New Delhi: (PTI) A Delhi court Wednesday took cognisance of a supplementary charge sheet filed by the National Investigation Agency against Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik and others in the 2017 militant funding case. Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Syal took cognisance of the final report which also names separatist leaders Asiya Andrabi, […]
New Delhi: (PTI) The concessions available for admission in higher educational institutions to the wards of Kashmiri migrants will now also be given to Kashmiri Pandits living in the valley, according to officials at the HRD Ministry. The decision has been taken after the ministry received several representations to extend the concessions to non-migrant Kashmiri […]
New Delhi: Delegations of senior officers recently visited Srinagar to discuss governance-related reforms in the soon-to-be-created union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, according to an official statement issued on Wednesday. A department of administrative reforms and public grievances (DARPG) delegation led by Additional Secretary V Srinivas visited Jammu and Kashmir on September 4-5. […]
Jammu: (PTI) The Army on Wednesday defused two anti-tank guided missile shells fired by Pakistani troops along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. The shells have been defused by Army engineers in a forward area along the LoC in Poonch district, they said. Pakistan has been resorting to heavy mortar shelling […]
Islamabad: (PTI) Pakistan said on Wednesday that a historic agreement with India to operationalise the Kartarpur corridor was likely to be signed on Thursday. The corridor will connect the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in India’s Punjab with the gurdwara at Kartarpur, just about four km from the international border, located at Narowal district of Pakistan’s […]
Two civilians injured in Poonch
Jammu: An Army personnel was killed on Tuesday in Pakistani firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district while as two civilians were injured in Poonch district, officials said. The soldier manning a forward post was fatally injured in the Pakistani firing and shelling in the Kalal area of Nowshera sector Tuesday evening, […]
Jammu: (PTI) Leaders of Hurriyat and mainstream parties in Jammu and Kashmir, religious preachers and clerics have used their influence to get the children of ordinary Kashmiris killed while none of them lost their own to terrorism, Governor Satya Pal Malik said on Tuesday. Alleging that “affluent and powerful” sections have crushed the dreams of […]
Jammu: (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Tuesday said the position of a governor in the country is very weak as he does not have the right to hold a press conference or talk his heart out. He also reiterated his statement that a section of wealthy people in the country are […]
Srinagar: (PTI) Normal life in Kashmir remained disturbed for the 79th day on Tuesday following abrogation of Article 370, but there was increased movement of traffic in parts of the city leading to massive traffic snarls. Markets and other business establishments opened early in the morning but downed their shutters at around 11.00 am, officials […]
New Delhi: (PTI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said India has never been the aggressor but its armed forces are capable of giving a befitting reply to those who cast an evil eye on it. The Navy has maintained vigilance to ensure that 26/11 is not repeated, Singh added while addressing the media at […]