SRINAGAR — NC vice president Omar Abdullah on Sunday claimed the PDP has copied his party’s manifesto and asked the Mehbooba Mufti-led party to not field candidates against NC-Congress nominees for the betterment of Jammu and Kashmir as their agenda is the same. Abdullah’s remarks came a day after Mehbooba said the Peoples Democratic Party […]
JAMMU — BJP Mahila Morcha president Vanathi Srinivasan on Sunday said it “impossible” for the opposition parties NC and PDP to ensure Article 370 restoration but they are fooling people by guaranteeing it in their manifesto for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. Addressing reporters after a meeting of Jammu and Kashmir Mahila Morcha at […]
RAWALPINDI — Bangladesh clinched a thrilling final day victory over Pakistan in the first Test of the two-match series in Rawalpindi on Sunday. Bangladesh made history by securing their first-ever Test victory over Pakistan, triumphing by 10 wickets in the opening match of the series. This landmark win came after 14 encounters with Pakistan, where […]
SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and vice president of National Conference (NC), Omar Abdullah will contest the upcoming Assembly elections from the Ganderbal constituency. This announcement was made by Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, a Lok Sabha member, and Nasir Aslam Wani, NC provincial president on Sunday in the presence of Omar Abdullah and […]
SRINAGAR — The Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir is set to field its former members as Independent candidates in several seats in the upcoming Assembly polls, The Indian Express has learnt. Jamaat leaders had earlier said they are waiting for the Centre to lift the ban, in place under the UABASHAARAT MASOOPA since February 2019, with […]
ISLAMABAD — At least 37 people, including 11 pilgrims, were killed and several others injured in two separate bus accidents in Pakistan Sunday. The first accident occurred when a bus carrying 70 people, bringing Shia pilgrims back from Iran to Punjab province, veered off the Makran Coastal Highway in Balochistan province. The Makran Coastal Highway […]
JAMMU — Jammu Police have successfully resolved the case of abduction and murder of Mangal Singh, a cab driver from Jammu, by apprehending a gang of interstate criminals from Ratia Fatehbad, Haryana, the police said. The police were able to recover Mangal Singh’s body from the Bajalta Morh area in Nagrota following the gang’s disclosure. […]
PARIS — The founder of the Telegram messaging app, Pavel Durov, who had an arrest warrant issued against him, was detained by the French authorities at an airport outside Paris, CNN reported. Officers from France’s anti-fraud office, attached to French customs, took the French-Russian billionaire into custody on Saturday evening after he arrived at Bourget […]
SRINAGAR — A day after Union minister Amit Shah slammed the Congress for its alliance with the NC for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls, the regional party’s MP, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, Saturday hit back at the BJP, saying its regime survives on “lying and distorting” facts. Shah on Friday also accused the Congress […]
ISLAMABAD — Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s cases in connection with the May 9 riots might go to military courts, the Pakistan government’s spokesperson for legal affairs, Barrister Aqeel Malik, said. Notably, countrywide protests erupted on May 9 last year after the paramilitary Rangers whisked away Imran from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in […]