LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board’s interim chief Najam Sethi on Tuesday said he will not seek a permanent position in the PCB after pulling out of the race to be its next chairman. Sethi said he didn’t wish to be the “bone of contention” between the country’s top political leaders — Pakistan Peoples Party president Asif […]
New Delhi;:Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the Centre’s ordinance on the control of services in Delhi places the chief secretary above the Cabinet and the AAP dispensation will challenge it in the Supreme Court. Kejriwal, who was addressing a press conference here after attending the first meeting of the National Capital Civil Services […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said ties between India and the US are stronger and deeper than ever, and asserted that there is an “unprecedented trust” between the leaders of the two countries. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal ahead of his first state visit to the US, Modi, while […]
Political Parties Pitch For Early Elections Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Monday completed five years without an elected government, prompting a scathing attack from the mainstream National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party over the delay in restoration of democracy in the J&K. On August 5, 2019, the Centre revoked Article 370, which granted special status […]
New Delhi: A six-member delegation from Ladakh on Monday met Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai amid a prolonged ongoing agitation over demands such as statehood and special status under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. The meeting comes months after several socio-religious, political and youth organisations from Leh and Kargil refused to […]
‘Multi-Tiered Arrangements Will Be Put In Place To Ensure Foolproof Security’ Udhampur (J&K): Multi-tiered arrangements, including night domination through night-vision devices, snipers, drone systems and dog squads, will be put in place to ensure foolproof security during the upcoming Amarnath Yatra, officials said on Monday. According to the Army officials, the road stretches on the […]
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Monday directed for higher resource mobilisation and increasing manpower to ensure the completion of all the ongoing work in time for the commencement of the Amarnath Yatra next month. The LG chaired a high-level meeting to review the preparedness for the annual pilgrimage to the 3,888-metre-high cave shrine in the […]
Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti has challenged the conditions imposed by the Ministry of External Affairs while issuing a passport to her last month on the orders of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court. The High Court has issued a notice to the authorities on her plea challenging the ‘conditional […]
Bhaderwah/Jammu: The recent spate of mild earthquakes accompanied by aftershocks in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda-Ksihtwar region, particularly in the Bhadarwah Valley, has left residents in a state of panic and fear. However, seismic experts note that these small-scale earthquakes can actually help prevent larger disasters. Neeraj Sharma, head of the Institute of Mountain Environment at […]
New Delhi: Senior IPS officer Ravi Sinha, an expert on neighbourhood countries and operations, was on Monday appointed as the new head of external spy agency R&AW, succeeding Samant Goel who completes his four-year stint on June 30. According to an order issued by the Ministry of Personnel, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has […]