Srinagar: Bandipora district in northern Kashmir is observing a complete shutdown for the fourth consecutive day on Monday to protest the killings of five militants during a gunfight with government forces. Reports reaching The Kashmir Press said that all the shops and business establishments in the district are shut while traffic is mostly off the […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday sought help of the general public to trace a missing minor boy Momin Ashraf Sheikh, 13. A police statement said that the boy’s father Muhammad Ashraf Sheikh, a resident of Chandpora Habbakadal reported to police station Kralkhud that his son Momin Ashraf Sheikh, left home on Sunday, […]
Srinagar: Pakistan on Monday said that the highlight of its Foreign Ministers visit to the United Nations will be to set out the new government’s priorities and its position and policy on key international and regional issues including the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, particularly in the light of UN Human Rights Council’s report which […]
Srinagar: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that despite Indias reluctance, Islamabad would not close doors on its efforts to promote peace in the region. “India is reluctant, we will not close our doors,” the Minister said while addressing a news conference at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington on Sunday. “Hiding away from […]
Srinagar: Twenty-nine people stranded in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district after flash floods and heavy rains were rescued Monday, officials said. Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the all-weather road linking Kashmir to the rest of the country, was also restored Monday a day after it was closed due to landslides at different places, they […]
Srinagar: Two revenue officials were killed and another was injured after a vehicle they were traveling in met an accident at Z-Gali in Machhil area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district late Sunday evening. The accident took place after the car heading towards Kupwara turned turtle and rolled down into a deep gorge. The deceased have […]
Srinagar: The dead body of 45-year-old tailor who was abducted from his home by unknown gunmen in north Kashmir’s Sopore village on Saturday night has been recovered from Latishart village. Reports said that the masked gunmen barged inside the house of Mushtaq Ahmad Mir son of Gulam Rasool Mir at Harwan, Sopore late last night […]
Srinagar:The Jammu & Kashmir administration is telling policemen and Special Police Officers in South Kashmir, which is seeing a wave of attacks against both, to not visit their families or homes. A report published by Hindustan Times said that the advisory comes in the wake of the killings of three SPOs on Friday, and unconfirmed resignations of […]
Srinagar:The traffic movement on Srinagar-Leh highway was restored Sunday afternoon hours after it was suspended today morning. A traffic police official said the traffic movement has been restored from both the sides after the improvement in the weather conditions in the area. The traffic movement was earlier suspended as a precautionary measure in view of […]
SRINAGAR: J&K State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) on Sunday appealed public not to board a public vehicle that is already full to capacity. In a handout issued here, SDMA has appealed public in general and passengers, in particular, instead of boarding a vehicle that is already full to capacity, should wait for the next bus or taxi. […]
