SRINAGAR — With the Delimitation Commission writing to Deputy Commissioners of Jammu and Kashmir, asking them to share data of voters in their districts and Assembly segments, a division has come to the fore between the BJP and some Jammu-based parties over the process. The BJP strongly supports using the 2011 census as the basis […]
KABUL — Taliban has welcomed the Pakistani government’s decision not to give its military bases to American forces after their withdrawal from Afghanistan. “We welcome the decision taken by Pakistani authorities not to give its bases to US forces”, Taliban spokesperson Sohail Shaheen, told The Nation on phone from Doha. “The demand by US forces […]
PESHAWAR — A religious leader in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district was arrested for threatening and inciting violence over Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai’s remarks on marriage. In an interview with Vogue, when asked about marriage, Malala had said: “I still don’t understand why people have to get married. If you want to have a […]
WASHINGTON — Turkey should withdraw its troops from Afghanistan under the 2020 deal for the pullout of U.S. forces, a Taliban spokesman said on Thursday, effectively rejecting Ankara’s proposal to guard and run Kabul’s airport after U.S.-led NATO forces depart. The development raises serious questions for the United States, other countries and international organizations with […]
Turkey’s work in the space field will continue gaining momentum, Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) Chairperson Ismail Demir said Thursday. The SSB head said, “Hopefully we will walk step by step toward a world where our unique communication and observation satellites are in space, where we can go to space with our own launch systems, […]
A whopping majority of Turkish people do not trust NATO, according to a recent survey conducted ahead of the bloc’s upcoming summit in Brussels. The poll was conducted with 2,477 participants between June 7-8 by Areda Survey. Some 90.3% of the participants believe NATO would not stand beside Turkey in case of a potential dispute, […]
PULWAMA — A 25 year old youth was found lying dead in his room in Sanziwatoora village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday evening. A police official told that a youth identified as Ishfaq Ahmed Wani son of Bashir Ahmad Wani ended his life possibly by hanging himself at his residence at Sanziwatoora village. […]
SHOPIAN — An army patrolling party detained a youth wearing army type clothes in South Kashmir’s Shopian and handed him over to police for verification. Locals told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a youth whom they identified as 19-year-old Anayat Reyaz Ganaie, a resident of Ramnagri Shopian was detained by soldiers from 62 Rashtriya […]
SRINAGAR — Clarifying that they have not shut their doors for New Delhi, Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) President Dr Farooq Abdullah today said that they will take a stand whenever New Delhi will call them (for a dialogue). After a long time PAGD leaders met at the residence of former Jammu and Kashmir’s […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday said that all the pending examinations of Class 11th and 12th stand cancelled in view of Covid-19 situation across Union Territory. The decision has been taken in view of safety and well-being of students. It said that the procedure for marking scheme will be prepareed […]