When then Defence Minister AK Antony returned from Beijing in July 2013, he was fascinated by the infrastructure development in China. He was rather intrigued how China was able to build straight roads unlike the ones that he had seen back home in India that yielded to hurdles in the way. At that point, Antony […]
National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducts fresh raids at Batamaloo & Mandar Bagh area of Srinagar city. According to reports sleuths of NIA accompanied by paramilitary CRPF and police, raided the houses of several people who were associated with cross-LoC trade. When this report was filled the NIA raid in the area was going […]
As many as six infrastructures, including a government school and a madrasa, were partially damaged after, the Indian army told a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Pakistani troops violated ceasefire and resorted to shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Bagtore area of Gurez in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Unidentified official sources […]
A Central Reserve Police Force officer allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service in Badharwah district of Jammu and Kashmir. Official sources told news agency KNT that Assistant Sub Inspector CRPF shot self to death in the barrack of 33 Battalion headquarters during Wednesday morning. “He was shifted to hospital where doctors declared […]
New Delhi and Beijing engaged in a war of words Tuesday and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting of the military brass after Indian troops, thwarting Chinese manoeuvres at two places in Ladakh on two different days, occupied “tactical features” for area domination. Indian Army sources confirmed that the pre-emptive moves were undertaken at “more than one location”, […]
The Jammu and Kashmir government today said it has issued over 12.5 lakh domiciles certificate under controversial domicile certificate rules. Of 12.5 lakh domicile certificates issued, 99 percent are those who have Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC). Addressing a press conference here, the government spokesman Rohit Kansal, said the process of issuance of domicile certificates is picking up. […]
UP doctor Kafeel Khan, who was detained under the National Security Act (NSA) for his speech during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) last year, was released from the Mathura jail late on Tuesday night. After his release around midnight, Khan said the Uttar Pradesh government instead of doing ‘Raj Dharma’ was indulging in […]
India at the UN has called for permanently removing the issue of Jammu and Kashmir under the “outdated agenda item” of the ‘India-Pakistan question’ from the Security Council’s agenda, saying such “irrational exuberance” has no takers in a dignified world. During a virtual informal meeting of the plenary on the annual report of the Security […]
A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of Indian army was killed after Pakistan violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said today. An official said that the officer of the rank of Naib Subedar was posted at a forward location when Pakistan resorted to firing and shelling […]
Hours after China accused Indian troops of violating the consensus, India Tuesday hit back and said it has taken up the “matter of recent provocative and aggressive actions” with the Chinese side through both diplomatic and military channels and has “urged them to discipline and control their frontline troops from undertaking such provocative actions”. In a detailed […]