Srinagar:Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has dismissed reports that Islamabad has expressed readiness to talk on restoring the India-Afghanistan trade route through its territory. “Pakistan has not agreed to consider Afghanistan-India trade through our land,” the Foreign Office said on Sunday, quoting Qureshi. According to a report by the Express Tribune, the rejection […]
Jammu: A man allegedly killed his 60 year old father by electrocuting him following a quarrel in Jammu earlier this month and dumped his body in a vehicle abandoned in a forest, according to the police. The J&K Police said Sunday that the accused , Sunjay Kumar was on the run and efforts were on […]
Srinagar: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday appealed the political parties to participate in the forthcoming panchayat and urban local body polls in Jammu and Kashmir, in the wake of the NC and the PDP announcing a boycott of the elections. Singh’s appeal came after the two major regional parties — the National Conference […]
Srinagar: Authorities on Monday suspended the train services for the third consecutive day in the Kashmir valley, as the resistance leadership has called for a shutdown against the militant and civilian killings in Kulgam district of southern Kashmir. Train service was suspended on Saturday in northern Kashmir after protests rocked many parts of Baramulla district […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Natiobnal Conference working president Omar Abdullah on Monday took a dig at former Chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti over her comment that she would not ally with BJP in future. Abdullah said that Mehbooba allied with Bharatiya Janata Party for the Rajya Sabha […]
Srinagar: Almost a dozen people suffered injuries after a minibus they were traveling in bumped into a boundary wall of an army camp in Gurdan village of Rajouri district Monday morning. Reports said the minibus bearing registration number JK11A-5743 hit the boundary wall of the army camp while it was on way to Gurdan resulting […]
KARGIL: Executive Officer, Municipal Committee, Kargil, said the open defection is completely prohibited within the jurisdiction of Municipal Committee, Kargil. “Any person found defection in open shall be imposed with a fine of Rs200/= and persons found urinating in open shall be imposed with a fine of Rs100/= and the habitual and chronic defaulters shall […]
Srinagar: Home Minister of Indian Rajnath Singh on Monday arrived in Jammu and inaugurated two pilot projects of “smart” border fencing built under the Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) programme. Singh was accompanied by Union Minister of state for PMO, Jitendra Singh and DG BSF K K Sharma. The pilot phase of two projects, […]
Kulgam: A former notorious Ikhwan commander and presently serving Territorial Army was on Monday shot dead by militants in southern Kashmir. Identified as Mukhtar Ahmad Malik alias Mukhtar Gola, the army man was shot dead by suspected militants at his house in Shurat village Monday morning, sources said. Malik, who was serving 162 battalion of […]
Srinagar: A complete shutdown is being observed across Kashmir in response to the call of joint resistance leadership (JRL) against civilian and militant killings. While Public and Private transport and business establishments remained shut in Srinagar reports from district headquarters said that all shops, business establishments, schools and colleges, petrol pumps remained closed. Reports said […]
