Pak’s interference in Kashmir turns situation challenging: Rajnath
Uttar Pradesh:Kashmir is still a challenge due to destabilising activities by Pakistan, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said here on Monday. He was talking to mediapersons after inaugurating the administrative building, residential block and officers’ mess at the SSB sector headquarters in Lakhimpur. “Kashmir is still a challenge due to destabilising activities by neighbouring Pakistan. […]
Two, including a juvenile held by JK and Delhi police
New Delhi: In a joint operation by Delhi and J&K police, two suspected militants of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, including a juvenile, were nabbed from Shopian, police said here. The arrested militant was identified as KifayatullahBukhari, a resident of Now Pora Bara, Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir and a juvenile was apprehended. They were nabbed at special blockade […]
Harassment of diplomats: Indian mission in Islamabad says its official was tailed
New Delhi: The Indian High Commission in Islamabad has strongly raised with Pakistan alleged attempts to hack the social media account of one of its diplomats and incidents of close tailing of the Indian envoy and his deputy, official sources said. The Indian mission, in a note verbale, raised with Pakistan Foreign Office the incident […]
Pak to shelve major CPEC power project citing sufficient generation capacity
Islamabad: The Pakistan government has decided to shelve a major coal-based power plant project under the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, citing sufficient generation capacity already lined up for the next few years. The CPEC, which connects Gwadar Port in Balochistan with China’s Xinjiang province, is the flagship project of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s […]
Police files chargesheet against Kanhaiya Kumar, others
New Delhi: The Delhi Police filed a chargesheet on Monday against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a sedition case lodged in 2016. The police also charged former JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya for allegedly shouting anti-India slogans during an event on the university campus on […]
Situation in J&K has worsened since 2014: Shiv Sena
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena said Monday that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir has worsened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s watch and claimed the BJP-led government at the Centre frittered away the massive 2014 poll mandate. Modi talks about his “56-inch chest”, but more Army jawans have shed blood in the militancy-hit state under his dispensation […]
Hindus, Sikhs in Pakistan’s KPK to get cremation grounds
Peshawar: Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province has identified sites for the construction of a cremation ground for the Hindu and Sikh community and a graveyard for Christians. Nearly 1.25 acre of land has been identified in Samarbagh near Northern bypass Peshawar of which 0.5 acre will be allocated for the construction of the cremation ground and […]
Pak SC dismisses appeal against suspension of Sharifs’ sentences in graft case
Islamabad: In a relief to jailed former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the anti-graft body’s appeal against the suspension of his jail sentence and that of his family in one of three corruption cases faced by the embattled leader. In July 2018, an accountability court here handed Sharif 10 years […]
