SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said the Centre had only three ways to keep Kashmir — “return Article 370 along with interest, talk to Pakistan and address the Kashmir issue”. “Anger and guns are no way to address a problem. Americans tried it […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday said three militants, including a top commander of TRF, were killed in a brief encounter in Srinagar. However, the eyewitnesses said the trio was unarmed and killed by policemen when there was no retaliation from the former’s side, the New Indian Express reported. A police spokesman […]
SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Wednesday said that 144 militants were killed in gunfight while two civilians died in cross firing in the valley this year. He told news agency GNS that 207 militants were killed last year while one civilian died in cross firing. ”So far 144 militants were […]
NEW DELHI — The Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to extend till March the free foodgrains supply under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) to provide relief to ration cardholders. The 5 kg foodgrain per person per month is being provided free of cost to more than 80 crore beneficiaries under the PMGKAY. […]
NEW DELHI — An Indian parliamentary panel has recommended treating social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook as publishers and setting up a regulatory body to oversee them, potentially opening the companies up to more liability for user-generated content. The high-level committee made those recommendations as it reviewed the personal data protection bill introduced in […]
NEW DELHI — India’s civil aviation ministry official said today that international flight operations is expected to return to “normal” soon. “We are making all efforts to handover all operations of Air India by the end of December,” aviation ministry official Rajiv Bansal said. India had suspended international passenger flights in March last year amid […]
NEW DELHI — The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill to repeal the three farm laws, which triggered protests at Delhi borders by thousands of farmers, according to official sources. The Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 was approved days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement to repeal the three central farm laws. The new […]
SRINAGAR — Deputy Inspector General, National Investigation Agency, Amit Kumar has been conferred with the prestigious Shaurya Chakra award by President Ram Nath Kovind. Kumar was conferred with Shaurya Chakra, the third in order of precedence of peacetime gallantry awards and comes after the Ashoka Chakra and the Kirti Chakra. It precedes the Yudh Seva […]
NEW DELHI — Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said that as many as 500 farmers will reach Delhi on 30 tractors on November 29. He further stated that other details regarding the same will be disclosed after a meeting scheduled to take place on November 26, which marks the first anniversary of […]
NEW DELHI — Gautam Gambhir has alleged a death threat to him and his family from ISIS Kashmir in a police complaint filed in Delhi, NDTV reported. According to the report security has been tightened outside his home in the national capital after the complaint was filed last night, and a probe has been ordered. […]