US put sanctions on Chinese firms, individuals for supporting Pakistan’s missile programme

    WASHINGTON: The US has taken action against four Chinese entities, one Pakistani company, and one Chinese individual for their supply to Pakistan’s ballistic missile programme under the missile sanctions laws, a State Department statement has said.   State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller in a statement on Thursday said the US imposed sanctions on […]

Court issues release order for Kejriwal in excise case

    NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Friday issues release order for Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal following the Supreme Court granting him bail in a corruption case related to the alleged excise scam.   Special Judge Rakesh Syal passed the order after the advocates for Kejriwal filed a bail bond of Rs 10 lakh […]

SC order granting Kejriwal bail ‘big relief’, message to BJP-led Centre to stop dictatorship: AAP

NEW DELHI: AAP on Friday demanded that the BJP should apologise to the country for keeping a “staunchly honest” leader like Arvind Kejriwal in jail, and said the Supreme Court order granting him bail in the excise policy case has exposed the BJP’s “lies”.   At a joint press conference here, senior AAP leader and […]

J-K: Barkati’s daughter accuses MP Rashid of not supporting family, tears father’s nomination papers

    Kupwara,: Jailed cleric Sarjan Ahmad Wagay’s daughter on Thursday accused Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid of not supporting her family “in the time of need” and tore her father’s nomination papers from the Langate assembly seat, represented twice by the Awami Ittehad Party chief in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.   […]

Will support INDIA bloc candidates if they promise to restore Article 370, says Engineer Rashid

SRINAGAR: ) Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) supremo Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer on Thursday said that he would support the INDIA bloc candidates in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections if the opposition group promises to restore Article 370 of the Constitution whenever they come to power at the Centre.   “If INDIA alliance assures […]

NSA Doval holds talks with Russian counterpart

    NEW DELHI: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has held wide-ranging talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu in St Petersburg and discussed important issues of “mutual interests” amid fresh calls for India’s possible role in finding a solution to the Ukraine conflict.   The Doval-Shoigu meeting on Wednesday evening took place on the […]

BJP should stop making efforts to break alliances: Kharge in J&K

    SRINAGAR: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said the BJP should stop making efforts to break alliances and political parties opposed to it as they have a minority government at the Centre which depends on TDP and JD-U for survival.   “The Congress and National Conference are contesting the (Jammu and Kashmir) elections […]