SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday in the wake of a grenade attack directed the Union Territory’s top police officer and other security officials to give a forceful response to the terrorists. “The LG spoke to DGP Nalin Prabhat and senior officials of the security agencies on the grenade attack […]
SRINAGAR — Veteran National Conference leader and seven-time MLA from Charar-e-Sharief Abdul Rahim Rather is likely to become the first speaker of the legislative assembly of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which is scheduled to meet for a five-day session on Monday. According to the provisional calendar for the session issued by the […]
SRINAGAR — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah condemned the grenade attack at a Sunday market in Srinagar that injured 11 people and said the security apparatus must do everything possible to check the spurt in terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir. Two women were among the 10 civilians injured when militants threw a grenade towards a […]
LAHORE — As Pakistan prepare to take their recent red-ball form following the Test series victory against England into the ODIs, the Green Shirts on Sunday announced their playing XI for the first 50-over clash against Australia set to be played at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Monday (tomorrow). Mohammad Rizwan will be […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea by the Delhi government challenging the Centre’s decision to vest in the LG the power to appoint government lawyers. A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar is likely to hear the matter. In its plea before the top court, […]
NEW DELHI — External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said friendships are “not exclusive”, particularly in a multi-polar world. In his address at a book launch here, the minister also said India is today positioning itself as a “Vishwa Mitra” and “we seek to be friends with as many as possible”. This obviously generates […]
ISLAMABAD — A total of 198 people were killed and 111 others injured in separate terrorist attacks in Pakistan during October, the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS), an Islamabad-based think tank said on Saturday. Despite a slight reduction in the overall number of militant attacks, the month emerged as the second deadliest […]
NEW DELHI (KIMS) — The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday appointed Mr. Sat Sharma as the President of its Jammu and Kashmir unit. The appointment was made by BJP’s National President, Mr. J. P. Nadda. He also appointed Mr. Ravinder Raina, the outgoing Jammu and Kashmir BJP President, as a member of the party’s […]
COLOMBO — As many as 191 persons, including six candidates, have been arrested so far in connection with complaints related to the 2024 parliamentary elections, police said on Saturday. Voting for Parliamentary polls in set to take place on November 14. Police said they have received 168 complaints related to the parliamentary elections. “It includes […]
JERUSALEM — The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday that it had killed Jaafar Khader Faour, the commander overseeing Hezbollah’s missile and rocket operations in its Nasser unit. The IDF reported that Faour was targeted and killed in a precision airstrike by an Israeli Air Force fighter jet in the village of Jouaiyya in […]