Srinagar: National Conference on Tuesday said that the party has expelled four corporators who defied its whip and voted in no Confidence Motion against former SMC Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu. “NC had announced and directed its Corporators to abstain from participating in No Confidence motion in SMC. The four corporators out of our 11 who […]
United Nations- UN chief Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over child casualties in Jammu and Kashmir and urged the government to take preventive measures to protect the children. The Secretary-General’s report on ‘Children and Armed Conflict’ said that the UN had verified over 25,000 grave violations against children globally from January to December 2019, stressing that […]
New Delhi: Three Indian soldiers, including a commanding officer, have been killed in a “violent face-off” with Chinese soldiers in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh, where the two sides have been ranged against each other over the past few weeks. An official statement said: “During the de-escalation process underway in the Galwan Valley, a violent […]
Srinagar : Junaid Azim Mattu was on Tuesday removed as the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) mayor after he lost a no-confidence motion moved against him in the city body. The People”s Conference leader, whose election as Srinagar mayor had generated controversy two years ago, took to Twitter to announce his defeat. “The vote of ”No […]
Kupwara, June 16 (KNO): The armies of India and Pakistan exchanged gunfire in wee hours on Tuesday along the Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar sector in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Officials told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that Pakistani rangers resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation in Tangdhar Sector and targeted forward posts of […]
Hopeful headlines have now given way to a realisation that all is not ok at the heights in Ladakh, where India and China are eyeball to eyeball. Well, retinas are not really visible since some Chinese trucks have pulled away, but the ground forces of the People’s Liberation Army remain in areas they weren’t before April […]
Petrol and disease prices were raised for the tenth day in a row on Monday by state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) even as crude oil rates have come down to multi-year lows. The price of petrol was increased by 47 paise a litre on Monday while that of diesel by 57 paise a litre in […]
European countries reopened borders Monday after a three-month coronavirus shutdown, although international visitors are still being kept away and there was uncertainty over whether many Europeans will quickly embrace travel outside their home countries. Reopening continued in Mexico and Brazil despite cases climbing in the two largest nations in Latin America, where authorities struggled to handle the pandemic’s […]
Moving to check the slide in ties with Nepal, government sources indicated Monday that New Delhi is willing to hold talks with Kathmandu on the boundary dispute if the KP Sharma Oli government there creates a “conducive atmosphere” and “positive situation”. Sources said feelers have been sent to the Oli government to pause the process […]
A video of a woman sarpanch pleading before militants has sent shock waves throughout the panchayat representatives in Kashmir. Gulshana, who was elected unopposed as sarpanch from Samipur, Zaingeer, in north Kashmir’s Sopore sub-district, was intercepted by suspected militants on Friday and later set free. However, before she was allowed to go, the militants shot […]