Lahore: Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed was on Wednesday sentenced to 11 years in jail by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan in two militant financing cases. Saeed, a UN designated terrorist whom the US has placed a USD 10 million bounty on, was arrested on July 17 in the financing cases. He is lodged at […]
New Delhi: India’s armed forces are at the cusp of transformation, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat said on Wednesday, noting that proxy war and cross-border militancy remained the key security challenges facing India. Gen Rawat also rejected criticism that the armed forces are suppressing the rights of the people in Jammu and Kashmir […]
New Delhi: CPI (M) senior leader from Kashmir Yousuf Tarigami on Wednesday took a dig at the government of India, asking it to notify Jammu and Kashmir as a “central jail” so that it no longer has to enforce draconian laws like the Public Safety Act on its citizens. Welcoming the AAP’s victory in the […]
New Delhi: The NIA Wednesday filed a charge sheet against four Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) aides of Pulwama attack mastermind, in a case of conspiring for militancy acts across country. The NIA had last September filed a charge sheet claiming that JeM’s Sajjad Ahmad Khan, a close aide of Pulwama attack mastermind Mudassir Ahmad Khan, was conspiring […]
Baramulla: The electric transformer of Zandfaran village of Narvaw Baramulla has been damaged for the four times in row this month on Wednesday. Local people of the Zandfaran village said that their electric transformer which was installed a week ago after repairs was damaged again on Wednesday morning Locals said that department was installed a 100 […]
Constraint will remain till supply improves: PDD official
Pampore: Unscheduled power cuts irk residents Pampore town in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The residents told Kashmir Reader that they have been protesting for past six months against PDD for resorting unscheduled power cuts. They said that after the protests, the PDD officials were directed by district administration for providing the town with three hours […]
SRINAGAR: The J&K High Court closed down litigation related to regulating the working and functioning of the tuition centers operating in Jammu and Kashmir with a direction to government authorities to ensure Private Tuition Centre Rules of 2010 be implemented without fail. The court passed the direction after Additional Advocate General (AAG), B A Dar […]
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal, engineer, civil servant and Delhi’s man with a development agenda, is the David who slayed the mighty Goliath for the second time in five years. The Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party is poised to win 63 of Delhi’s 70 seats, leaving the BJP with seven and decimating the Congress, overcoming the BJP’s […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for his party’s win in the Delhi assembly elections and wished him “the very best” in fulfilling the aspirations of the people of the national capital. “Congratulations to AAP and shri @ArvindKejriwal ji for the victory in the Delhi assembly elections. Wishing […]
SRINAGAR: Kashmir Valley on Tuesday remained shut to commemorate the death anniversary of Maqbool Bhat, the founder of banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF). Mobile internet services in Kashmir were also snapped as a precautionary measure to prevent any law and order disturbance. The low speed internet service was suspended early morning which remained […]