Srinagar: After an overnight lull, an encounter between security forces and militants hiding in a building in Karan Nagar area in Srinagar resumed today, as authorities imposed precautionary restrictions in parts of the city in wake of the operation, officials said. A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) official said the gun battle between the militants […]
New Delhi: In a bid to hasten the resolution of bad loans, RBI has tightened rules to make banks identify and tackle any non-payment of loan rapidly, a move the government said should act as a “wake up call” for defaulters. The Reserve Bank of India abolished half a dozen existing loan-restructuring mechanisms late last […]
New Delhi: The government is likely to make GPS mandatory in feature phones by withdrawing an exemption it granted earlier, according to official sources. The move will enable the government to roll out panic button facility on mobile phones, aimed at helping women in distress. The government ordered all mobile manufacturers in 2016 to mandatorily […]
Jammu: A day after Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti called for dialogue with Pakistan to end the bloodshed in the state, her coalition partner-BJP today said talks were not suitable at a time when the neighbouring country was “supporting” militant attacks. “Amid the sound of bullets and spilt blood, a certain section is advocating talks between […]
Srinagar: Two unidentified militants and a CRPF constable were killed in a 27-hour long gun battle in uptown area of Karan Nagar in Srinagar. According to the police sources, a constable sentry at 23 battalion of CRPF noticed a movement of two individuals in the wee hours of Monday. “Accordingly, he challenged those individuals and […]
Jammu: Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman blamed Pakistan for the attack on Sunjuwan camp and said Islamabad will pay the price for the “misadventure”. Addressing media after visiting Jammu on Monday, she said even though the evidence of Pakistan’s role in the attack may be shared, India reserved the “right to respond adequately at the […]
Islamabad: Pakistan Tuesday warned that it will “pay (back) India in its own coin” in case of any misadventure as it rejected Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s remarks that Islamabad was behind the deadly terror attack on a military camp in Jammu. A group of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad militants had struck the Sunjuwan Military Camp in Jammu […]
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday accused the Centre of having a “non-existent” policy for Kashmir and blamed the BJP-PDP alliance for the bloodshed in the region. He also attacked the prime minister, saying while he was “dithering”, soldiers were paying with their blood because of the “opportunistic” alliance in Jammu and Kashmir. “PDP […]
Jammu: A woman was killed when she was struck by lightning in Rajouri district, police said today. Parveen Akhtar (35) was inside her house in Kandi village when she was struck by the lightning last night, a police official said. Her death raised the number of people killed in lightning incidents in this region to […]
Srinagar: Following the improvement in the weather conditions in the valley, the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was reopened for traffic on Tuesday, with over 200 vehicles including 55 carrying passengers leaving Banihal town for Kashmir, officials said. The 300-km arterial road, the only all weather link between the valley with the rest of the country, was […]