NEW DELHI — Micro-blogging site Twitter has revealed two concepts for upcoming features, including ‘trusted friends, that would allow users to target tweets toward specific audiences without having to switch accounts or change privacy settings. The first would enable people to designate “trusted friends” so some tweets would only be visible to that group. The […]
JAMMU — Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday morning fired at an aerial surveillance object (Hexacopter) after it was intercepted on International Border in Jammu’s Arnia sector. Officials told that at a forward IB post in Arnia sector, BSF troops fired at an aerial object after it came close to the post. In an official […]
SRINAGAR — Director Finance Health and Medical Education Department, Mohammad Rafiq, has passed away, officials said on Friday. He had suffered a stroke earlier this week and was flown to All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi where he died, they said. “Sad to announce the demise of Director Finance H&ME Department (Mohammad) Rafiq […]
SRINAGAR — With the Delimitation Commission set to visit Jammu and Kashmir next week, key mainstream political parties in the Valley including the National Conference and the People’s Conference are likely to participate in the discussions with the Commission, sources told The Indian Express. The Commission is scheduled to visit J&K between July 6 and […]
NEW DELHI — Union minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said more than 800 central laws have become applicable to Jammu and Kashmir after it got the Union Territory status. Speaking after the inauguration of a semi-virtual regional conference on replication of good governance practices in Srinagar, attended by 750 officers from 10 states, he said […]
SRINAGAR — The family of Zakir Bashir, the 17-year-old killed in the Kulgam gunfight, has claimed that he was an innocent civilian rather than a militant, as claimed by the police. On Wednesday, at 1.06 pm, the government forces said a gunfight had erupted in Chimmer village of Kulgam district of south Kashmir and after […]
ANANTNAG — A policeman was on Thursday injured after militants attacked a police party in Lazibal area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said. Officials said that militants fired a few pistol shots towards the police party at Lazibal, leaving a policeman injured. “The injured policeman was shifted to hospital where his condition is stable,” […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said that Pakistan accepted Beijing’s version regarding the treatment of Uighurs in China’s Xinjiang province. Speaking to Chinese journalists on Thursday as Beijing marked the centenary of the ruling Communist Party, the cricketer turned politician said that the Chinese version was completely different from what was […]
SRINAGAR — Army men in Kashmir have now got vital support in conducting security-related operations with woman soldiers from the Assam Rifles assisting the troops in maintaining peace in the Valley. The Assam Riflewomen have been deployed in some areas of Kashmir where they help the male soldiers in frisking women and children at motor-vehicle […]
Journalists boycott event SRINAGAR — Journalists belonging to regional and national media today were accused of being working for militant outfits and were abused by a Sikh body at Gurdwara in Baghat where they had gone to cover their press conference. Following accusations and abuses the media personnel boycotted the press conference. The journalists who […]