New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday reviewed the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and discussed future steps, six days after the bifurcated state became a Union Territory. At a meeting that lasted about 30 minutes, Shah was apprised about administrative measures being adopted in Jammu and Kashmir so that the residents there […]
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Fresh row over Amaravati missing from latest map
Amaravati: With Amaravati missing in India’s latest map released last week, a fresh row broke out in Andhra Pradesh over the future of the state capital. The map released by the Centre in the wake of creation of Union Territories (UTs) of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh shows all states with their capitals but Andhra […]
PoK areas feature in new maps released by govt
New Delhi: Two days after the newly-created Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh came into being, the government on Saturday released new political map of the Indian Union with 28 states and nine Union Territories (UTs), which surprisingly included territories like Muzaffarabad, Mirpur and Poonch, which are in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). The […]
Jammu and Kashmir officially bifurcated into two UTs
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir ceased to exist as a state from midnight Thursday, and its official bifurcation into two Union Territories – of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, has taken effect. The state has been officially divided into the two Union Territories pursuant to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019, which the government passed […]
Hizbul terrorist who killed truck driver shot dead
Srinagar: The Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist who killed a truck driver in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag on Monday, has been shot dead, police said on Wednesday. According to police, the terrorist has been identified as Ajaz Ahmad Malik from Dardsun village in Kupwara. The truck driver, Narayan Dutt, from Jammu’s Katra, was shot by terrorists on […]
Mamata demands strong probe in Kulgam terror attack
Kolkata: Demanding a ‘strong investigation’ to find out the “truth” regarding the killing of five workers from West Bengal in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced that her government was providing Rs 5 lakh to each of the victim’s family. Expressing “shock” over the tragedy, Banerjee promised all assistance to the […]
J&K: 19 civilians injured in Sopore terror attack, six critical
Srinagar/New Delhi: At least 19 people have been injured in the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore and the condition of six of them is critical, Army sources said on Monday. As per sources, all the 19 persons injured in the grenade attack are civilians out of which six were shifted to a hospital […]
Govt ropes in members of European Parliament to counter Pak propaganda
New Delhi/Srinagar: The Modi government has deliberately roped in members of the European Parliament (MEP) to apprise them of Pakistan’s double standards in Jammu and Kashmir, with the emphasis being on their death by a thousand cuts strategy of bleeding India in the Kashmir Valley. It has been done to dispel the false narrative being […]
Several injured in grenade attack in J&K’s Sopore
Srinagar: Militants hurled a grenade on civilians at a bus stand in Sopore, north Kashmir on Monday afternoon. 6 civilians sustained injuries, according to the police information. However, sources say, the number of injured stands at 8 and one of the critically injured has been moved to Srinagar for treatment. The police have cordoned off […]
Complete J&K includes PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan: Army Chief
New Delhi: Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said on Friday that when India refers to Jammu and Kashmir, it also includes Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan, which are under the illegal occupation of Pakistan. General Rawat was delivering a lecture her at the Manekshaw Auditorium. “When we say Jammu and Kashmir, the complete state of […]