Chinese troops “carried out provocative military movements to change the status quo” near Pangong Tso lake on Saturday night but they were blocked by Indian soldiers, the government said today. This took place on the south bank of the Pangong Tso, which is of huge significance as it is a new area, according to sources. […]
Srinagar: Srinagar-Leh highway has been closed for the civilians in view of the fresh “provocative” military movements by the Chinese troops, India Today reported. The Srinagar-Leh highway has been closed for the civilians with immediate effect. The road will remain open only for the defence forces and vehicles. China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers have […]
New Delhi: A fresh clash between the Indian and Chinese soldiers on the intervening night of 29 August and 30 August occurred on the southern bank of Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh, breaking the uneasy calm that had persisted following the deadly clash in Galwan Valley on 15 June. A Brigade Commander-level flag meeting is in […]
Former chief minister Farooq Abdullah has said his National Conference (NC) opted out of the Delimitation Commission in May as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was allegedly seeking to create Hindu dominance in the Muslim majority region and to divide the Union Territory on religious lines through the process. The Centre in March set up the […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was hospitalised at Delhi’s AIIMS for post-Covid-care, was discharged this morning. Shah was admitted to AIIMS on August 18 as he complained of “fatigue and body aches” after he returned a negative result to Covid testing. The senior BJP leader was earlier admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon after testing […]
While each step of the February 2019 Pulwama attack was carried out on the directions of the Jaish-e-Muhammad bosses in Pakistan, the target itself — a convoy of vehicles carrying CRPF personnel — was chosen by a 22-year-old shopkeeper from Kakapora in the same South Kashmir district, investigators have found. This man’s contribution to the […]
The Jammu and Kashmir Police and paramilitary forces on Sunday fired teargas canisters and used pellet shotguns at several places in Srinagar to stop Shia mourners from participating in Muharram processions. Eyewitnesses told Outlook that dozens of mourners were injured, of whom several received pellet injuries, when police used pellet shotguns on Shia mourners in […]
National Conference (NC) leaders and former chief ministers Farooq and Omar Abdullah are “bitter” about, and feel “betrayed” by, the constitutional changes related to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) pushed through by the Centre last year, and will contest them both politically and legally, while asserting that their struggle will be entirely peaceful. The two leaders, […]
The Delimitation Commission, set up to redraw the constituencies of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, will visit the north-eastern states and the Union Territory after preparing a “broad framework” of the delimitation exercise, officials said. The commission will also seek views and inputs of its “associate members” — a group of […]
Commissioner Secretary, Higher Education Department (HED), Talat Parvez Rohella, during his 2 day visit to North Kashmir, today visited Kupwara district and reviewed functioning of various colleges and educational Infrastructure works. He was accompanied by Director Finance HED, Abdul Majeed; Nodal Principal Kashmir, Yasmeen Ashaie; Assistant Director Planning, Fayaz Ahmad; Engineering Team of RUSA and […]