PUNE — BJP president J P Nadda on Saturday said India will give a “befitting” reply to those responsible for the Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 persons lost their lives earlier this week. Speaking to reporters here after offering prayers to Shrimant Dagadusheth Ganapati, Nadda said the entire country hopes that Prime Minister Narendra […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has threatened that blood would flow in rivers if water is stopped, in a sharp response to India’s decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) after the Pahalgam terror attack. “The Indus is ours and will remain ours – either our water will flow through […]
NEW YORK — US President Donald Trump has said there has always been tensions between India and Pakistan and the two countries will figure it out between themselves “one way or the other”. Trump made these remarks on Friday after he was asked about tensions between India and Pakistan in the wake of the Pahalgam […]
UNITED NATIONS — The UN Security Council has condemned in the strongest terms the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, underlining the need to hold the perpetrators, organisers and the sponsors of “this reprehensible act of terrorism” accountable and bring them to justice. The 15-nation UN Security Council (UNSC) issued a press statement on […]
CHANDIGARH — A Kashmiri student has claimed that she was harassed by some locals in Punjab’s Mohali in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, prompting the Punjab State Women Commission to take suo motu cognisance of the incident. The female Kashmiri student in Kharar stated that some locals abused and harassed her and her […]
NEW DELHI — Left parties on Friday expressed concern over reports of Kashmiri students in different parts of the country being threatened and harassed following the Pahalgam terror attack, and called for action against those behind such incidents. While the Communist Party of India (Marxist) said the threats and harassment will only help the agenda […]
JAMMU — Days after the Pahalgam terror attack, the Octroi Border Outpost (BoP) along the International Border (IB) was on Friday made out of bounds for the general public. Several tourists from Nagpur and Mumbai claimed they were not allowed to visit the Octroi BoP by the border guards amidst heightened tensions between India and […]
JAMMU — A command and control centre to ensure the safety of Vaishnodevi yatris will be operationalised at Katra town in Reasi district by the first week of May, a top official said Friday. Chairing a high-level security meeting of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine board (SMVDSB), CEO Anshul Garg reviewed the security preparedness […]
CHANDIGARH — Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack, the Kartarpur corridor at Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district remains open for pilgrims to offer prayers at the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara in the neighbouring country. The Kartarpur corridor links the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, the final resting place […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday said the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan that has been put in abeyance by the Centre in the wake of the Pahalgam attack was the “most unfair document” to the people of the Union territory and they have never been in favour of it. […]
