By Press Desk on November 29, 2018
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Srinagar: Kashmir recorded over 19 per cent polling while Jammu registered more than 61 per cent voting till noon in the fifth phase of the Jammu and Kashmir panchayat elections Thursday, officials said. The polling began at 8 am and ended at 2 pm in 2,512 polling stations, including 1,743 stations in Jammu division and […]
By Press Desk on November 29, 2018
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Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said the Kartarpur corridor could be a “new beginning” of reconciliation between India and Pakistan and called for facilitation of bilateral trade and people to people contact to make borders “irrelevant”. The planned corridor will connect Sikh faith’s founder Guru Nanak Dev’s final resting […]
By Press Desk on November 29, 2018
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Srinagar: Government forces Thursday used force to disperse the mourners carrying the body of slain militant Mehraj-ud-Din in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Mehraj-ud-Din was killed in a gunfight with government forces in Chattergam area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Reports said that thousands of people had assembled at Iqbal market in Sopore […]
By Press Desk on November 29, 2018
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Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday demanded revocation of the state administrative council’s decision on Jammu and Kashmir Bank. Scores of PDP activists led by former works minister Naeem Akhtar took out a protest rally from headquarters and marched towards the Press Enclave in Srinagar. The protesting activists were stopped by police at Polo View. […]
By Press Desk on November 29, 2018
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Srinagar: Hundreds of thousands of people on Thursday bid adieu to the two slain militants who were killed in a gunfight with government forces in Khrew area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The two slain militants were affiliated with Hizb and were identified as Adnan Ahmad and Adil Ahmad both resident of Awantipora. Reports said […]
By Press Desk on November 29, 2018
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Srinagar: 19.61 percent of registered voters on Thursday exercised their franchise in the fifth phase of Panchayat polls in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district till 11 am while 25.71 percent voter turnout was recorded in north Kashmir Bandipora district during the same time. The polling for the fifth phase of panchayat polls across Jammu and Kashmir began […]
By Press Desk on November 29, 2018
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Srinagar: Employees of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank staged a protest here Thursday demanding a rollback of the decision of Governor SP Malik-led state administrative council to treat the bank as a public sector undertaking. Scores of employees of the bank assembled at its corporate headquarters on M A Road and staged a demonstration, under the […]
By Press Desk on November 29, 2018
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Srinagar: Thousands of people on Thursday attended the funeral prayers of slain Sopore militant in northern Kashmir’ Baramulla district, who was killed along with top Lashkar commander Naveed Jatt in Budgam’s Chattergam area on Wednesday. The funeral prayers of slain Mehraj-ud-din Khan were held at Iqbal Market Sopore. Mehraj, according to police was an Over Ground […]
By Press Desk on November 29, 2018
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Srinagar: A complete shutdown is being observed in southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday following the killing of two local Hizbul Mujahideen militants in a gunfight with government forces at Shar Shali area of Pampore. Internet services have also been shut in the district The slain militants include top commander Adil Ahmad Bhat of Malangpora Awantipora […]
By Press Desk on November 29, 2018
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Srinagar: Authorities on Thursday suspended the train services across Kashmir valley due to security reasons. Officials said that no train shall chug on Banihal-Baramulla track today due to apprehensions of law and order problems in Kashmir Valley. The train services have been suspended for the second straight day today as four militants have been killed […]