Washington: India has played a constructive role in Afghanistan in the past by providing assistance in training and infrastructure improvements that helped maintain stability and good governance in the country, the Pentagon has said. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby during his daily news conference on Monday also said that Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin shares the […]
Beijing ; Chinese and Russian military forces are engaged in joint exercises in northwestern China as ties grow between the two autocratic states amid uncertainty over instability in Afghanistan. The exercises involving ground troops and air forces are due to continue through Friday in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous region. The region borders on Xinjiang, where […]
New Delhi: India logged 28,204 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 147 days, taking the total tally of cases to 3,19,98,158, while the active cases fell to 3,88,508, the lowest in 139 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 97.45 per cent, which […]
Srinagar: Leaders across the political spectrum in Jammu and Kashmir Monday condemned the killing of a BJP sarpanch and his wife in Anantnag, with the saffron party asserting their sacrifices will not be allowed to go waste, while Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said the perpetrators will be brought to justice soon. Militants shot dead Ghulam […]
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina Monday condemned the killing of a party leader and his wife by militants in Anantnag district and said their sacrifices will not go waste. BJP sarpanch Ghulam Rasool Dar and his wife Jawahira were shot dead by militants inside their rented accommodation in Anantnag town of south […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh on Monday visited the family of Constable Nissar Ahmad Wagay who was killed in a militant attack. The DGP was accompanied by ADGP Sunil Kumar, IGP Kashmir Zone Vijay Kumar and other senior police officers, a police spokesman said. The DGP expressed solidarity with […]
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids against members of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) in the Kashmir valley for a second day Monday in connection with a terror-funding case, officials said. NIA sleuths, along with police and the CRPF personnel, Monday carried out searches at five places in north Kashmir’s Bandipora, a day after […]
United Nations: Stressing on enhancing maritime security, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called for peaceful settlement of disputes as per international law and for jointly combating maritime threats posed by non-state actors as he chaired a high-level UN Security Council open debate. Addressing the debate on “Enhancing Maritime Security – A Case for International […]
Jammu: Two newly recruited militants affiliated with proscribed Hizbul Mujahideen outfit were arrested in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. Yasir Hussain and Usman Qadir, both residents of Dachhan, were arrested along with some arms and ammunition during a search operation from Kalaingassu area of Tander, a police official said. He […]
Jammu: Amid heightened security measures ahead of Independence Day celebrations, security forces on Monday launched a cordon-and-search operation covering several villages in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district following information about suspicious movement of two people, officials said. A search operation is also going on in the forest belts of Thanamandi and Sunderbani in the border […]