GUWAHATI: Head coach Igor Stimac on Saturday named a 23-member Indian football squad for the FIFA World Cup qualifier against Bangladesh to be played in Kolkata on Tuesday. Defenders Sandesh Jhingan and Anwar Ali (Jr) were ruled out the match to be played at VYBK Stadium due to injuries, while Halicharan Narzary, Farukh Choudhary and […]
Srinagar: Normal life remained affected in Kashmir for the 68th consecutive day on Friday as main markets continued to be shut and public transport off the roads, officials said. Authorities re-imposed restrictions in some parts of Srinagar on Friday due to which the Jamia Masjid remained out of bounds for people for 10th consecutive week. […]
Bhaderwah/Jammu: Militants in Kashmir are facing a shortage of arms which is why they try to snatch or loot weapons from SPOs and police stations, Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Ranbir Singh said on Friday. He said Pakistan is in a fix over the situation and is trying different ways to send in the weapons. […]
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Governor’s administration has began the exercise for finalisation of the budget for the Union Territories of Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh by next Monday. According to an order issued by the Finance Department, the budget for the current financial year has to be segregated in two parts i.e., 7 months from 1st April […]
Jammu: An Army jawan was killed when Pakistani troops resorted to firing and shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Friday, a defence spokesperson said. Two jawans were also injured in the Pakistani shelling in Akhnoor sector of Jammu district, officials said. “Today, the ceasefire violation took place […]
New Delhi: India has raised with Pakistan the issue of targeting civilians during ceasefire violations along the Line of Control which has seen a spike since the repealing of special provisions of Article 370 in August, Army sources said on Friday. The issue was raised by the Army during the functional level talks held by […]
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi “played his last card” by revoking the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and accused the international media of ignoring the issue. Addressing the participants of a “human chain” event held in Islamabad to express “solidarity” with the people of […]
Washington: Fresh from her visit to Pakistan-administered Kashmir, an American Senator has called for finding ways to de-escalate tensions between India and Pakistan. New England Senator Maggie Hasan said this in a tweet on Thursday night. Hasan, who is currently on a visit to the region, is now headed to India after travelling to Afghanistan […]
Jammu: Over 1,300 vehicles were left stranded as the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed for traffic since last night due to a landslide in Ramban district, officials said on Friday. The 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, was closed by a landslide triggered during widening of the road […]
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday summoned India’s Deputy High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia to protest over the alleged “unprecedented escalation” of ceasefire violations by the Indian troops along the Line of Control (LoC) that it said killed a boy and injured 16 other civilians. The Pakistan Foreign Office said that Director General (South Asia and SAARC) Mohammad […]