New Delhi: For the first time perhaps, a senior BJP leader Ram Madhav on Friday came out in defence of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj against the series of trolls against her over the passport row. “…..the obscenities like calling her (External Affairs Minister) Begum Sushma or worse commenting on her health and kidney — or […]
Srinagar: Backing ‘expert opinion’ that the footbridge in Rajbagh near Presentation Convent school in the summer capital, Srinagar, should be converted into a motorable bridge, former chief minister Omar Abdullah said this bridge should never have been downgraded to a pedestrian bridge. Terming the decision by the previous PDP-BJP government to downgrade the bridge as […]
Srinagar: The government has cancelled the attachment of all the government employees citing ensuring of smooth functioning of departments as the prime reason. “With a view to ensuring smooth functioning of various departments/offices the instructions are hereby issued for compliance by all concerned,” an order issued by the General Administration(GAD) said. The order said that […]
Poonch: A body of 60-year-old woman was recovered from a nallah in Surankote area of Poonch district on Friday morning. Reports said that the woman namely Kaisra B (60) wife of late Imam Din of Kllar, Katla, Surankote found dead under mysterious conditions in a nallah at Dhunak area of the border district. A police […]
Srinagar: Floral tributes were paid on Friday to slain constable of Jammu and Kashmir police, who was kidnapped and later killed by militants in south Kashmir. Meanwhile, large number of people joined the “Nimaz Jinazah” of slain constable at his ancestral village. Constable Javid Ahmad Dar was kidnapped by four militants near his house at […]
Jammu: In view of heavy rush of pilgrims at Pahalgam and Baltal, the Amarnath Yatra remained suspended for third consecutive day from here on Friday. “No fresh batch of Amarnath pilgrims was left from Bhagwati Nagar based Yatri Niwas to twin base camps at Pahalgam and Baltal this morning,” an official here said. He said […]
Srinagar: Police on Friday arrested pro-freedom leader Mohammad Yasin Malik, two days ahead of second death anniversary of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militant commander Burhan Wani who was killed in an encounter with government forces in Anantnag district. However, officials said Malik was taken into preventive custody. A spokesman for the front said that a police […]
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) registered a case of sedition against Asiya Andrabi, chief of pro-freedom group Dukhtaran-e-Milat (DeM) in Jammu and Kashmir. Asiya Andrabi, is charged with waging war against India, media reports said on Friday. As per media reports Asiya Andrabi was shifted to Delhi along with her two aides Nahida Nasreen […]
Jammu: Army and paramilitary forces, in a joint operation, claimed to have busted a militant hideout in a remote village of Mendhar tehsil of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir. “Paramilitary forces including police and Army on Thursday evening launched search operation in Mendhar and busted a terrorist hideout,” Defence spokesman said here on Friday. […]
Srinagar: Two Amaranth pilgrims on Friday were injured after the bus they were travelling in, skidded off on Srinagar-Leh highway at Ganiwan area of Kangan, reports said. Reports said that the bus carrying pilgrims from Baltal to Srinagar skidded off the road and overturned at Ganiwan Kangan resulting in injuries to two pilgtrims. They said […]
