Pak summons Indian diplomat over ‘ceasefire violations’
Islamabad, Feb 27: Pakistan on Wednesday summoned India’s Acting High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia and condemned the alleged “unprovoked ceasefire violations” by the Indian forces along the Line of Control which resulted in the killing of four civilians. Director General (South Asia and SAARC) Mohammad Faisal, who is also the Foreign Ministry spokesman, summoned Ahluwalia and […]
Soldier killed, 5 others injured in road accident in Poonch
Jammu, Feb 27: An Army soldier was killed and five others injured Wednesday when their vehicle overturned in Poonch district, police said. The Army vehicle was on way to Jammu from Poonch and turned turtle near Totawali Gali in Gursai area, a police official said. He said six Army personnel travelling in the vehicle were […]
Power supply of certain areas in 15 Corps Cantonment switched off: Officials
Srinagar, Feb 26: Power supply of certain areas in the strategically located 15 Corps Cantonment here was switched off as a precautionary measure Tuesday night, officials said. Some areas of the cantonment are located on Zaberwan hills and electric supply to this area was stopped in anticipation of a Pakistani retaliation to the pre-dawn strike […]
Media barred from attending Mirwaiz’s presser
Srinagar, February 27: Day after National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raid at his residence, police barred media to cover a presser called by Hurriyat (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq at his Nigeen residence here Wednesday. Mirwaiz was scheduled to address a press conference following NIA raid at his residence and the residences of several other […]
Ensure round-the-clock availability: DC Srinagar to officers of essential services
Sufficient quantities of fuel stocks arrive in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 27: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, Wednesday instructed the officers of essential services departments in the district to ensure round-the-clock availability of the same. The DC was speaking at a meeting convened here to take stock of essential services and supplies and stocks of essential commodities in the district. The DC […]
India says it does not want to see further escalation
Wuzhen, (China), Feb 27: India does not wish to see further escalation of the situation and will continue to act with responsibility and restraint, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told China and Russia here on Wednesday after the country targeted “terrorist training camp” in Pakistan as she asked all nations to show “zero tolerance to […]
Governor launches ‘State Infrastructure Monitoring System-SIMS’ portal
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 27: Governor Satya Pal Malik today launched ‘State Infrastructure Monitoring System-SIMS’ the official Portal developed by the Finance Department in collaboration with the National Informatics Centre (NIC) for management, monitoring, information and payment system of all Infrastructure Projects being funded through the Jammu Kashmir Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (JKIDFC). Navin Choudhary, Principal Secretary […]
World Cup 2019: BCCI raises security concern, ICC assures all issues will be addressed
Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) Wednesday assured the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that it will “do everything” to address India’s security concerns during the upcoming World Cup the wake of the Pulwama attack. At the start of the ICC’s Chief Executives Committee (CEC) meeting, BCCI CEO Rahul Johri expressed India’s […]
Sharma to meet public in Jammu on 1st March
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 27: Advisor to Governor, Kewal Kumar Sharma shall be holding public grievances camp at Convention Centre, Canal Road, here on March 1st, 2019 (Friday). The public delegations, deputations, organizations and individuals who have already registered themselves in the office of Advisor are requested to come for redressal of their grievances at Convention Centre […]
Saurav enters quarters of World championship
Chicago, Feb 27 : India’s Saurav Ghosal made his way into the quarterfinal with a hard fought win over Wales player Joel Makin in the PSA World squash championship here. The 32-year-old Indian, seeded 11th, won 11-13, 11-7, 11-7, 13-11 but the success did not come easily, thanks to the way his unseeded opponent fought […]
