With the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) holding out on de-escalation at some points of its transgressions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh — Gogra-Hot Springs as well as Pangong Tso — the Narendra Modi government is considering new ways to counter Chinaand ensuring that the troops are back to their peacetime locations. According […]
AWANTIPORA: Two militant associates of the Jaish e Mohammed militant outfit were on Friday arrested in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said. The duo-identified as Reyaz Ahmad Bhat resident of Amirabad Tral and Mohd Umer Tantray resident of Aripal Tral-was held by Awantipora Police along with 42 RR and 180 battalion of […]
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference has slammed former IAS officer Shah Faesal, who quit politics early this week, over his remark that Kashmiris did not protest against his detention. The Grand Old Party of J&K cited example of 2012 batch IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan and asked Faesal to remain steadfast. In several interviews to different […]
Iran and Turkey lashed out at their regional rival the United Arab Emirates on Friday over its decision to normalise diplomatic relations with Israel in a US-brokered deal, accusing it of betraying the Palestinian cause. Iran’s Foreign Ministry called the deal a “dagger that was unjustly struck by the UAE in the backs of the Palestinian people […]
LAHORE: Experienced all-rounder Shoaib Malik will join the Pakistan squad in Southampton on Saturday to be available for the three-match Twenty20 International series against England starting on Aug 28. The T20 battle begins after the ongoing three-Test series between the two countries in England ends on Aug 25. The 38-year-old Shoaib was to travel to […]
Jammu and Kashmir police Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh said preliminary investigations have revealed that Jaish-e-Muhammad, a militant outfit, carried out the Nowgam attack in which two cops were killed on Friday. Mr. Singh said that the police are in the process of identifying the attackers and “will act against the attackers soon.” […]
SRINAGAR: National Conference on Thursday said the assertions of Lt Governor on the development scenario in J&K were not supported by facts on the ground, saying there was the little material basis to such “mythical claims.” The party MP, Muhammad Akbar Lone while expressing dismay over the claims of the LG wherein he necessitated for […]
Deputy inspector general (DIG), South Kashmir, Atul Kumar Goel is among Jammu and Kashmir Police officers who have been awarded the Police Medals for Gallantry (PMG). Goel is the one to catch Jammu and Kashmir DSP Davinder Singh at a check post while he was ferrying two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen terrorists in a vehicle on the Srinagar-Jammu […]
Director Agriculture Kashmir Altaf Aijaz Andrabi conducted an extensive tour of District Budgam to access the impact of unprecedented dry spell on standing crops. During the day long tour he visited Paddy Seed Village Kanihama, Potato seed villages, Kanidajan Vegetable clusters at Doniwara, Banihar and farmers field of various villages of the district. During the […]
Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) on Friday strongly condemned the Nowgam militant attack in which two policemen Ishfaq Ahmad and Fayaz Ahmad were killed and another cop sustained severe injuries. In a statement issued to KNS,, a spokesman of the party termed the attack an inhuman act. “Violence is not a solution but a […]