NEW DELHI — The Centre is planning a series of political initiatives in Jammu and Kashmir which may include discussion with mainstream parties of the Union Territory and elections to the assembly in the early part of next year, officials said here on Friday. The delimitation commission, which was set up immediately after passage of […]
Sahil Gulzar SRINAGAR — Gusty winds coupled with rains on Friday afternoon caused massive damage to orchards,trees and residential houses in parts of Kashmir Valley. Reports said that dozens of residential houses, electric transmission lines got damaged while trees were uprooted due to strong winds in several areas of south Kashmir as well as in […]
PATNA — A 27-year-old from Bihar has become the first woman from her community to be directly appointed as the deputy superintendent of police (DySP) after qualifying the state civil services examination. She wants to bring down cases of domestic violence and create harmony in the society. Razia Sultana, a resident of Hathua block in […]
SRINAGAR — Police have called four friends of missing PhD Scholar from Srinagar for questioning. Police sources said that all these 4 friends of missing Scholar will undergo Narco Analysis test. Pertinently, Hilal Ahmad Dar, who was pursuing his Ph.D went on missing June 13, 2020 during a trek to high altitude Naranag in the […]
SRINAGAR — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday said that they cannot participate in the ongoing delimitation process in Jammu and Kashmir as the party at present has no incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) as well as the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA). The party while addressing a presser also demanded revocation of decision […]
BARAMULLA — An overnight blaze in Sweeper Colony, Noorbagh area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district turned at least 13 houses into ashes and rendered 31 families homeless, officials said Friday. They said that a massive blaze engulfed Sweeper Colony, Noorbagh at around 9:30 pm on Thursday night which spread like a bushfire and left at […]
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 […]