Agencies United Nations : The UN Security Council has condemned the announcement by the Taliban of a spring offensive, saying it will only result in more unnecessary suffering and destruction for the Afghan people. In a press statement on the Taliban Offensive, members of the 15-nation Council said they recognised the Afghan people’s strong desire […]
Srinagar : A 37-year old activist of Peoples Conference who was injured critically after he fell from a moving vehicle near Bakhihaker in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district last week succumbed to injuries in a hospital here in Srinagar. Reports said that the man Mushtaq Ahmad Mir, son of Ghulam Mohammad Mir, a […]
Agencies Jammu : Day curfew was lifted from the communally sensitive Kishtwar township of Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday after remaining in force for a week following the killing of a senior RSS leader and his security guard, a senior government official said. However, night curfew along with prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPC banning assembly […]
Agencies Jammu: Mobile internet services in curfew-bound Kishtwar township of Jammu and Kashmir was restored on Monday after remaining suspended for the past six days following improvement in the overall law and order situation, a senior government official said. The curfew, which was promulgated in the town and adjoining areas Tuesday last week following the killing […]
Beijing: China has successfully tested the world’s first armed amphibious drone boat which the Chinese military analysts claimed could be used in land assault operations and is capable of forming a combat triad with aerial drones and other drone ships, according to a media report. Built by Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group under China Shipbuilding […]
Agencies Bhubaneswar: India successfully test fired a sub-sonic cruise missile Nirbhay off the Odisha coast on Monday. The 1,000-km range missile was fired for a shorter range from a launch pad from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Balasore district, said informed sources. Indigenously developed by the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), the […]
Jammu, The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was blacked for traffic after a landslide in Ramban district on Monday, officials said. There was a landslide at Digdol area in Ramban resulting in blocking of the highway, they said. Men and machines are working to clear the landslide to reopen highway for traffic, they said. PTI
Agencies Srinagar : Asserting that alleged misappropriation of the sacrifices of jawans and polarising the electorate hasn’t helped BJP, Peoples Democratic Party (PIDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said now the saffron party is creating fear psychosis by using “national security” as a guide to prepare ground for another Balakot like strike to win the […]
Agenies Srinagar : PDP president Mehbooba Mufti’s motorcade was hurled with stones in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday while she was returning from a shrine there. Mehbooba had gone to a shrine at Khirram in Anantnag district to pay her obeisance and was returning to Bijbehara when the incident took place, they […]
Srinagar : The government Monday assigned additional charges to four officers in the interest of administration. According to an order issued by General Administration Department, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment, shall hold the charge of Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Information Department, in addition to his own duties. […]