Pakistan sees no improvement in ties
Islamabad: Pakistan is not expecting improvement in relations with India due to the frequent ceasefire violations by India, Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said, amid a fresh war of words over the alleged harassment of Pakistani diplomatic staff in New Delhi. Asif’s statement comes a day after cross-border firing injured two people in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, […]
Taliban suicide bomber kills ten people in Lahore
Lahore: A teenaged Taliban suicide bomber attacked a police check-post near the residence of Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Lahore, killing ten people, including six policemen, police said. According to rescue officials, the blast took place last night close to a police check post, a few kilometers from the palatial residence of the Sharif family, […]
Power crisis may ease up as PDD plans a ‘new schedule’
Srinagar: The Power Development Department (PDD) is all set to issue a new power curtailment schedule within a week. The new schedule will be implemented across the Kashmir region, a top official in the department said. For winters, the PDD had announced power curtailment schedule in November last year where the metered areas are subjected […]
Lolab youth joins Hizb, splashes photo on social media
Srinagar: A youth who had gone missing fifteen days back has reportedly joined Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit as his picture posing with an AK 47 rifle has gone viral on social media. Official sources said that the youth, identified as Bilal Ahmad Shah (24) son of late Shams-ud-Din, of Shartmuqam village of Lolab in north […]
Youth in Kashmir is getting alienated, says Omar
Srinagar: Former Chief Minister and leader of opposition said the youth of Kashmir is getting alienated due to the atmosphere of “despondency” and “doom” in the absence of constructive and reconciliatory politics. The NC leader made the remarks at a meeting of party’s provincial committee here. “The current atmosphere of despondency, doom and anxiety in […]
KU contemplates to defer PG entrance exams
Srinagar: Authorities in Kashmir University (KU) are in a fix over managing the conduct of clubbed exams of 5th and 6th semester college students and later entertain the same batch in entrance test for admissions in Post Graduation (PG) courses and other programmes. Top sources said the vice-chancellor KU on Wednesday convened a meeting with […]
Militants holed up in house after failed weapon-snatching bid: Police
Srinagar: Three militants were believed to be holed up in a house in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir today, after a failed bid to snatch the weapon of the personal security officer (PSO) of a BJP leader, the police said. The militants tried to snatch the service rifle of constable Bilal Ahmad, who is […]
Three militants arrested along with arms
Srinagar: Security forces arrested three militants and seized arms and ammunition from their possession in Budgam district, police said on Thursday. They had come to Budgam with the intention to carry out some attack, the police said. Acting on an intelligence input, the police and the Army conducted a joint raid and arrested three militants […]
Deterrent: Hangman’s noose for those who rape minors in Haryana
Chandigarh: The Haryana Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a Bill which provides for death penalty to those found guilty of raping girls aged 12 years or less. After Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, Haryana has become the third state where the Assembly has approved the provision of capital punishment for such sexual offenders, the House was […]
GDC row: IDA-JK Chapter tries to play spoil sport
Srinagar: The Indian Dental Association’s (IDA) J&K Chapter Thursday, in a bid to undermine the enquiry and influence the striking students said that there was some indication that the government might take some harsh measures against the agitating students of the Government Dental College (GDC). The remark came even as the matter pertaining to the […]
