Amid Indo-Pak faceoff Kartarpur corridor remains open for pilgrims
Chandigarh: Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack, the Kartarpur corridor at Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district remains open for pilgrims to offer prayers at the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara in the neighbouring country. The Kartarpur corridor links the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, the final resting place of […]
Pahalgam Terror Attack: Houses of 2 LeT terrorists destroyed in blast
Srinagar: The house of two Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let) terrorists, including the prime suspect of the Pahalgam terror attack, were destroyed when explosives believed to be stored there went off, officials said on Friday. The incidents took place during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, when the residences of Aadil Hussain Thokar and Asif Sheikh were […]
LG asks DCs, SSPs to ensure exit of Pak nationals from JK
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday directed to take appropriate action and ensure the exit of Pakistani nationals from Jammu and Kashmir. The Lieutenant Governor chaired a meeting of Deputy Commissioners and Senior Superintendents of Police and passed strict directions in this regard. “Chaired a meeting of DCs and SSPs. Directed them to take […]
Amit Shah dials all CMs, asks them to ensure no Pakistani stays in India beyond deadline
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday called up the chief ministers of all the states and asked them to ensure that no Pakistani stays in India beyond the deadline set for leaving the country, sources said. India on Thursday announced revoking all visas issued to Pakistani nationals from April 27 and advised […]
LG summons special session of JK assembly on Apr 28
Session called to discuss Pahalgam attack Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has summoned a one-day special session of the assembly on April 28 to discuss the Pahalgam attack, officials said on Friday. “I, Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me under section […]
Railway infra, Kashmiri Pandits on terror target, security forces on alert: Officials
Srinagar: Security forces are on high alert after inputs suggested that terrorists are “actively planning” an attack on vulnerable railway infrastructure, Kashmiri Pandits and non-locals working in the Valley, officials said. The inputs were received after the deadly Pahalgam attack on April 22, in which 26 people, mainly tourists, were gunned down by terrorists. The […]
Waqf Row: Can’t order ‘blanket’ stay on law by Parliament when validity presumed, Centre tells SC
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday defended the amended Waqf Act in the Supreme Court and opposed any “blanket stay” by the court on a “law having presumption of constitutionality passed by Parliament”. In a preliminary 1,332-page affidavit, the Centre urged the top court to dismiss the pleas challenging the validity of Waqf (Amendment) Act, […]
Bring perpetrators to justice, fix accountability: NHRC on Pahalgam attack
New Delhi: The NHRC on Friday condemned the Pahalgam terror attack and said the time has come to act against those indulging in terrorism, “directly or indirectly”. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said it was “deeply disturbed” by the news of the terror attack, and hoped “the state will take all necessary steps to […]
Lt Guv reviews security scenario with Army Chief, Army Commanders
SRINAGAR: The Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has asked the Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi, who called on him here today to take effective steps not only to bring those responsible for the Pahalgam terror attack to justice but also to intensify efforts to crush infrastructure of terrorism and its ecosystem. During the discussion Lieutenant Governor […]
Pahalgam attack- India will ‘identify, track, and punish’ every terrorist, their backers: PM Modi
India steps up diplomatic offensive against Pak Madhubani (Bihar)/New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday declared that India will “identify, track, and punish” every terrorist and their “backers” involved in the Pahalgam carnage and pursue the killers to the “ends of the earth”, as it stepped up the diplomatic offensive against Pakistan. Delivering a […]
