ISLAMABAD — Lt Gen Asim Munir, a former head of Pakistan’s spy agency ISI, was on Thursday named as the new Army chief to succeed incumbent General Qamar Javed Bajwa, ending the suspense over the key appointment. Bajwa, 61, is scheduled to retire on November 29 after a three-year extension. He has ruled out seeking […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday carried out searches at seven locations in three districts of the Valley in connection with a case of online threat to journalists. A top police officer told Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com that seven locations in three districts of Kashmir valley Srinagar, Budgam and […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally observed that the need is for a Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) who can even take action against the Prime Minister and also asked the Centre to show the mechanism adopted in the appointment of an Election Commissioner (EC) last week. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by […]
SRINAGAR — Night temperatures continued to remain below the freezing point in Kashmir and Ladakh, the Meteorological (MeT) department said on Thursday. It also forecast dry weather with further drop in minimum temperature in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. “Dry weather is expected in J&K and Ladakh during the next 24 hours […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday claimed to have recovered a drone dropped by Pakistan along the Line of Control in Samba district. Senior Superintendent of Police Samba, Abhishek Mahajan said drone came from Pakistan side and was dropped near the LoC in Swanka area of Samba. He said as sealed packets […]
POONCH — A mother and her 4-year-old son were charred to death after an LPG cylinder caught fire and exploded inside their house in Chandimarg area of Poonch district. An official said that three other family members had a narrow escape when the incident took place. He said however, mother identified as Hamida Begum (40) […]
SRINAGAR — State Investigation Agency (SIA) is carrying out raids at multiple locations in central, south and north Kashmir on Thursday morning as part of its investigation of a case registered at SIA. Reliable sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that the sleuths of the investigating agency with the assistance of the local police […]
RAWALPINDI — Pakistan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday said that East Pakistan debacle was political failure not a military one, the media reported on Wednesday. Touching upon history during his address, the outgoing army chief said that he wanted to “correct” some facts regarding the events of 1971, ARY […]
JAMMU — Three senior advocates have been summoned by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court next month in connection with a complaint against them for alleged misconduct. The summons were issued to the advocates, including former Kashmir Bar association president Mian Abdul Qayoom, after law secretary Achal Sethi filed a complaint for initiating disciplinary action […]
SRINAGAR — Waqf Board Chairperson, Darakshan Andrabi on Wednesday said the white paper about encroachments of Waqf property will be made public in April next year. Andrabi said files are being prepared to trap big and the white paper will be made public when Waqf day will be observed in April next year. She said […]