SRINAGAR — Unknown gunmen suspected to be militants shot dead a police cop at SD Colony Batamaloo in Kashmir capital Srinagar. An official told that militants fired upon a police cop identified as Tauseef Ahmad appointed in 2019 and injured him critically. The cop was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead. […]
LAHORE — The Lahore High Court on Saturday set aside a trial court’s conviction and acquitted six senior leaders of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s banned Jamat-ud-Dawah (JuD) in a terror- financing case. Saeed-led JuD is the front organisation for the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the terror outfit responsible for carrying out the 2008 Mumbai attack […]
NEW DELHI — The Congress on Saturday sought an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked him to “withdraw” his “clean chit” to China that no one has entered into Indian territory while citing a Pentagon report that claims China has entered 4.5 km into Arunachal Pradesh. Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said the prime […]
NEW DELHI — China has built a large 100-home civilian village inside disputed territory between the Tibet Autonomous Region and India’s Arunachal Pradesh, claimed the US Department of Defense in its annual report to Congress on military and security developments involving China. These and other infrastructure development efforts along the India-China border have been a […]
NEW DELHI — After India were thrashed by arch-rival Pakistan in the T20 Cricket World Cup, fast bowler Mohammed Shami was vilified by furious Hindu fans who accused the team’s only Muslim player of deliberately throwing the game. Virat Kohli, the Indian captain, fired back, citing Shami’s “passion for the country” and his other high-class […]
JAMMU — Senior Congress leader Karan Singh wants the new terminal building in Jammu airport to be named after his father, Hari Singh, who ruled the erstwhile princely state. In a letter to Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha, Mr. Singh wrote that it was his father who built the airport for his personal […]
JAMMU — The Central Government has stopped distribution of free ration among the AAY and PHH/ BPL category people under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana beyond November 30. Official sources in J&K told the ‘Excelsior’ that the Union Government has no proposal to extend distribution of free ration under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann […]
SRINAGAR — Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami on Saturday said the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s decision to shut down internet sporadically in several parts of Srinagar and other areas of the Valley has brought back “painful memories” of the communication blockade of August 5, 2019. Reportedly, internet access is shut for […]
SRINAGAR — Four people were arrested while a dummy weapon was recovered in connection with an extortion case in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday. Police received a complaint on August 23 this year from Tawseef Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Rawatpora Khag, alleging that he and his neighbour Saqib Ahmed […]
SRINAGAR — NC vice president Omar Abdullah on Saturday said the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir had “regressed” to such an extent that community halls built during his tenure as chief minister of the erstwhile state were being used as barracks for security forces. “My Government built community/marriage halls & demolished bunkers in Srinagar. […]