Police on Saturday seized copies of major Urdu and English newspapers in the Kashmir Valley following midnight raids on the printing press creating an information blackout as mobile services also remained suspended. The publishers on their websites have claimed that their print copies were seized and people working for the printing press were also arrested. […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday declared an attempted military coup against his government as an “act of treason” and vowed to his supporters that the coup plotters will pay for the chaos. After landing in Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport earlier on Saturday, Erdogen in a televised speech said “This is a movement of treason […]
A day after 7,000 pilgrims had ‘Darshan’ inside the Amarnath Cave Shrine, another batch of 15,000 Yatris reached the north Kashmir base camp early on Thursday, an official said. “Over 15,000 Yatris have reached the Baltal base camp today (Thursday) morning, while over 7,000 Yatris had ‘Darshan’ inside the holy cave yesterday,” an official of […]
Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh on Thursday left for South Sudan leading the government’s ‘Operation Sankat Mochan’ to evacuate Indians from the African country which has been hit by violence that has claimed hundreds of lives. “#OperationSankatMochan begins at crack of dawn. Two C 17 aircraft leave for Juba with @Gen_VKSingh on […]
Curfew continued for the fifth day in most parts of the Valley on Wednesday as 34 people died during this period in the vicious cycle of violence that has plagued Kashmir after the killing of Hizbul commander, Burhan Wani. Despite relative calm in the Valley on Tuesday, clashes occurred between the security forces and unruly […]
The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a positive note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at 27,912.14 points, touched a high of 27,928.76 points and a low of 27,829.51 points. On Tuesday the Sensex closed at 27,808.14 points. The Sensex is trading at 27,850.52 […]
President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday greeted the government and people of the Central Pacific island republic Kiribati on their Independence Day. “Warm greetings and felicitations to the government and people of Kiribati on their Independence Day,” Mukherjee tweeted. Kiribati got independence on July 12, 1979. In a message to the President of Kiribati Taneti Mamau, […]
Positive Asian markets, combined with short covering and healthy monsoon rains buoyed the Indian equity markets on Tuesday. Consequently, the key indices of the Indian equity markets traded in the positive territory, during the morning session. Healthy buying was witnessed in banking, automobile and consumer durables stocks. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock […]
No yatri was allowed to move towards the Kasmir Valley from winter capital Jammu to perform the Amarnath Yatra for the third consecutive day on Monday, police said. “No Yatri will be allowed to move towards the Valley from Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu city today,” a senior police officer said. “The Yatra has […]
Strict curfew continued on Monday in most parts of the Kashmir Valley following heightened tension over the death of 22 people during protests against the killing of a top Hizbul commander, Burhan Wani. The victims comprised 21 protesters and a police driver. They were killed during clashes with security forces, mostly in Anantnag, Shopian, Kulgam […]