NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday declared that there will be no trade or talks with Pakistan until complete normalcy is restored in Jammu and Kashmir. Shah, during an election rally in J&K’s Ramban, launched a scathing attack on opposition parties National Conference (NC) and Congress, accusing them of fostering terrorism in…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Saturday stressed the need for the country’s security and law enforcement agencies to identify and tackle emerging national security challenges such as narcotics, rogue drones and online frauds “before they turn into major challenges”.In his concluding remarks at the two-day national security strategies conference – attended by the…
RAMBAN: The day isn’t far when people in restive Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) would express their desire to be part of India after being treated as “foreigners” in their land all these years, defence minister Rajnath Singh told a large gathering Sunday at a poll rally in Ramban district of Jammu.“Recently, the additional solicitor general of…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party has launched a sharp attack on Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) vice president Omar Abdullah after his recent remarks regarding Afzal Guru, the man convicted in the 2001 Indian Parliament attack. BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad condemned Abdullah’s statement, accusing him of making “irresponsible and anti-national” comments in…
JAMMU/NEW DELHI: Taking a hardline stand on abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A with a pledge to ensure it remains part of history, BJP on Friday released its manifesto for Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls, announcing 25 promises, including a slew of freebies, increase in ‘Kisan Samman Nidhi’ from Rs 6,000 per year to Rs…
With assembly elections returning after a decade, people of Jammu region are eager to vote but their optimism is tempered by threats of terrorism, unresolved local problemsJAMMU: A hamlet deep inside dense forests and rugged terrain south of the Pir Panjal range in Kathua district of Jammu region was abuzz recently with a political meeting…
RAIPUR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s resolve of a drug-free India is now becoming the vow of every citizen of the country, Union home minister Amit Shah said in Raipur on Sunday.Illegal trade of narcotics is a threat to the nation, and the money earned from this crime is used to promote terrorism and Naxalism, and…
The Islamic State group on Saturday (local time) claimed responsibility for a knife attack in Solingen, Germany, which killed three people and injured eight others, according to their Amaq news site. The group stated that the attacker, whom they referred to as a “soldier of the Islamic State,” targeted Christians in retaliation for the treatment…
JAMMU: A gunfight between security forces and terrorists was reported Tuesday evening in Assar of J&K’s Doda district, signalling the spread of terrorism to previously unaffected areas in the Jammu region.Assar, located about 91km from Doda town via NH244 and 40km from Patnitop in Udhampur district, has remained untouched by terrorist violence this summer.The Army’s…
NEW DELHI: After eight months of surveillance-based raids and a cat-and-mouse chase through six cities, Delhi Police’s Special Cell arrested “most wanted” terror operative Rizwan Ali from the Delhi-Faridabad border in the early hours of Friday. Rizwan was a member of an “ISIS-inspired” module which was busted in parts in Pune and Delhi last year….
