Srinagar: Reacting to reports that the Governor administration is mulling changes to the Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC) rules, National Conference (NC) said this is an attempt to distort the demography of the state and would create mistrust among people. In a letter to Governor Satya Pal Malik, NC Vice President Omar Abdullah said such a […]
Srinagar: Taking a jibe over Raj Bhavan’s fax machine ‘still not working’, National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah said that the Governor’s office needs a new machine urgently. “I’m trying to fax a letter to @jandkgovernor but the fax machine still isn’t working,” Mr Abdullah, who is the former chief minister of the state, […]
Jammu: Police have arrested three persons for violence in Rajdhani village of Thanamandi tehsil in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. Senior Superintendent Police (SSP), Rajouri Yugal Manhas said that incident took place on Saturday night when some persons, including a contesting sarpanch candidate who got defeated , entered inside the house of another defeated […]
Srinagar: National Conference president and former three time chief minister Dr Farooq Abdullah on Sunday claimed that late Abdul Gani Lone after his (Farooq Abdullah’s) sacking as chief minister by then Jammu and Kashmir Governor Jagmohan was instrumental in starting armed struggle in Kashmir and regretted later. Talking to reporters after attending Fateh Khawani of […]
Srinagar: With the drop in mercury to sub-freezing temperatures in Kashmir valley, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Sunday warned that chill of winter increases your risk of having a heart attack or stroke. “You are more likely to have a heart attack or stroke during winter months,” cautioned DAK president Dr. Nisar ul Hassan in a […]
Scholar turned militant commander, Manan Wani Srinagar: The scholar turned militant commander, Manan Wani, 27, was killed within 15 days after he came under the radar of the security agencies, top police officials, who are in the know how of the operation, said. Manan and his another accomplice, Ashiq Hussain Zargar, were killed on October […]
Srinagar: Ehtisham Bilal, who has allegedly taken allegiance for the Islamic State group, has been brought home, police said “With the help of family and police an individual ( name with held) has been brought back to the mainstream. Police investigation is on,” the police said. The police sources told The Kashmir Press said that […]
Jammu: Two soldiers were killed and another was injured in a mysterious blast at a firing range in Khour sector of Akhnoor in Jammu division on Saturday. Official sources that that blast took at Samwan Chaprial area in the sector, leading to the instant death of Surjeet Singh of Army’s 10 Gadwal, Lance Naik Suraj […]
Srinagar: 17.7 percent voters turned out to exercise their franchise on Saturday in Kashmir with 41.5 percent turn out in Ganderbal and 4.6 percent in Kulgam district. Polling for the 6th phase of Panchayat polls ended this afternoon. Polling started at 8 am and ended at 2 pm. In the Jammu division, 83.7 per cent […]
Srinagar: Octogenarian Hurriyat Conference (G) chairperson Syed Ali Geelani Saturday strongly condemned the arrest of mother and two sisters of a militant in Kishtwar on the suspicion of being involved in the killing of BJP worker and his brother about a month back. In a statement issued here this afternoon, Geelani said: “Our stated policy is that we neither support […]
