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 KV Correspondent

Enrolment in govt schools continues downslide

Srinagar: Bellying the tall claims of the state government to increase the enrollment in government educational institutions across valley, the oldest schools established by the department are witnessed decrease in the enrollment while as dozens are at the verge of closure in different districts. Over the past two years, around a dozen of government schools […]

 Press Trust of India

India says no to Pak National Day celebrations event

India says no to Pak National Day celebrations event

Cites invite to Hurriyat leaders as the reason

New Delhi: India on Friday decided to boycott a reception at the Pakistan High Commission here to mark Pakistan’s National Day as several separatists leaders from Jammu and Kashmir have been invited to the event, the External Affairs Ministry said Friday. It said no Indian representative will attend similar events in Islamabad as well. Over […]

 Press Trust of India

Lack of engagement creates dangerous vacuum: Pak envoy

New Delhi: Pakistan on Friday said a key take-away from recent developments was that a lack of engagement creates “dangerous vacuum and serious risks” for Indo-Pak ties, and hoped that the “long winter” in bilateral relations would come to an early end. Pakistan High Commissioner to India SohailMahmood, in his remarks at a reception here […]

 Press Trust of India

Samjhauta blast case: We are weighing options after acquittal of all accused: Pak FM Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is studying the verdict on the 2007 Samjhauta train blast case by an Indian court and the acquittal of all the four accused and weighing its options, Foreign Minister Shah MehmoodQureshi has said. The Samjhauta Express is a bi-weekly train that runs between Delhi and Attari in India and Lahore in Pakistan. The […]

 Press Trust of India

No room for ‘jihadi outfits’ in Pakistan, announces Imran Khan

No room for ‘jihadi outfits’ in Pakistan, announces Imran Khan

Islamabad: There was no room for “jihadi outfits and jihadi culture” in Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said amidst intense global pressure on his government to rein in various outfits operating from its soil. Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated after a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) killed 40 CRPF personnel […]

 Press Trust of India

Pakistan playing politics: India

New Delhi: India on Friday accused Pakistan of trying to politicise the court verdict in Samjhauta Express terror case to “deflect” attention from its “failure” to bring to justice perpetrators of several terror attacks in India and the region. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said there was a complete lack of understanding on the […]

 Press Trust of India

SCO recommends bilateral talks between India and Pakistan

Beijing: India and Pakistan should resolve their issues bilaterally, the SCO’s new Secretary-General has said, asserting that their participation in the security grouping could become “impossible” without a commitment for an “unconditional” fight against terrorism and separatism. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was established in Shanghai in 2001 with China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and […]

 KV Correspondent

Valley shuts in protest against ‘custodial killing’

Valley shuts in protest against ‘custodial killing’

Srinagar: Normal life in Kashmir was affected Wednesday due to a strike called by separatists to protest against the custodial death of a youth. Schools, colleges and universities remained closed due to the strike called by the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), an amalgam of separatist groups, to protest against the death of Rizwan Pandit in […]

 Press Trust of India

Massive troop’s requirement by JK led to deferring of assembly polls: Officials

New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections were deferred as the state administration asked for over 70,000 paramilitary troops for conducting simultaneous polls, a demand which could not be acceded to, officials said Wednesday. A home ministry official said the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s demand of about 717 companies of paramilitary personnel could not […]

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JK is not NC’s personal estate, says Mehbooba

JK is not NC’s personal estate, says Mehbooba

Says news political parties have every right to emerge

Jammu: In a blistering attack at former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for dubbing emergence of new parties in Kashmir as a New Delhi ploy to divide Kashmiri mandate, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday said J&K is not a personal property of the National Conference. Mehbooba’s attack followed Peoples Conference chief Sajjad Gani Lone’s diatribe against […]