SRINAGAR — Authorities in Kashmir have launched a massive crackdown on terrorists and their sympathisers in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, razing homes of the ultras, raiding their safe havens and detaining hundreds of overground workers for questioning, officials said on Saturday. The security forces are going after the known terrorist associates and […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM — CPI(M)’s Rajya Sabha MP A A Rahim on Saturday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking his urgent intervention to protect Kashmiri students and traders allegedly facing threats in various states of the country. Rahim, in his letter, claimed that in the wake of the April 22 terrorist attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam […]
RAMBAN — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday visited Ramban district, which faced devastation due to the recent cloudbursts that triggered flash floods and landslides, to review restoration work, officials said. Three persons were killed and over 600 houses and commercial buildings were damaged in the natural calamity which also caused massive […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A delegation of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) today visited the Hapatnard area of Pahalgam to offer condolences at the residence of Shaheed Syed Adil Hussain, who made the supreme sacrifice while protecting tourists during the horrific Baisaran massacre. The delegation, comprising Hon’ble MLAs Altaf Ahmad Wani, Salman Ali Sagar, […]
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 […]