JAMMU — Four suspected persons were detained along with four gelatin sticks and some quantity of phosphorus sulphate from a forest area in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. The suspects, including two brothers, were picked up by the troops of Rashtriya Rifles from Dhara top, four km from Bhaderwah town, […]
SRINAGAR — Within 24 hours after a policeman was killed in the Batamaloo area of Srinagar, a civilian working as a salesman at a shop owned by a Kashmiri Pandit was killed by suspected militants nearly six kilometers away in Bohri Kadal area of the capital city Srinagar when he boarded a private vehicle. The […]
ABU DHABI — Pakistan captain Babar Azam has backed the statement of outgoing India head coach Ravi Shastri that playing regularly in bio-bubbles has not been easy for the players. Ahead of India’s final T20 World Cup against Namibia, Shastri had said that his players were mentally and physically exhausted after six months of bubble […]
SRINAGAR — The paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Tuesday said it will send five more companies to Jammu and Kashmir following a spate of targeted civilian killings in the union territory. The CRPF said it had earlier sent 25 companies to Jammu and Kashmir. “The CRPF is sending five additional companies to J&K […]
SRINAGAR — Acting upon the complaints of locals about the alleged encroachment and illegal construction of forest land in the Kralsangri area of Nishat in Srinagar by a known hotelier, police has booked the owners and started investigations. Official sources told Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) the owners of a known hotel […]
SRINAGAR — A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on Monday between the University of Kashmir and the Srinagar headquartered 15 corps of the army to provide different courses to soldiers serving in Kashmir. The MoU, the first of its kind, was signed by Talat Ahmad, vice chancellor of University of Kashmir and Lt. General, […]
JAMMU — Several prominent persons, including former ministers affiliated with different political parties Monday pledged to safeguard the interests of Jammu province amid demands for restoration of statehood to J&K. A seminar on ‘Understanding Jammu: Challenges and way ahead’ was organised by Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan (DSS) founded by former minister Lal Singh, and was attended […]
NEW DELHI — India’s pledge was among the many most substantive contributions at Glasgow local weather change convention, Nicholas Stern, one of many world’s pre-eminent local weather economists and Chair of the Grantham Analysis Institute at London Faculty of Economics stated on Monday throughout a gathering with journalists. “PM Modi’s panchamrit (nectar distilled from 5 […]
NEW DELHI — China and Pakistan will be missing when the national security chiefs of seven key regional countries gather here on Wednesday for a security dialogue on Afghanistan. The day-long event, the first being hosted by India, will focus on terrorism and related security challenges and uncertainties emerging from Afghanistan which was taken over […]
HYDERABAD — Leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre of destroying the Indian economy through demonetisation. “On this day (November 8) in 2016, the Prime Minister announced the decision to ban currency notes in the denomination of Rs 500 and […]