New Delhi: The Juvenile Justice Committee of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has told the Supreme Court that 144 juveniles were detained in the state after the Government of India abrogated provisions of Article 370, but 142 minors were later released. The committee, in its report filed in the apex court, said the remaining […]
Srinagar: The J&K government on Wednesday said Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s reference to the situation in the state at the United Nations General Assembly last week was a “story of falsehoods”, asserting that life in the valley had returned to near normal since the abrogation of Article 370 in August this year. “Pakistani PM […]
Washington: Once India triggers development in Jammu and Kashmir, all of Pakistan’s plan for the last 70 years against the state would come to a naught, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told a top US think tank here. The minister also pointed out to the Washington audience that the current suspension of the mobile network […]
New Delhi: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval paid a two-day quiet visit to Saudi Arabia during which he apprised Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman about the situation in Jammu and Kashmir after the state’s special status was withdrawn, official sources said on Wednesday. The Saudi side conveyed to Doval that it is aware of […]
Will fulfil regional and global security obligations
New Delhi: (PTI) India has no extraterritorial ambitions and does not want to “transplant” its ideology on others, Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat has said, asserting that the country will fulfil its regional and global security obligations as a responsible emerging power. In an address to strategic affairs experts and defence personnel in Maldivian capital […]
Govt says they were under 'self-imposed' curbs
Jammu: Leaders of non-BJP parties in Jammu on Wednesday claimed that the administration has lifted the nearly two-month-long restrictions “imposed” on them following the abrogation of special status to Jammu and Kashmir, even as officials said these were only “self-imposed” curbs. After the Government of India announced on August 5 dilution of the provisions of […]
Jammu: A court in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday adjourned hearing in the case of killing of four IAF personnel in 1990 after Tihair Jail authorities expressed their inability to present main accused JKLF chief Yasin Malik in court due to security reasons. They posted the matter for October 23. Malik would now be presented […]
Jammu: Facing arrest for alleged links with Hizbul Mujahideen, a senior J-K Congress leader’s brother Mohammad Shafi Saroori on Wednesday refuted the charges and claimed the case against him was “politically motivated”. In a statement, Shafi Saroori, brother of the party”s state vice president and former minister Ghulam Mohammad Saroori, alleged the registration of FIR […]
Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday summoned India’s Deputy High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia to protest over alleged ceasefire violations by Indian troops along the Line of Control (LoC) that it said killed a woman. The Foreign Office said that Director-General (South Asia and SAARC) Mohammad Faisal summoned Ahluwalia and condemned the ceasefire violations by the Indian troops […]
Jammu: The Congress on Tuesday questioned the chief electoral officer over announcement of elections to the posts of BDC chairperson in Jammu and Kashmir, saying if the condition was conducive for holding polls, then why were 60 per cent of panchayat seats in the valley vacant since ten months. A notification was issued on Tuesday […]