Pak gets powerful missile tracking system from China: Report
Beijing: In an unprecedented deal, China has sold Pakistan a powerful tracking system which could speed up the development of multi-warhead missiles by its all-weather ally, state-run Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said. Zheng Mengwei, a researcher with the CAS Institute of Optics and Electronics in Chengdu, Sichuan province, confirmed to the Hong Kong-based South […]
JKLF condemns killing of its activist by police in PaK
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) today condemned the killing of one of its activist in police firing in Pakistan administered Kashmir. “Instead of using foul language against freedom lovers, Government of Azad Kashmir (PaK) should call for an impartial judicial probe into firing on peaceful protest at Madarpor near Line of Control (LoC) […]
700 troopers committed suicide in last six years: MHA
New Delhi: Nearly 700 personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces committed suicide in the last six years, more than those killed in action, the Union Home Ministry has told a parliamentary panel. The reasons include “lack of stability, loneliness and domestic strife”, senior officials of the ministry, led by the Union home secretary, told […]
Sense of despondency must be replaced with hope and peace: Omar
Beerwah: National Conference Working President Mr. Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the overwhelming sense of despondency in J&K must be replaced with hope and sustained peace to usher the State out of the current political vacuum and morass it has been left in by the powers that be. The NC spokesman in a statement said […]
Youth goes missing in Reasi forests, recovered in injured condition
Jammu: A youth went missing in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district and was recovered in an injured condition a day later, police said today. One youth, Vikram Singh, went missing from his home in Reasi and a complaint was made to police on Monday, officials said. The youth was recovered in an injured condition and […]
Speedy sumo kills traffic cop in Baramulla
Baramulla: An on duty traffic cop was killed in a road accident at Kanispora area of Baramulla in North Kashmir on Thursday. Reports said that the traffic cop identified as Mohammad Dilawar was hit by a speedy sumo at Kanispora near JET college. “He was rushed to District Hospital Baramulla where he succumbed to his […]
Two bikers die after hit by a vehicle in Rajouri
Jammu: Two youths were killed when their bike was hit by a vehicle in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said today. The accident occurred in Nowshera belt of the district last evening, they said. The youths were shifted to GMC hospital in Jammu, where they succumbed to their injuries, police said, adding the […]
Burglars steal cash, gold from house in Bandipora
Bandipora: Burglars struck a residential house at Onagham Bandipora in north Kashmir’s district on Thursday and decamped with cash and gold worth lakhs of rupees. Reports said that burglars struck in a residential house of Mohammad Shaffi Iqbal in broad day light when the family had gone to see a relative and had locked the […]
Kupwara gun-battle: All 5 militants killed were foreigners, says police
Srinagar: All the five suspected Lashker-e-Toiba militants killed in the 48-hour long Kupwara encounter in north Kashmir were foreigners, the police said today even as the security forces launched a search operation in a dense forest area to locate a missing Army man. Apart from the five militants, the fierce gun-battle which ended yesterday also […]
World can learn from ‘frenemies’ India, China: Akbaruddin
Washington: India and China are “frenemies” which are working with each other despite disagreements and the world can learn from their relationship, India’s top diplomat at the UN has said. “In Hollywood there is a term, which has become quite popular. And that, I think, is called frenemies. That’s what we have with China. We […]
