Army personnel died after he slipped into a nallah in Machil area of Kupwara district in north Kashmir on Thursday. Unnamed official sources told a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS) that the army’s lodged a written report in the police station that personnel identified as Aamir Hussain Wani of 56 Rashtriya Rifles slipped into the […]
New Delhi: Several positive changes have taken place in terms of development in Jammu and Kashmir in the last one year which reflect return to “complete normalcy”, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday. The assertion came after the Chairman and Ranking Member of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs in a […]
Girish Chandra Murmu resigned as the Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday after his administration was allegedly found to be on the other side of Delhi’s agenda of fostering an all-time high connect between the government and the people and the revival of political activity, sources privy to the […]
Shoaib Akhtar has always had a love-hate relationship with Indian cricketers. During his playing days, Akhtar was always at loggerheads with his counterparts. Cricket fans remember the altercations Akhtar had with Harbhajan and Virender Sehwag while even getting Rahul Dravid riled up with his antics. After announcing his retirement, Akhtar worked a lot in India for cricket […]
US President Donald Trump announced Thursday sweeping bans on US transactions with China’s ByteDance, owner of video-sharing app TikTok, and Tencent, operator of the WeChat app, starting in 45 days, in a major escalation of tensions with Beijing. The executive orders come as the Trump administration said this week it was stepping up efforts to […]
As many as 504 separatist leaders, who had been detained following the abrogation of Article 370 provisions a year ago, were released after they signed bond of “good behaviour”, Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh said on Thursday. Singh also said out of the 350 separatist leaders and stone pelters who had been sent […]
The Advisor to Lieutenant Governor Baseer Ahmad Khan today visited Ganderbal where various delegations apprised him of issues and grievances of people pertaining to development and public service delivery, here at Conference Hall Mini secretariat Ganderbal. Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal, Director Rural Development Department, Kashmir, Qazi Sarwar, MD KPDCL, Kashmir, SSP Ganderbal, Additional Deputy […]
On August 5 evening, WhatsApp groups in Jammu and Kashmir were abuzz with rumours about the resignation of its first Lieutenant-Governor G C Murmu. The day also marked the first anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370. Meanwhile, the rumours grew stronger by late night. Given the nature of such rumours in Kashmir — more […]
The newly appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, is known as a hard taskmaster who is also easily accessible to both officers and the public. He will bring a vast range of experience to the Srinagar Raj Bhawan. A three-time Member of Parliament, Sinha served as Minister of State […]
Army has advocated that China should take stock of its relative weaknesses compared to the US and behave accordingly, according to a report in Nikkei Asian Review that cited a recent article authored by the officer who has been described as one of China’s most prominent hawks. In his article, Dai underscored how no country had come […]