Srinagar: About 60 foreign delegates arrived here on Monday for the third tourism working group meeting of the G20 countries, officials said. This is the first international meeting being held in Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the erstwhile state into two Union Territories – Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh […]
Jammu: Security has been strengthened at public places, including bus terminals, here as the third tourism working group meeting of the G20 countries will begin in Srinagar on Monday. About 60 foreign delegates arrived in Srinagar earlier in the day. This is the first international meeting being held in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation […]
Srinagar: Kashmir has undergone a change and there are no takers for strike calls anymore, Union Minister Jitendra Singh told a gathering on the sidelines of a G20 meet here on Monday. “If such an event was held earlier, a strike call would be given from Islamabad and shops on Residency Road (in the city […]
Srinagar: Counter-drone teams of the elite NSG are scanning the sky, marine commandos of the navy patrolling the picturesque Dal Lake and scores of security personnel are on vigil on the ground to ensure a safe and secure G20 meeting beginning here on Monday, officials said. Preparing to receive at least 60 delegates and 20 […]
Srinagar: The planned phased withdrawal of the Army from certain areas of the Jammu region has been shelved “indefinitely” in view of militant attacks being orchestrated from across the border, officials said here. According to a PTI report quoting the officials, the government had planned to reduce the footprints of Rashtriya Rifles, a counter-insurgency force […]
Srinagar: Director General of Police J&K Dilbag Singh on Wednesday chaired a high level joint security meeting here to review the security scenario of Kashmir for the forthcoming G20 event. Special DG CID J&K R.R Swain, ADGP CRPF J&K, Nalin Prabhat, ADsGP SJM Gillani, Dr S. D. Singh Jamwal, M.K Sinha, Vijay Kumar, IGP BSF […]
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said elections to Jammu and Kashmir assembly were not her priority as her party would like to focus on restoration of basic rights of the people of the union territory. “Election is a distant issue. The priority should be restoration of basic rights of people which are being […]
Srinagar: Reflecting on G20 event in Kashmir, National Conference President Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said that development is always welcome even as he said people of J&K are bracing up to teach ruling BJP a lesson in elections, whenever it’s held. He said this while talking to media personnel on the side-lines of his […]
New Delhi: India on Tuesday strongly rejected as “baseless and unwarranted” UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Fernand de Varennes’ statement objecting to holding a G20 meeting in Jammu and Kashmir alleging human rights violations there, and attacked him for acting “irresponsibly to politicise this issue”. Permanent Mission of India in Geneva also asserted that […]