NIA raids Agha syed Hassan in Budgam
NIA sleuths were conducting searches at the residence and other commercial houses being owned by Shia leader who is part of Hurriyat conference, at budgham today. Searches were going on till reports last reached here. more details are awaited.
Myanmar laying landmines on Bangladesh border: reports
Myanmar has been laying landmines across a section of its border with Bangladesh for the past three days, according to reports citing two government sources in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka. The sources say the purpose may be to prevent the return of Rohingya Muslimsfleeing the violence. Bangladesh will on Wednesday formally lodge a protest against the laying of […]
PM meets Suu Kyi, voices concern over violence in Rakhine
September 06, 2017 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and the two leaders discussed ways to further cement the bilateral relations. ‘Prime Minister Modi and Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi meet in Myanmar, discuss further cementing of India-Myanmar relations,’ PMO said in a tweet. ‘Meeting a valued […]
JK electricity employees to go on strike from Sep 12
Jammu and Kashmir electricity department employees today announced a three-day protest-cum- strike from September 12 in support of their demands, including regularisation of services of daily workers and sanctioning of risk allowances. Employees have worked hard for the department’s welfare and have left no stone unturned to take it to new heights. But officers and […]
Students in south Kashmir protested against Rohingya killings.
Srinagar Students in Tral and Shopian towns in southern part of Kashmir on Wednesday held massive protest rallies in their respective towns against the killing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar by the state military and the Buddhist majority. Hundreds of students of Degree college Tral, Boys Higher Secondary School and MTI boycotted classes and held […]
Myanmar’s Rohingya suffered for years, need lasting solution: Turkey
6 September 2017 BAKU (Reuters) – Turkey’s foreign minister called on Wednesday for a lasting solution to the plight of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims who he said had been living for years in “open prisons”, ahead of his visit to neighbouring Bangladesh to discuss the crisis. President Tayyip Erdogan, who leads Turkey’s Islamist-rooted AK Party, has […]
Cricket: Bangladesh strike back after Warner ton
6 Sep 2017 David Warner hit his second hundred in a row before Bangladesh fought back with three key wickets on a rain-hit third day of the second Test against Australia on Wednesday. At tea the visitors were 321-5, after rain washed out the entire first session at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium in […]
US using N Korea to maintain military presence around China: Analyst
Wed Sep 6, 2017 The United States has used the North Korean nuclear program as a pretext to maintain its military presence around China, says a political analyst. Mike Billington, editor with the Executive Intelligence Review, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Tuesday when asked about new provocative remarks by US […]
Gauri’s murder captured on CCTV cameras: Brother
September 06, 2017 The murder of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh is believed to have been captured by two CCTV cameras outside her residence, her brother Indrajit Lankesh said today. Gauri was shot by unknown assassins last night and a SIT probe has been ordered into the murder by Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah. Speaking to the media […]
JRL to go for volunteer arrest before NIA
SRINAGAR: Joint resistance leaders flying to Delhi on September 9, to volunteer arrest before the NIA. This decision was taken to end harassment by the federal investigating agency in Kashmir. KLF leader Yasin Malik said he and his two colleagues Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Syed Ali Geelani have already arranged tickets for September 9 and […]
