Afghanistan’s Ghani offers talks with Taliban “without preconditions”
KABUL – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani offered recognition of the Taliban as a legitimate political group on Wednesday as part of a proposed political process that he said could lead to talks aimed at ending more than 16 years of war. The offer, made at the start of an international conference aimed at creating a […]
North Korea helping Syria make chemical weapons
United Nations: North Korea has been shipping supplies to the Syrian government that could be used in the production of chemical weapons, United Nations experts contend. The evidence of a North Korean connection comes as the United States and other countries have accused the Syrian government of using chemical weapons on civilians, including recent attacks […]
CBI arrests son of former finance minister P. Chidambaram
NEW DELHI – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested the son of former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday, but the agency which has been investigating suspected criminal misconduct related to approvals of investment deals, did not reveal the charges. Karti Chidambaram was detained at the airport in Chennai and will be appear in court later in the day, Abhishek Dayal, CBI spokesman said. […]
Modi has not told the truth on Pakistan, government policy a dead end: Salman Khurshid
New Delhi, Feb 28 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not told the “truth” to the opposition about the conversations he has had with the Pakistani leadership and the government’s policy vis-a-vis the neighbouring country had reached a “dead end”, says former External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid. He also feels India is losing its grip […]
Tral shuts to mourn on 3rd consecutive day
A complete shutdown was observed on the third consecutive day on Wednesday in Tral and Aripal townships of Pulwama district against the killing of captive Hizbul Mujahideen militant Mushtaq Ahmad Chopan. All shops, business establishments, government and private offices remain closed in these areas while public transport was off the roads. Mushtaq was killed in […]
MeT predicts snow, rain during next 3 days
The Jammu and Kashmir Met on Wednesday forecast three days of rain and snowfall all over the state from tomorrow onwards. An official from the Met department said that “fairly widespread rain in the plains and snow in the higher reaches is likely to occur from Thursday evening.” The overall improvement in minimum temperatures continued […]
JCO among 7 soldiers injured in Handwara accident
Srinagar Seven army soldiers including an officer were injured after a vehicle in which they were travelling in met with a mishap at Langate area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday morning. Official sources told news agency GNS that the vehicle part of army’s Quick Reaction Team (QRT) over turned near […]
2 BSF personnel injured as Pak violates truce in Rajouri, Poonch
JAMMU: Seventy-two schools near the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri and Poonchdistricts were shut on Tuesday morning after Pakistan violated ceasefire, in which two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were injured. Intense cross border firing and shelling has been raging along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir for the last three days.“Around 8.45am, Pakistan resorted to heavy […]
TRAI asks Aircel to generate UPC for customers’ number portability
New Delhi, Trying to put an end to the customers’ woes of not being able to switch Aircel numbers to other operators, the Indian telecom regulator on Tuesday issued a directive asking the company to generate Unique Port Code (UPC) that would facilitate mobile number portability (MNP). The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has […]
PM NARENDRA MODI WOOS FARMERS IN POLL-BOUND KARNATAKA, ATTACKS CONGRESS
Davangere: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday wooed thousands of farmers at a massive BJP rally in poll-bound Karnataka by promising them “acche din” (good days) if his party is voted to power in the upcoming assembly polls and attacked the ruling Congress government for failing to serve the people. “I appeal to you all to […]
