NEW YORK: A high-ranking US official said that he is optimistic that any possible outcome of the November 3 presidential election won't affect the deepening ties with India because "this relationship is much bigger than any one political party".

SRINAGAR:Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday said the achievement of Basit Bilal Khan, the state topper in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), will bring a positive change among the youth of Kashmir.

NEW DELHI:Ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections and bypolls in other states amid coronavirus pandemic, the poll expenditure limit of candidates in Lok Sabha and Assembly elections has been increased by 10 per cent. The limit was upwardly revised by the Centre after consultations with the Election Commission of India.

SRINAGAR:One terrorist has been killed in an ongoing encounter with security forces in South Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said on Tuesday.
One unidentified terrorist killed in encounter at Kakpora in Pulwama. Operation is underway," the police said.

NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is all set to file a charge sheet against 10 accused in connection with its probe into the Hizabul Mujahideen (HM) narco terror case, alleging that the Pakistan-based commanders of the terror organisation conspired to raise money from India for the banned group, officials said.

SRINAGAR:Two terrorist have been killed in an ongoing encounter with security forces in South Kashmir's Shopian district, police said on Tuesday.

PATNA:After Kashmiri militants, Article 370, Left extremism and Jinnah, the Indian Ocean is the latest to enter the political war of words in Bihar at a time when the campaign for the Assembly polls is in full swing.

SRINAGAR:YThe summoning of National Conference (NC) president, Dr. Farooq Abdullah for questioning by the Enforcement Directorate(ED) on Monday has created quite a flutter in the political circles of Jammu and Kashmir.

NEW DELHI:After courting controversy for wrongly showing Jammu and Kashmir as part of China, Twitter on Monday said it has resolved the issue.
We became aware of this technical issue on Sunday, and understand and respect the sensitivities around it. The teams have worked swiftly to investigate and resolve the concerned geotag issue," a Twitter spokesperson told IANS in a statement.

SRINAGAR:The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Monday alleged that since the BJP had failed to politically fight party President Farooq Abdullah, it was now "misusing" government agencies to target him through a "witch-hunt".

PATNA:After the BJP that Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation was involved in caste massacres during the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) regime in Bihar in the past, Left party General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya dubbed the BJP "a party of horrors".

CHANDIGARH: On the first day of the 13th (Special) Session of the 15th Vidhan Sabha, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday led the House in paying homage to all farmers who have lost their lives during the ongoing agitation in protest against the Centre’s draconian agricultural laws.

AMRITSAR: The residents of four residential colonies including Swiss, City, Swiss Land, Swiss Green and Roseland today formed a joint Adhoc Committee to press for their demands of basic amenities in the area. The residents said ther were living in highly inhabitable conditions for the past many years and their requests to Municipal Corporation, PUDA and Colonisers have fallen on deaf ears.

KUPWARA: Journalist Fraternity Kupwara on Saturday conducted elections in which News 18 Urdu Reporter, Yahya Sultan was elected as President of the association.

WASHINGTON:During the 2016 election campaign around this time, then-candidate Donald Trump addressed a large, glamorous rally of thousands of cheering Hindus, the first time a US presidential candidate reached out to the followers of the faith.

SRINAGAR:One terrorist has been killed in an ongoing encounter between the terrorists and the security forces in South Kashmir's Anantnag district on Saturday, officials said.
The firefight took place after the security forces cordoned off the Larnoo area in Anantnag and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about the presence of terrorists.

SRINAGAR:A joint cordon and search operation was launched by the police, army and CRPF on Friday on the basis of a specific input regarding the presence of a special police officer (SPO) who had decamped with two AK 47 rifles two days ago along with his associate in Chadoora area of Budgam in Central Kashmir.

SRINAGAR: India is coming up with a surrender and rehabilitation policy for the youth who want to give up militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. The Union Defence Ministry is deliberating over the issue with the Home Ministry in New Delhi.

FATEHGARH SAHIB:Webinar on “Career Guidance and Opportunities “was organised by the Post Graduate Department of English at Mata Gujri College here today.

SRINAGAR:An encounter between terrorists and security forces started in central Kashmir's Budgam district on Friday, officials said.

NEW DELHI:A day after a Kashmiri girl residing in south Delhi took to Twitter to report alleged trespassing and manhandling by her landlady, whom she accused of targeting her for being a Kashmiri, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Thursday issued a notice to the Delhi Police over the issue.

NEW DELHI:A Kashmiri woman residing in south-east Delhi took to Twitter to report alleged trespassing and manhandling by her landlady. The woman accused the landlady of targeting her for being a Kashmiri.

SRINAGAR:Two days after she was released from detention, former Chief Minister and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti visited the grave of her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in South Kashmir's Anantnag district on Thursday. Later in the day, she will be attending a meeting convened by Farooq Abdullah.

NEW DLEHI:The island development ordinance promulgated by Pakistani President Arif Alvi seems to be a plan to sell off Pakistani islands to future investors or maybe China. Controversial sections in the Pakistan Island Development Authority (PIDA) ordinance have triggered massive protests and a major controversy, as people in Sindh feel the Imran Khan government is taking over their land.

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah in a series of tweets has expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on two key Cabinet decisions taken on Wednesday.
Shah said the special package of Rs 520 crore under the Deendayal Antyodaya Rashtriya Ajeevika Mission for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will give a huge boost to the economy of the two UTs and empower over 10 lakh women in rural areas by giving them livelihood and making them self-reliant.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed the STARS project as well as the special package for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to which the Union cabinet gave its nod on Wednesday.

JAMMU: Pakistan resorted to unprovoked firing on Wednesday on Indian positions near the Line of Control (LoC) at two sectors of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, a defence official said.

MUMBAI:In an unprecedented development, Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray were engaged in an ugly ‘letter-war over the issue of reopening of temples in the state.

SRINAGAR:Security forces recovered arms and ammunition on Tuesday from Teetwal border town of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.

SRINAGAR:Three teachers of a religious school in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district have been booked by the police under the public safety act (PSA) after some students of this school were found involved in militant activities.

SRINAGAR: At least 398 people have tested positive in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday as the total number of people infected with coronavirus crossed 84,000 in the union territory, officials said.

NEW DELHI:  The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested one accused from Jammu & Kashmir's Budgam, who played a key role in supplying arms and ammunitions to one of the arrested accused in the case of suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police Davinder Singh and Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Naveed Babu, officials said.

SHIMLA:Union Defemce Minister, Rajnath Singh dedicated 44 permanent major bridges to the
nation and also laid foundation stone of Nechipu tunnel through video conferencing from New
Delhi on Monday. 

ITANAGAR:Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday that despite challenging times due to Covid-19 and border tensions and disputes caused by Pakistan and China, India was not only resolutely facing them but also bringing about historical changes in all sectors of development under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's able leadership.