Beijing: China on Thursday said India and Pakistan should resolve the Kashmir issue through dialogue and consultations and avoid taking “unilateral actions” that could further complicate the situation. Replying to a question on the Kashmir issue raised by a Pakistani journalist, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning during a media briefing here said that China’s […]
Jammu/Srinagar: Authorities in South Kashmir’s Shopian attempted to put on a brave face by claiming no exodus of Kashmiri Pandits had taken place from the district but members of the minority community, who have since been camping in Jammu, ruled out having any plan to return to the Valley. While a verified Twitter handle of […]
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the alleged exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from south Kashmir’s Shopian district, saying that while he is “enjoying power”, the members of the minority community remain refugees in their own country. The Opposition party also demanded that the Modi government release a white paper […]
New Delhi: Peace and tranquillity in the border areas are essential for normal ties between India and China, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar conveyed to outgoing Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong on Wednesday. Jaishankar made the remarks when the envoy called on him. India and China are locked in a lingering border standoff in eastern Ladakh […]
Stages sit-in, demands withdrawal Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad on Wednesday staged a demonstration to demand the withdrawal of the Jammu Kashmir Public University Bill, 2022, that, it claimed, eroded the autonomy of universities in the Union Territory. The administrative council led by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha recently […]
Srinagar: Senior BJP leader and former minister Sunil Sharma on Wednesday said that all those people including Hurriyat leaders and separatists will join the mainstream as they know all doors have been closed for them and their place is only in jail. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a celebratory function on the occasion […]
Jammu: The targeted killings in Kashmir by militants have forced 10 Kashmiri Pandit families in south Kashmir to migrate to Jammu out of fear. In Shopian’s Choudharygund, residents said the recent militant attacks have triggered a fear psychosis among the Pandits who lived in Kashmir through the most difficult period of militancy in 1990s and […]
New Delhi: The Centre has cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licences of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) and the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT), two NGOs headed by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, for alleged violation of laws, officials said on Sunday. The action came following investigations carried out by an inter-ministerial committee formed […]
New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday welcomed the cancellation of the FCRA licences of two NGOs headed by former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, and said the Gandhi family and organisations linked to them can’t be above law. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra claimed that the home ministry’s decision to cancel the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act licences […]
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday hit back at the Centre for action against the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) and the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT), saying the move is aimed at diverting public attention from the main issues being faced by the country. “They (Centre) recycle old charges against the RGF and RGCT. This […]