Agencies Karachi : Pakistan has tried to downplay India’s decision not to invite Imran Khan for Narendra Modi’s swearing-in on Thursday, saying the Indian Prime Minister’s “internal politics” does not permit him to extend an invitation to his Pakistani counterpart. The government on Monday announced in New Delhi that it has invited leaders from BIMSTEC […]
Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir administration has amended reservation rules for border dwellers and backward areas category, officials said here Tuesday. The amendment was carried out through a notification issued late Monday night by the Social Welfare Department, the officials said. They said the department amended the rules for “person claiming reservation on […]
The people of Kashmir are asking a question on the streets of Srinagar where the government? This question is becoming profound as the government has failed to provide any relief to the common people in any manner in this holy month of Ramadan. With Eid few days away, the price rise is still in the […]
Srinagar : Police on Monday arrested three persons and recovered about 500 gram of heroine at Lakhanpur. Reports said that a team of police and sleuths of Excise Department stopped a vehicle and during searches about 500 gm of heroine was found in it. A police officer told news agency that the operation was launched […]
Agencies CHANDIGARH — Officials from Pakistan and India on Monday held a meeting to discuss the modalities for a corridor linking Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur across the border. The meeting lasted for about two hours and a host of issues pertaining to the building of the […]
Agencies Jammu : Six kg poppy straw has been seized from a passenger vehicle in Poonch district, a police official said on Monday. The contraband, packed in five polythene bags, was being smuggled from Kashmir through Mugal road, connecting the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri in Jammu region with south Kashmir Shopian district, the official said. However, no one was arrested in […]
Srinagar: Train service was suspended again on Monday for security reasons after resuming on Sunday after two days in the Kashmir valley, where Ansar Gazwatul chief Hind Zakir Musa was killed in an encounter by government forces in Pulwama district on Thursday. “Train service suspended again this morning as a fresh advisory was received from authorities […]
Srinagar : Justice Hasnain Masoodi, National Conference leader and elected Member Parliament from 3-Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency has condemned mass arrests across south Kashmir after Dadsara Tral incident. Justice Masoodi was addressing National Conference workers who visited him after his election, at Khanabal. He said that as per the reports received from Kokernag, Anantnag, Qazigund, Awantipora, […]
Agencies GURGAON — A 25-year-old Muslim man was allegedly assaulted here by four unidentified youths for wearing a traditional skull cap, a police official said. The victim was identified as Mohamad Barker Alam, a native of Bihar, living here in Jakob Pura area of Gurgaon. In a complaint to police on Sunday, Alam alleged that four unidentified […]
Agencies Jammu : A major tragedy was averted on Monday with timely detection of a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) along the Jammu-Poonch National Highway, prompting suspension of traffic for nearly one-and-a-half hours, officials said. A bottle filled with liquid material and a polybag filled with some solid material was found on the roadside near […]