BOAT CAPSIZE: Tuesday Tragedy Traumatizes Valley as Jhelum swallows many, including kids
Six rescued; exact numbers of dead and missing still not known; six deaths, three missing confirmed By: MAJID KAPRA/TAHA WANI Srinagar, April 16: In a tragic boat capsize incident, that shocked the entire Kashmir Valley, at least six persons including a woman and her two minor kids died while several others, including a father and […]
Union Budget 2022-23: Govt banks on growth through capex push
New Delhi: Amid an ebbing third wave of Covid-19 pandemic, the Union Budget 2022-23 presented by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today has sought to focus primarily on economic recovery on the back of government spending, which in due course of time is expected to crowd in private investment. Sitharaman expects a nominal GDP growth […]
Home minister chairs top security meet of DGPs, IGPs, intel officials
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday presided over the National Security Strategy Conference (NSSC) through video conferencing to discuss the prevailing security situation in the country. Top police sources said all the Director Generals of Police of states, Inspector Generals, selected field officers of the rank of Superintendents of Police and Inspector […]
Avoid social media at sensitive locations: Intel agencies to forces
New Delhi: Amid heightened security situation in Jammu and Kashmir and western borders after Taliban took over Kabul, Intelligence agencies in their fresh report to the government, have suggested that security personnel must avoid using various social media sites at sensitive locations, especially border areas. The sources quoting the latest Intel input, said that the […]
2020: 87% drop in stone-pelting incidents: DGP
BY: Anil Bhatt Jammu: There was a 87.13 per cent dip in incidents of stone-pelting last year as compared to 2019 in Jammu and Kashmir, according to Director General of Police Dilbag Singh. In 2019, there were 1,999 incidents of stone-pelting, of which 1,193 took place after the Centre announced abrogation of the special status […]
India rejects China’s call for UNSC meeting on Kashmir as ‘interference in internal affairs’
Terms Turkey's comments on J&K incorrect, biased
New Delhi: After China initiated another discussion on Kashmir at the UN Security Council (UNSC), India on Thursday asserted that it had “met with little support” from the international community and reiterated that Beijing should “draw proper conclusions from infructuous attempts”. Earlier from New York, India’s permanent representative to UN, T.S. Tirumurti had tweeted, “Another […]
‘J&K situation not normalised’: US Congress panel writes to Jaishankar on Article 370 move
New Delhi: The US Congress’s powerful house foreign affairs committee has sent a letter addressed to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, expressing concern that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir had “not normalised” one year after the revocation of its constitutional autonomy. Dated August 05, the joint letter was written by the US House committee […]
25,000 non-Kashmiri migrant workers return to J&K
BY: Achinta Borah Srinagar: A total of 25,000 non-Kashmiri migrant workers, out of the 40,000, who had left Jammu and Kashmir after the coronavirus outbreak, have returned to the Union Territory for work, a top official said on Wednesday. A total of 3.2 lakh people, including the migrant workers, arrived in Jammu and Kashmir from […]
Eastern Ladakh standoff: India, China corps comdrs meeting in Chusul Tuesday
New Delhi: Indian and Chinese militaries will hold another round of Lt General-level talks on Tuesday in an attempt to de-escalate tension in eastern Ladakh and finalise modalities for disengagement of troops from the sensitive region, government sources said. It will be the third round of Lt General-level talks and it will take place in […]
Used as ‘human shield’ in 2017 LA by-poll, Dar was on poll duty today
BY: M I Jehangir Utligam: Nearly two years ago, when Srinagar voted in a Lok Sabha bypoll, Farooq Ahmed Dar was used as a ‘human-shield’ by the Army, but today he was posted on election duty. “Farooq Ahmad Dar is working on consolidated terms as sweeper in the Health department. He has been posted on […]
