J&K L-G Manoj Sinha condemns Srinagar terror attack

IANS | February 8, 2024 7:40 AM

Jammu, Feb 8 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Manoj Sinha has strongly condemned the heinous terror attack on two civilians in Srinagar on Wednesday, the L-G's office said.

Monitor activities of terrorist associates, IGP Kashmir directs officers

IANS | February 7, 2024 10:42 PM

Srinagar, Feb 7 (IANS) Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Zone, V.K. Birdi presided over a security review meeting on Wednesday with officers of police, intelligence agencies, and other security forces to discuss various strategic initiatives aimed at enhancing law enforcement efforts and ensuring public safety in view of the auspicious occasion of Mehraj-ul-Alam.

West Asia faces faith-based politics (Column: The Third Eye)

D.C. Pathak | February 4, 2024 10:00 AM

New Delhi: The turn of events involving Iran's cross-border missile attack on January 16 on the camps of Jaish-al Adl, a Sunni extremist organisation working out of Baluchistan demanding an independent Baluch nation and a retaliatory action of the same kind carried out by Pakistan on January 18 in the adjoining area of Iran - on the ground that supporters of the Salafi outfit operated from Iran as well - have more than anything else, unravelled the rapidly rising militancy attributable to the growth of extremism in the Muslim world on one hand and the inevitable outbreak of sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shiites resulting from it, on the other.