Taliban accepts Ghani’s peace dialogue
Kabul , Mar 5: The Afghan Taliban has accepted to join the peace dialogue initiated by the Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, according to officials. Afghanistan’s Herat provincial council chairman Kamran Alizai said that the talks were held with the militant group regarding the same and in return, the Taliban set pre-conditions such as securing employment […]
TRS chief plans to take forward ‘non-Cong, non-BJP front’ idea at national level
March 05, 2018 A day after proposing a “non-Congress, non-BJP front”, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao is planning to initiate a consultation process from a national perspective to take his idea forward. According to a release issued by the Chief Minister’s Office today, Rao’s idea is that all those who have been thinking about […]
China’s $175bn defence budget three times higher than India’s
Beijing, March 5 : China on Monday hiked its defence spending to 8.1 per cent of its GDP, pegging its economic growth at 6.5 per cent in 2018. China’s defence budget in 2017 was 7 per cent of the country’s GDP and has been in single digit since 2013, but this year’s military spending is […]
Rahul breaks his silence on NE: Will win back people’s trust
March 05, 2018 Breaking his silence on the party’s defeat in three northeast states, Congress president Rahul Gandhi today said he respected the mandate of people in the region and was committed to winning back their trust. Gandhi’s reaction came two days after results for assembly elections in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland were declared on […]
Major Aditya Kumar not named in Shopian firing FIR: J&K government tells SC
The Jammu and Kashmir government today told the Supreme Court that Major Aditya Kumar was not named as an accused in the FIR of the January 27 Shopian firing incident in which three civilians were killed. Taking on record the statement of the state government, the apex court said there should be no investigation till […]
PDP MLA condemns civilian killing, demands judicial probe
Ruling PDP MLA from Shopian Mohammad Yousuf Bhat today condemned the killing of “civilians” in the Shopian firing incident and demanded a judicial probe into it. Six persons, including two militants, have been killed in last nights firing in Shopians Pahnoo area. The Army has alleged that the slain persons were militants and their overground […]
Shopian Killings: Yasin Malik arrested in Srinagar
Police on Monday detained Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik during a protest march against Shopian killings in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk area. A JKLF spokesman said police used “brutal force” against JKLF leaders and activists who had staged a protest against the Shopian Killings in BudshahChowkk after marching from Maisuma. JKLF chief […]
Clashes erupt in central Kashmir areas
Srinagar: Clashes erupted between protestors and government forces in different areas of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Monday following the Shopian civilian killings. Protests erupted in several areas of the district including Narbal, Chadoora, and Kralpora, sources said. They said that youth, angered over the killings, took to streets and clashes with the forces deployed […]
Deeply distressed Mehbooba says civilian killied in cross fire.
*Civilians killed in Shopian were caught in crossfire: Mehbooba* Srinagar Chief Minister Mufti on Monday said that the civilians killed in Shopian were caught in cross firing even as she expressed heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased. “Deeply distressed by more deaths of civilians caught in the crossfire in Shopian. My heartfelt condolences […]
Body of another civilian found in shopian shootout spot
According to police and local news agency another body was found at Pohnoo village of shopian on Monday morning. Police has identified the slain youth as Gowher Ahmad Lone 24 years old of Trenz village.four civilians and a militant were killed in shopian on Sunday evening . Army has claimed that three civilians were overground […]
