Security forces have encircled a group of militants in north Kashmir’s Sopore after two civilians were kidnapped and killed by suspected militants. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI 2 village guards kidnapped, killed by suspected militants in J&K’s Kishtwar Two civilians, also working as Village Defence Guards (VDGs), were kidnapped and killed by suspected militants in Jammu’s Kishtwar district on Thursday (November 7, 2024). Meanwhile, security forces have encircled a group of militants in north Kashmir’s Sopore.  Talks with Myanmar junta and rebels will help find a “Myanmar-led and Myanmar-owned” solution to conflict: MEA Consultation with a range of stakeholders in Myanmar will contribute to a ‘Myanmar-owned’ and ‘Myanmar-led’ solution to the current conflict in the neighbouring country, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday (November 7, 2024).  PDP, JKPC, and AIP legislators bring fresh joint resolution on Article 370 Legislators of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), J&K Peoples Conference (JKPC), and Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) on Thursday moved a fresh resolution before the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly against the “unconstitutional and unilateral abrogation” of …

Kamala Harris speaking at a campaign rally in Philadelphia and Donald Trump at a campaign rally. File photo | Photo Credit: AFP U.S. Elections 2024 voting LIVE: Americans vote in close race for the next President Voters were deciding whether to send Republican Donald Trump back to the White House or elevate Vice President Kamala Harris to the Oval Office. As the first polls began to close in parts of Kentucky and Indiana, tens of millions of Americans added their ballots to the 84 million cast early as they chose between two candidates with drastically different temperaments and visions for the country. Trump or Harris, India-U.S. ties, Quad will ‘only grow’, says Jaishankar No matter what the outcome of the U.S. presidential elections, the India-U.S. relationship as well as the engagement with the Quad will “only grow”, said External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Tuesday (November 5, 2024), as Americans began voting for the 47th U.S. President.  Information and Broadcasting Ministry mulls treating Wikipedia as content publisher Even as Asian News International (ANI) sues the Wikimedia Foundation over the Wikipedia entry on …

All eyes are on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s address and the ruling National Conference resolution on Article 370, as J&K witnesses its first Assembly session on November 4 after a gap of six years. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI J&K’s first Assembly session on Nov. 4: All eyes on NC’s likely resolution on Article 370, L-G’s address All eyes are on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s address and the ruling National Conference (NC) resolution on Article 370, as Jammu and Kashmir is all set to witness its first Assembly session on November 4 after a gap of six years, which also saw the downgrading of the erstwhile State of J&K into a Union Territory (UT). Two M.P. forest officials suspended for negligence in elephant deaths; preliminary probe rules out foul play Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Sunday (November 3, 2024) suspended two senior forest officials in connection with the death of 10 elephants in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) this week. The decision was taken after Mr. Yadav held a high-level meeting with …

Canada’s allegations against Union Home Minister Amit Shah were “absurd and baseless”, said an official of the Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI India-Canada diplomatic row: Canada’s ‘absurd’ charges will have dire effects, says India Canada’s allegations against Union Home Minister Amit Shah were “absurd and baseless”, said an official of the Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday (November 2, 2024). The Official Spokesperson of the Ministry, Randhir Jaiswal, said Chargé d’Affaires of the High Commission of Canada Jennifer Daubeny was summoned on Friday (November 1, 2024) and conveyed that Ottawa’s charges will have “serious consequences” for bilateral relations. Three militants, including wanted LeT ‘commander’, killed in Kashmir gunfights  Three militants, including wanted Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) ‘commander’ Usman Lashkari, were killed in two separate anti-militancy operations in Kashmir on Saturday (November 2, 2024). Two policemen and two CRPF jawans were also injured in the operations. Train mows down three Tamil Nadu workers on bridge in Kerala Three cleaning workers hired by the Railways were mowed down by a train on the Bharathapuzha bridge at Shoranur in Palakkad district …