BJP open to alliances, cherishes old friends, says PM Modi
(Agencies) Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said the BJP was open to alliances and cherished its old friends, in a hint that it was looking to strengthen the NDA in Tamil Nadu ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. In an interaction with the party’s booth-level workers from five districts in Tamil Nadu through video-conferencing, he […]
Army Only Facilitating Peace in Jammu and Kashmir: Rawat
(Agencies) NEW DELHI — The Army has managed the situation well along the borders with China and Pakistan and there should be no cause for concern, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat said Thursday. Rawat, speaking at his annual press conference, also said the situation in Jammu and Kashmir needs to be improved further. “We are only […]
India, Pakistan trade fire on LoC in Poonch
Srinagar : Armies of both India and Pakistan on Thursday exchanged heavy firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. Pertinently, the exchange of heavy firing and shelling is going on from last week. An army claimed that fresh firing started today morning on forward posts along the LoC in Poonch […]
Shah Faesal calls people for walk the talk in Srinagar
Srinagar : Kashmiri IAS officer Shah Faesal Thursday said that he was stormed with “abuse and adulation” after he announced resignation from the service. “It has been a storm of abuse and adulation. Hundreds and thousands of people reacted to my resignation in hundreds and thousands of ways. I totally expected this,” Faesal wrote on Facebook. […]
Chidambaram takes dig at govt over IAS officer Shah Faesal’s resignation
New Delhi : Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Thursday took a dig at the BJP-led central government over the resignation of IAS officer Shah Faesal, saying the world will take note of “his cry of anguish and defiance”. In a series of tweets, the former home and finance minister claimed whatever Faesal, the first Kashmiri IAS […]
Weatherman forecasts rain, snow as WD approaches Kashmir
SRINAGAR: The Meteorological Department has forecast a fresh spell of rain or snow from Thursday evening in Kashmir, even as the valley and Ladakh region continued to reel under intense cold conditions. A MeT Department official said a fresh western disturbance (WD) is approaching Jammu and Kashmir under the influence of which intermittent rain and snow is […]
No one can save Modi from Rafale probe: Rahul after CBI chief order
No one can save Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Rafale investigation and the entire nation will know “without a shadow of doubt” that he has taken Rs 30,000 crore of people’s money and given it to his “friend” Anil Ambani, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on a day the Supreme Court reinstated Central Bureau of […]
Suhail Bukhari joins PDP
Srinagar : Suhail Bukhari, a journalist by profession and a former media consultant of the Jammu and Kashmir Government, on Tuesday formally joined Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Bukhari belongs to Kreeri Village of Sangrama constituency represented twice as PDP MLA by Syed Basharat Bukhari who recently resigned from PDP and joined National Conference. Confirming the […]
Altaf Bukhari seconds Omar Abdullah on no to coalition regimes in J&K
Srinagar : Former finance minister Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday seconded the opinion of National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah who called for a decisive mandate in the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir for return of single party Government era in the State. “I personally believe that Kashmir has suffered a lot […]
838 militants, 183 civilians killed in JK since 2014: GoI
Srinagar : As many as 838 militants and 183 civilians were killed in Jammu and Kashmir since 2014, the Lok Sabha India was informed Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home (India) Hansraj Ahir said since 2014 till December 31 last year there were 1,213 incidents involving militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. “In these incidents, […]
