Added on March 27, 2019 Press Trust of India

Indo-Pak relations: Till elections are over in India clouds of uncertainty will continue, says Imran Khan

Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said Indo-Pak relations would remain tense till the general elections in India are over, adding he feared “another misadventure” by Pakistan’s eastern neighbour. Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated after the February 14 attack by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed in Pulwama. Amid mounting outrage, the Indian Air Force carried out a […]

Added on March 27, 2019 Press Trust of India

BJP plans a massive attendance at PM’s rally in Jammu

Jammu: Over two lakh people will attend the rally in Akhnoor, from where Prime Minister NarendraModi will kick-start the BJP’s election campaign in the state, party state president Ravinder Raina said Tuesday. The BJP will retain all three LokSabha seats of Jammu, Udhampur and Ladakh despite the coming together of ‘traitors’ in the state, Raina […]

Added on March 27, 2019 Press Trust of India

Security agencies ‘identify’ properties of separatists for attachment: Reports

New Delhi: At least 10 properties of a Jammu and Kashmir-based businessman, an Islamabad house of HizbulMujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin and a host of immovable assets of separatists have been identified by security agencies for attachment in multiple terror financing cases, officials said. The 10 properties of Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, currently in Delhi’s Tihar […]

Added on March 27, 2019 Press Trust of India

Omar pins hopes on new govt at Centre

Says steps taken by Pak to resume talks need to be reciprocated

Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Tuesday expressed hope that the new dispensation at the Centre will reciprocate steps taken by Pakistan so that New Delhi and Islamabad can move towards resumption of comprehensive dialogue. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was reacting to reports that Pakistan has decided to open the ShardaPeeth corridor […]

Added on March 27, 2019 KV Correspondent

Faculty recruited under FIP in colleges seek release of salary

Srinagar: The substitute teachers engaged in various degree colleges under Faculty Improvement Programme (FIP) of University Grants commission (UGC) continue to go without salary for more than one year now. The agitated teachers working in various colleges said they have not received their salary from the UGC for past one year. They said the salary […]

Added on March 27, 2019 Press Trust of India

HC seeks Centre’s response on plea opposing ban on JeI

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has issued a notice to the Centre and sought its response by April 22 on a petition challenging the recent ban on the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) in the state. Acting on a petition by MehrajAzeem (61), a former member of the Jamaat, a single bench of Justice TashiRabstan on […]

Added on March 27, 2019 Press Trust of India

PDP leader offers legal aid to Jamaat-e-Islami, JKLF against ban

Srinagar: Senior PDP leader MuzaffarHussainBaig Tuesday offered the Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu Kashmir and the JKLF legal help to contest the ban imposed on them by the Centre, saying while these outfits were ideologically opposed to his party, he would do it to uphold civil liberties. “Although both Jamaat-e-Islami and JKLF are our opponents, we are ready […]

Added on March 27, 2019 Press Trust of India

Forced Conversion: Court puts two Hindu girls in official protection

Islamabad: A Pakistani high court on Tuesday ordered official protection for the two Hindu girls due to concern about their safety as authorities widened a probe to ascertain if the teenage sisters were abducted, forcibly converted and married. The two girls, Raveena (13) and Reena (15), were allegedly kidnapped by a group of “influential” men […]

Added on March 27, 2019 Press Trust of India

Ensure justice to the two girls: Sushma to Pakistan

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister SushmaSwaraj on Tuesday asked Pakistan to ensure immediate release of the two Hindu girls who were allegedly kidnapped and forcefully converted to Islam in Sindh province last week. “Justice demands that both these girls should be restored to their family immediately,” she tweeted. Reena and Raveena, hailing from village Hafiz […]

Added on March 27, 2019 Press Trust of India

Pak national held by BSF along Gujarat IB

New Delhi/Bhuj: A Pakistani national was apprehended by the BSF along the Indo-Pak International Border (IB) in Gujarat, officials said Tuesday. They said Muhammad Ali (35), who was speaking Sindhi, was apprehended by a Border Security Force (BSF) patrol from the ‘Kumar’ border post, at border pillar number 1015, in the frontier district of Banaskantha […]