New Delhi: UN General Assembly president-elect Volkan Bozkir on Monday said that he is ready to help Pakistan and India within his mandate to resolve their differences on Kashmir issue if requested by both the parties. Addressing a news conference along with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Mr Bozkir said that the resolution of […]
Bureaucrat-turned-politician Shah Faesal, who stepped down from the post of president of Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement, on Tuesday said a perception had been created that he was “an anti-national” because of some of his “problematic utterances”. Faesal is currently under house arrest in Srinagar. “Due to some of my statements, I let down a lot of people […]
The Government of India has told the Supreme Court in New Delhi that it will implement a “carefully calibrated easing” of the restrictions on high-speed mobile internet services in Jammu and Kashmir after 15 August as “heightened threat perception” continues till the Independence Day, reported the Wire. The special committee headed by the home secretary, government […]
Several Congress leaders “welcomed back” Sachin Pilot on Tuesday after the former Rajasthan deputy chief minister’s meeting with Rahul Gandhi that signalled an “amicable resolution” of nearly a month-long political crisis in the state. Soon after his patch-up talks with senior Congress leaders, Pilot on Monday night said he has never hankered after posts and his was […]
New Delhi: COVID-19 cases in India dipped below 55,000 in a single day on Tuesday after the country recorded over 60,000 cases daily for four days on the trot, according to the Union Health Ministry data. With the fresh cases, India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 22.68 lakh, while the recoveries have surged to 15,83,489, pushing the […]
Washington: US President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted by a US Secret Service agent out of a live press briefing on coronavirus as a precautionary measure, after a shooting incident outside the White House. Following the incident on Monday, Trump minutes later returned for the news conference and said things were under control. “White House seems […]
The latest about restoration of 4G services in Jammu and Kashmir is that the highest court has given only a few days to the government to consider restoration of 4G services in some areas of Kashmir. In a contempt proceeding filed by an NGO against the Union Government and JK administration for delaying the court […]
Srinagar: The Army has apprehended three suspected militants during a search operation in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. A joint search operation was launched by the security forces on the inputs of Jammu and Kashmir Police in Lalpora area of Kupwara on Monday, an army official said. He said three suspects […]
From going to friends’ homes to keeping their fingers crossed that 2G internet connectivity does not deceive them, Delhi University’s Kashmiri students have an additional set of worries regarding their online open book exams. The Delhi University commenced its online open book examinations from Monday, amid opposition from students and teachers who had been demanding […]
Aiming to neutralise the terror threat looming over its workers in Kashmir, the BJP has shifted its activists to hotels at Pahalgam where they will be provided round-the-clock security. Over the past one month, the party has lost five of its workers in militant attacks. Budgam district president Abdul Hamid Najar succumbed to injuries today, […]