AHMEDABAD: Gujarat was put on high alert on Tuesday after India successfully carried out a ‘non military pre-emptive’ strike targeting training camps of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in Balakot area in Pakistan. Director General of Police Shivanand Jha issued the high alert across the border districts of Kutch, Banaskantha and Patan even as all District Superintendents of […]
London: The British government has called on India and Pakistan to pursue diplomatic solutions in the wake of the Pulwama terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir. UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt held telephonic conversations with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) […]
Islamabad : Pakistan on Tuesday “strongly rejected” India’s claim” of targeting a terrorist camp near Balakot as it vowed to respond “at the time and place of its choosing” to India’s “uncalled for aggression”. At a special meeting of the National Security Committee hours after the air strike, Prime Minister Imran Khan asked the […]
New Delh : The government has convened an all-party meeting Tuesday evening where External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will brief the leaders of opposition parties on the pre-dawn air strike operation by the Indian Air Force in Pakistan, sources said. They said the meeting has been convened at 5 PM at Jawahar Bhawan which houses […]
Srinagar : Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) Tuesday called for a two day complete protest strike against raids of NIA against resistance leadership and mass arrests. JRL comprising of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Muhammad Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik as per a statement issued to KNS said, “Wide spread raids of NIA against almost […]
Srinagar : Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam Tuesday urged people to be calm and not to believe rumours circulating on WhatsApp or other social media. He said Governor Satya Pal Malik has also made the similar appeal on Sunday. “It is necessary that people remain stress free and go about their normal activities,” CS said. He […]
Agencies Srinagar : National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah Tuesday said that one cannot possibly speculate on what will happen next following the Indian Air Force (IAF) strike across the Line of Control (LoC) as there was no information about the damage caused. “Unless we know which Balakote is being talked about by the Pakistani […]
Srinagar : Authorities at Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura Tuesday cancelled the winter vacations and leaves doctors. PRO SKIMS in a communique issued here said in pursuance to Government order no. 249-GAD of 2019, dated: 22.02.2019, the 2nd half of winter vacation sanctioned vide office order no. SIMS 1391 (per) of 2018, dated: 31.12.2018, […]
Islamabad : Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday said India has committed “aggression” by violating the LoC and Islamabad has “right to respond”. His remarks came after Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out strikes across the Line of Control (LoC) in Balakote in Pakistan-administered-Kashmir. Prime Minister Imran Khan was chairing an “important meeting” […]
NIA on Tuesday morning started raids in Srinagar. At present NIA sluthes with the help of police were conducting a raid at Nageen residence of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. Umar Farooq is presently under house arrest in the same residence. His neighbours told this reporter that there is heavy deployment of forces in their area and […]