New Delhi: Reacting to Pakistan inviting 60 Kashmiri students in Uttar Pradesh who were slapped with sedition, India on Friday said that Islamabad should not muddle into affairs of other countries. “They should look into their own problems before trying to resolve issues in other countries,” the Spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry said here. […]
JAMMU: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Umang Narula on Friday asked political parties to abide by the model code of conduct of the Election Commission of India (ECI) during the 5-phase Lok Sabha elections in the state. Narula requested representatives of political parties to cooperate with the officials and strictly adhere to guidelines of ECI regarding […]
New Delhi: In the backdrop of slapping of sedition charge against Kashmiri students and its subsequent withdrawal, the Indian government on Friday night asked Uttar Pradesh government to ensure proper security to students from outside, particularly from Jammu and Kashmir, studying in the state. UP government had slapped the sedition charge against around 60 students […]
New Delhi: In first such initiative, the External Affairs Ministry will hold two major outreach programmes next week to sensitise state governments and other stakeholders and bring them on same page on major issues. The Protocol Division of the Ministry will start the programme by holding a three-day conference beginning March 10 for Protocol Officers […]
Srinagar: JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik and his supporters were Friday detained while trying to take out a march to condemn the expulsion of Kashmiri students from Meerut university for allegedly cheering Pakistan when their team won a match against India. Malik and over a dozen of his party colleagues were detained at Budshah Chowk […]
New Delhi: India has given a number of proposals to Pakistan on increasing cross-LoC Confidence Building Measures including multi-entry visas for people of Jammu and Kashmir but rejected Pakistani demand for release of its driver arrested for alleged smuggling of narcotics in Uri. Giving details of the India-Pakistan Joint Working Group meeting on cross-LoC trade […]
Snehesh Alex Philip Islamabad: Pakistan and the US on Friday signed a USD 72 million agreement to refurbish and upgrade the Mangla dam located in the Mirpur district of Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK). The rehabilitation will improve the operating capacity of the hydroelectric plant at Mangala dam by 90 megawatts (MW), enough electricity for about […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conferenced(G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani’s health has deteriorated since Thursday night following worsening of a chest infection. Geelani had gone to Escorts hospital last week for a checkup, Hurriyat(G) spokesman Ayaz Akbar said, adding that though the Hurriyat leader was unwell for the past few days , his chest infection worsened last night. […]
Srinagar: Police has arrested two persons on charges of stealing mobile phones at the SMHS Hospital here. A police spokesman said that acting on a number of complaints about theft of mobile phones, police station Karan Nagar investigated the matter and arrested two people, Showkat Ahmad Jogi and Saaqib Rafiq Bhat. During questioning, the duo […]
SRINAGAR: The department of Fisheries, has started to supply trout feed from the its newly established Trout Fish Feed Mill at Manasbal with the department now saying it is in a position to meet export orders. The mill established at the National Fish Seed Farm Manasbal has been imported from Netherland that produces the highly […]