Hyderabad: Senior BJP leader Ram Madhav on Friday said leaders who are currently under house arrest in Jammu and Kashmir will be released soon and they can resume their “normal” political activity. Speaking at ‘Jana Jagaran Sabha’ on abrogation of Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP general secretary said […]
New Delhi:In an obvious reference to Pakistan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said India’s entire neighbourhood “minus one” has been a “fairly good story” for regional cooperation. The abrogation of Article 370 provisions did come up for discussion in his meetings during the recent US visit, Jaishankar added at a session of the […]
Kabul: The Taliban met US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in the Pakistan capital for the first time since President Donald Trump declared a seemingly imminent peace deal to end Afghanistan’s 18-year war ‘dead’ a month ago, a Taliban official said early Saturday. He offered few details of Friday’s meeting between Khalilzad and the Taliban delegation […]
Srinagar: Normal life remained affected in Kashmir for the 61st consecutive day on Friday as main markets were shut and public transport was off the roads, officials said. Few shops in some areas of the city here were open from 7:30 to 11:00 am, but downed their shutters afterwards, the officials said. However, there were […]
Process to open Oct 10 for next year
New Delhi: The filing of applications for next year’s Haj pilgrimage will be completely digital and the process will start from October 10, Minority Affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi announced on Friday. He also said there will be 22 embarkation points in 2020. “The new embarkation point to be opened for Haj next year will […]
New Delhi: Air Chief Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria on Friday described as a “big mistake” the IAF shooting down its helicopter in Kashmir on February 27, when Indian and Pakistani forces were engaged in a dogfight, and said disciplinary action is being taken against officers held responsible for the incident. A surface-to-air missile of the […]
Rashid, Asiya, Alam also named
New Delhi: NIA Friday filed supplementary charge sheet before a Delhi court against JKLF chief Yasin Malik and others in 2017 militant funding case. Separatists Asiya Andrabi, Shabir Shah, Masarat Alam Bhat have also been named as accused in the charge sheet. Former J&K MLA Rashid Engineer has also been named in the charge sheet, […]
Srinagar: The two-month-long suspension of internet services in Kashmir — in the aftermath of the Government’s withdrawal of J&K’s special status on August 5 — has hit hard the new generation of entrepreneurs who extensively use social media to trade. Scores of young men and women across the Kashmir valley had given wings to their […]
Jammu: Chief of Army’s northern command Lt Gen Ranbir Singh on Thursday visited forward areas in Rajouri district, officials said, amid continued ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops along the Indo-Pak border in the Jammu and Kashmir. Lt Gen Singh was accompanied by White Knight Corps Commander Lt Gen Paramjit Singh Sangha during his visit to […]
New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday attacked the Modi government over alleged lockdown in Jammu and Kashmir for the last two months, saying it has affected innocent children the most. The Congress general secretary also tagged a media report on Twitter which claimed that children in Kashmir were away from schools and […]