Tourism Campaign
Government of Jammu and Kashmir has decided to repeat the tourism campaign they have been doing in early nineties till date, but there has been no visible impact of such campaign on the tourist arrivals in Kashmir. In the present circumstances when the thousands of families connected with tourist trade are living hand to mouth […]
Is Kashmir going to prove rumours right about unrest?
By Muzamil Ahmad Bhat: Srinagar: There are rumours flying thick and high in entire Kashmir valley that there would be trouble after August 15, in Kashmir valley as Amarnath Yatra will end. These rumours have their basis in the recent New Delhi based media reports that the Central Government is going to strike down article […]
Days After Imran’s Visit,US Approves Sales To Support Pak’s F-16 Fighter Jets
WASHINGTON — Days after the meeting between President Donald Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Pentagon notified the Congress on Friday of its decision to approve military sales worth USD 125 million that would result in 24×7 end-use monitoring of the F-16 fighter jets of Pakistan. US officials asserted that the freeze in security […]
GST Council trims rate on electric vehicles, chargers to 5 pc
The high-powered GST Council on Saturday decided to reduce the tax rate on electric vehicles (EVs) to 5 per cent from the existing 12 per cent, effective from August 1. It also slashed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on EV chargers from 18 per cent to 5 per cent, an official statement said after […]
No additional deployment of forces being done: ADGP Muneer Khan
Srinagar : Appealing people not to give ear to rumours, Additional Director General Police (ADGP) Law and Order Muneer Khan Saturday said 100 companies of paramilitary forces will replace those personnel of training companies, who are deployed on various duties since last year starting from Urban Local Bodies elections. “Around 200 training companies are presently […]
Kashmir is a political problem which cannot be solved by military means: Mehbooba
Agencies Srinagar : Reacting to Centre’s decision to deploy additional 100 companies of security forces in the Kashmir valley, former chief minister and president of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said Jammu and Kashmir is a political problem which cannot be solved by military means. The decision of deployment of […]
Srinagar-Leh highway to remain closed today for necessary repairs
Srinagar : The Srinagar-Sonamarg-Gumri road stretch of Srinagar-Leh highway will remain closed for traffic movement today for necessary repairs, reads an order issued by administration. “In view of the recent cloudburst at Zojila and damage to the road thereof, this department is undertaking the maintenance works to reconnect the road which will mainly include blasting […]
Suicide blast kills 3 in Afghanistan
Agencies Kabul : An Afghan official says at least three police officers were killed when a Taliban suicide bomber targeted a district police headquarters in eastern Ghazni province. Ahmad Khan Serat, provincial police chief’s spokesman, says the explosion on Saturday morning in the Ab Band district also wounded 12 policemen. He says the Taliban, who […]
Three of family commit suicide in Delhi
New Delhi: Three members of a family, including a couple, allegedly committed suicide inside their flat located in IIT-Delhi campus, police said on Friday. Gulshan Das, wife Sunita and his mother Kamta were found hanging from the ceiling fans in three rooms of the flat, said a police officer. According to a senior police officer, […]
Top Pakistani JeM militant, associate killed in encounter in Shopian : Police
Agencies Srinagar : Top Jaish-e-Mohammed commander Munna Lahori from Pakistan was killed on Saturday along with his local associate in an encounter with forces south Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. He was responsible for a series of civilian killings in Kashmir, they said. Lahori, also known as Bihari, had been used by the JeM for […]
