Register your pets or face action: SMC to people

Srinagar: Authorities in Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has asked people to get their pet dogs registered. In this regard, a public notice was issues reads, “All the owners/keepers of pet dogs residing within the limits of Srinagar Municipal Corporation are required to get their pet dogs registered in accordance to the Section-304 (Regulation and Control […]

Chinese President Xi on course for record 3rd term; Premier Li dropped in major shake-up

Beijing:Chinese President Xi Jinping is all set for an unprecedented third five-year term as he was “elected” to the powerful Central Committee of the ruling Communist Party on Saturday while several top leaders including Premier Li Keqiang have been left out in the major shake-up at the top. The once-in-a-five-year Congress concluded its week-long session […]

J&K Govt redraws social caste list

Srinagar, : In a significant move, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has expanded the social caste list by including 15 new classes to it. In a notification, the Jammu & Kashmir Government has included 15 more classes into its social caste category list. Under the Jammu & Kashmir Government’s reservation rules, social castes have four […]

Militancy Funding Case: SIA searches multiple locations in Kashmir

Srinagar: The State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Saturday morning carried searches at multiple locations across Kashmir in connection with the militancy funding case. Sources said that the sleuths of State Investigation Agency (SIA) accompanied by the Jammu and Kashmir Police conducted a raid at the residence of Mohammad Altaf at Sultanpora village in the district. […]

China may ramp up nuclear arsenal after Xi’s assertion to establish strong strategic deterrence: Experts

Beijing: China is expected to boost its nuclear arsenal after President Xi Jinping’s remarks at the key Congress of the ruling Communist Party here for the first time that Beijing will establish strong strategic deterrence, experts have said. “We will establish a strong system of strategic deterrence,” Xi, who is widely expected to be endorsed […]

Pak needs to continue taking credible, verifiable action against terrorism: India

New Delhi: The world should remain clear that Pakistan must continue to take “credible, verifiable and irreversible” action against terrorism, India said after anti-money laundering watchdog FATF removed the neighbouring country from its “grey list”. The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) took Pakistan off a list of countries under increased monitoring, also known as […]

J&K: Mughal road, connecting Poonch, Rajouri to Shopian, reopened for traffic after 2-day closure

Jammu:The Mughal road, connecting the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri in the Jammu region with south Kashmir’s Shopian district was reopened for vehicular traffic on Saturday after a two-day closure due to heavy snowfall, officials said. The road was reopened for vehicular traffic on Saturday morning, they added. All the vehicles stranded on […]

Most ‘hotspots’ free from anti-national activities: HM Amit Shah

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said most of the “hotspots” in the country are almost free from anti-national activities now and the situation in major security theatres has improved over the last eight years of the Narendra Modi government. He said more than 70 per cent decline has been recorded in […]

Action against those justifying innocent civilian killings in coming days, says J-K LG Sinha

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday said some people were trying to disturb the communal harmony by justifying the killings of innocent civilians in the Valley and warned them of strict action as per law. “We will have to be alert as some elements are trying to disturb communal harmony. We […]

Pakistan’s Election Commission disqualifies former PM Imran Khan on charges of concealing assets

Islamabad: Pakistan’s Election Commission on Friday disqualified former prime minister Imran Khan on charges of concealing assets. The ruling coalition government lawmakers had filed a case with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in August against Khan, seeking his disqualification for failing to reveal the proceeds from the sale of gifts that he purchased at […]