Editorial: For peoples sake
Srinagar: That war is no solution to disputes or issues is a universally accepted fact, but the way the two warring nations, India and Pakistan have been acting over the past three decades over their long pending dispute of Kashmir is in no way helping the cause of these two nations and the people of […]
India claims destroying Pak Army post in JK
Jammu: The Indian Army today claimed to have destroyed a Pakistani post along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, sources said. The troops targeted the Pakistani post in Mendhar sector of Poonch district, they said. No casualties have been reported so far, the sources said.
Iran warns on nuke deal if banks cannot do business
London: Iran’s top nuclear negotiator for its 2015 deal with international powers warned today that the agreement was under threat unless foreign businesses and banks were able to trade freely in the country. Deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi told London’s Chatham House that US President Donald Trump’s hostility towards the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action […]
Maldives rejects UN offer of mediation
United Nations: Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has rejected an offer of mediation by Secretary General Antonio Guterres, a United Nations spokesperson said today. “The Secretary-General is following the situation in the Maldives closely and with concern. He offered to the President UN mediation but the President conveyed that mediation was not wanted at this stage,” […]
Fire engulfs Zabarwan Guest house of Kashmir University
Srinagar: Massive fire engulfed Kashmir University’s Zabarwan guest house on Thursday evening. The Zabarwan Guesthouse located in the Chinar rich Naseem Bagh is meant essentially for Guests. Fire and emergency services are on the job to douse the fire. No casualties have been reported. So far, the reason for the fire is not known. More […]
Majority of CRPF camps in JK are on ad hoc basis: DG
New Delhi: The majority of the Central Reserve Police Force camps, located in Jammu and Kashmir, are running on an ad hoc basis, CRPF Director General R R Bhatnagar told a parliamentary panel today. The members of the parliamentary standing committee on home affairs questioned the Home Ministry officials on the recent attack on a […]
25 families flee amid intense cross-border shelling in Uri sector
Srinagar: Twenty-five families comprising hundred people on Thursday fled away in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district following intense cross-border shelling in the area. An official said the Pakistan troopers targeted army posts at Hatlanga, Churanda and Tika Post along the Line of Control. “The Pakistan army started firing at around 8:00 am which […]
Farooq pays obeisance at Ajmer Sharief Dargah; prays for communal harmony, peace
AJMER: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah, on Thursday paid obeisance at the Dargah of 12th century sufi saint, Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti. Provincial President Jammu, Mr Devender Singh Rana accompanied Dr Abdullah to the Dargah in Ajmer Sharief. Dr Farooq Abdullah performed Ziyarat (prayer) and took round of the sanctum sanctorum. He […]
Traffic Police books 116 mini-bus operators
SRINAGAR: Continuing its drive against overloading in minibuses, Traffic Police City Srinagar has booked 116 mini-bus operators and served them with court challans. During the week-long drive 08 mini-buses, 86 bikes/scooties and 263 vehicles were also seized in various traffic-related offences across the Srinagar City. To make Srinagar City congestion free helpline numbers Traffic Police […]
Pak court moved for renaming roundabout in Lahore after Bhagat Singh
Lahore: A petition has been filed in a Pakistani court seeking renaming of Lahore’s Shaadman Chowk where freedom fighter Bhagat Singh was hanged 86 years ago and installation of his statue there. Bhagat Singh was hanged along with his two comrades Rajguru and Sukhdev by British rulers on March 23, 1931 in the erstwhile Lahore […]
