New Delhi: The two-day meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) began here today with India and Pakistan expected to discuss various issues under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) during the parleys. The Indian delegation for the annual meeting comprises India’s Indus Water Commissioner P K Saxena, a representative of the Ministry of External Affairs […]
Srinagar: Police on Thursday claimed to have conducted searches in a residential house in Beerwah village of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. A spokesman of police said that that continuing investigation of Case FIR number 37/2018 registered at P/S Beerwah Dated 25/03/2018 search warrant was obtained from the competent court and accordingly house of Maqsood Ahmad […]
Srinagar: Police on Thursday sought the help of general public in tracing out a youth who is missing from Lalbazar area of the Srinagar. A spokesman of police said that one person namely Abdul Majeed Ganei reported in Police Station Lalbazar and stated that his 15 year old son Muneer Ahmad Ganei resident of Kalaroos […]
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Thursday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi again, going into rhyme over the series of leaks, including CBSE board papers, to say that the “chowkidar” was weak. Using Twitter as his platform to attack the government, as he has been doing with clockwork regularity lately, he also used the hashtag […]
United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the “reported commitment” by North Korea towards denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. Bracing for an unprecedented meeting with US President Donald Trump, North Korea’s reclusive dictator Kim made a secret trip to Beijing to seek Chinese President Xi Jinping’s backing while pledging support for denuclearisation of […]
Washington: US President Donald Trump today fired his Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and nominated White House physician, Admiral Ronny Jackson as his replacement. Trump made the announcement on Twitter and later issued a separate statement thanking Shulkin for his services. “I am pleased to announce that I intend to nominate highly respected Admiral Ronny […]
United Nation: Pakistan today criticised India and other G-4 nations for seeking expansion of the UN Security Council’s permanent membership, saying proposals that promote “national aspirations” of some member states cannot enhance representative nature of the powerful organ of the world body. Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UN Maleeha Lodhi opposed the G-4 nations’ – India, […]
Srinagar: Ahead of the Dineshwar Sharma’s visit to south Kashmir’s Tral town, a complete shutdown is being observed in the area, reports said. According to reports, all shops, business establishments and educational institutions are closed in the town and a heavy deployment of army, SOG, CRPF and police has been put in place in Tral […]
Islamabad: Malala Yousafzai, the youngest ever Nobel Laureate, today arrived in Pakistan, six years after she was shot in head by the Taliban militants for advocating for girls education. Malala, now 20 and a vocal human rights activist, was shot by a gunman for campaigning for female education in 2012 in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. Accompanied […]
Srinagar: Police on Thursday claimed that a youth from south Kashmir has shunned militancy and returned home paying heed to his mother’s appeal. “Another mothers’ appeal to her son to shun militancy & return home gets response, God bless the family & show path to others”, Director General of Police (DGP) S P Vaid wrote […]