Militant killed, 2 civilians, army soldier injured in Kulgam gunfight

Militant killed, 2 civilians, army soldier injured in Kulgam gunfight

Anantnag: One militant was killed in an encounter in Kulgam district on Monday. A police spokesperson said that one militant affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammad was killed in the encounter. “Killed #terrorist has been identified as Abu Hurarah, a foreign #Pakistani terrorist linked with proscribed terror outfit JeM. #Incriminating materials, arms & ammunition including AK rifle recovered,” […]

Azad launches ‘Democratic Azad Party’

Azad launches ‘Democratic Azad Party’

Jammu: Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday launched his new party the Democratic Azad Party (DAP) – coinciding with the first day of Navratri festival, exactly a month after ending his over five-decade long association with the Congress. Azad, 73, also unveiled the party’s flag that has three strips of mustard, white and dark blue colours, […]

Azad’s party a team of turncoats: JKPCC chief

Azad’s party a team of turncoats: JKPCC chief

Jammu: Hours after former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad launched the Democratic Azad Party’, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee president Vikar Rasool Wani on Monday said his party belongs to a group of turncoats who stand exposed. Even as over two dozen former ministers and legislators of the Congress, including ex-deputy chief minister Tara […]

Decision on Pak should have been taken during 1971 war: Rajnath

Decision on Pak should have been taken during 1971 war: Rajnath

Shimla: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday that decision on Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) should have been taken during 1971 war between India and the neighbouring country. The defence minister said this while addressing a function to honour martyrs’ families at Nadaun in Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur district. “We have recently marked the Golden Jubilee of […]

Dues not paid to monitoring agency, Jal Jeevan Mission stalled in Kashmir

Dues not paid to monitoring agency, Jal Jeevan Mission stalled in Kashmir

‘Employees of WAPCOS without any salary for the last twelve months’ Anantnag: The Central government’s Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) has met a severe roadblock in Kashmir, as the Jal Shakti Department has halted payments to a Third-Party Monitoring Agency for more than a year now. The ambitious JJM is aimed at providing individual tap connection […]

US-Pak relationship has not served either of two: Jaishankar

US-Pak relationship has not served either of two: Jaishankar

Washington: America’s relationship with Pakistan has “not served” either of the two countries, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Sunday raising questions on the Biden administration’s approval of a USD 450-million sustenance package for F-16 fleet. “Very honestly, it’s a relationship that has neither ended up serving Pakistan well, nor serving the American interests. So, […]

Citing Kashmir, Jaishankar blames American media for ‘biased’ India coverage

Citing Kashmir, Jaishankar blames American media for ‘biased’ India coverage

Washington: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has slammed the mainstream American media, including The Washington Post, for their “biased” coverage of India. “I look at the media. You know, there are some newspapers you know, exactly, what they are going to write including one in this town,” Jaishankar told a gathering of Indian-Americans from across […]

‘Pakistan Zindabad’ at PFI protest: Police takes U-turn, say no sedition charge

Pune: In a U-turn, the Pune police on Sunday evening denied adding the sedition charge in connection with a case against the Popular Front of India (PFI) activists and the alleged raising of pro-Pakistan slogans during a protest organised here by the outfit. Earlier, senior inspector Pratap Mankar of the Bundgarden police station, where the […]

CUET-PG results announced

CUET-PG results announced

New Delhi: The results of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-PG, for which 6.07 lakh candidates had registered, were announced on Monday, according to National Testing Agency (NTA) officials. The exam was held in computer-based test (CBT) mode, comprising multiple choice questions. “The results have been announced,” said NTA Senior Director (Exams) Sadhana Parashar. Unlike […]

No normalisation of scores done: UGC chief

New Delhi: Unlike CUET-UG, no normalisation of scores has been done for the Common University Entrance Test for postgraduate admissions, according to UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar. “No normalisation of scores has been done in CUET-PG and the universities will prepare rank lists on the basis of ‘raw marks’ and not NTA scores,” Kumar told […]