasons, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said Sunday. Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal and Sikkim will go to the polls for all seats in […]
No simultaneous state, LS polls in J-K is Modi’s surrender to Pak, militants: Omar
Srinagar, Mar 10 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “surrendered” before Pakistan, militants and separatists, National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah said on Sunday, soon after the Election Commission’s no to simultaneous assembly and Lok Sabha polls in Jammu and Kashmir. The EC announced the schedule for Lok Sabha polls to be held in seven […]
‘Metro Man’ Sreedharan appointed principal advisor to MRTCs in J&K
Jammu, Mar 10 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir Governor administration has approved the appointment of “Metro Man” E Sreedharan as the principal advisor to two mass rapid transit systems to be built in Jammu and Srinagar, an official said Sunday. Sreedharan, a retired IES (IRSE) officer, is popularly known as the “Metro Man” for changing […]
Brains behind Pulwama terror attack identified — 23-year-old electrician: Officials
Srinagar, Mar 10 (PTI) Lesser-known Jaish-e-Mohammed operative Mudasir Ahmed Khan, alias ‘Mohd Bhai’, has been identified as the brains behind the audacious strike in Pulwama that left 40 CRPF personnel dead on February 14, officials said on Sunday. Piecing together evidence gathered so far, security officials said that 23-year-old Khan, an electrician with a graduate […]
India’s “claim” of shooting down PAF F-16 fighter jet “completely baseless”: FO
Islamabad, Mar 10 (PTI) Pakistan has rejected as “completely baseless” India’s assertion that a PAF F-16 fighter jet was shot down in a recent aerial combat between their air forces, saying the Indian government continues to “mislead” the people for domestic political mileage. The Pakistan Foreign Office statement came after Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson […]
