SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said that legitimate doubts are looming over the Rambagh shootouts’ authenticity. The shootout took place in Rambagh area of Srinagar city on Wednesday evening in which according to police three militants were killed. While questioning the […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was conducting fresh raids in Kashmir on Thursday morning in connection with a terror-funding case that the federal agency is probing, people aware of the matter said. The people said the raids were being conducted with the help of Jammu and Kashmir Police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police […]
JAMMU — WiFi services will be installed at 20 more locations in the Jammu city under the Union government’s Smart City Mission for the benefit of students and the business community, officials said on Wednesday. Jammu Smart City Limited (JSCL) has signed an agreement with service provider LMES to install WiFi hotspots at 20 locations. […]
SRINAGAR — The night temperature at most places in Kashmir stayed above the freezing point on Thursday as the residents in the valley experienced slight relief from cold conditions which had set in earlier than usual this year, officials said. Pahalgam and Gulmarg were the only two places in the valley which experienced sub-zero night […]
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 […]