Srinagar: Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Ameer Sirajul Haq has said that the past governments, as well as the present government, only verbally terms Kashmir as its jugular vein. Addressing the ‘Yakjehati Kashmir Conference’ on Sunday, he said that the JI would observe February 5 with great enthusiasm to express solidarity with the innocent Kashmiris who are facing […]
Srinagar:The Jammu-Srinagar highway was Monday opened for one-way traffic, officials said. On Monday, they said, the vehicles will ply from Jammu to Srinagar. Besides 3,000 trucks carrying essential supplies, scores of valley-bound passenger vehicles are stranded on the highway. The official said that no vehicle will be allowed to move from Srinagar to Jammu.
Srinagar: A Jammu and Kashmir Policeman shot himself dead in Budgam Monday morning. He was identified as Mohammad Shafi Mir, 45, son of Mohammad Ismail Mir, a resident of Sadoora in south Kashmir’s Kulgam. Mir was posted at district police lines in central Kashmir’s Budgam.
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti said that Governor Satya Pal Malik’s decision to reverse her government’s order to exempt women from paying stamp duty on property registration, had negated her efforts toward women empowerment. “As far as empowering women is concerned, all our efforts are negated by the Governors recent decision. One […]
Jammu: India and Pakistani Army exchanged fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. “Pakistani Army this afternoon at around 1315 hours fired small arms and resorted to heavy mortar shelling in Naushera sector of Rajouri,” defence spokesman here said. “Pakistani Army this afternoon initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by […]
Srinagar: The bureaucrat turned politician, Shah Faesal has said that attempting military solutions to political problems will lead to only grave yards. “Attempting military solutions to political problems will lead to nothing but graveyards on this side and graveyards on that side,” Faesal tweeted. “Today, on the 25th anniversary of Kupwara Massacre, my solidarities are […]
Baramulla: A soldier of Rashtriya Rifles (RR) has committed suicide by shooting himself with his service weapon in this north Kashmir district, official sources said on Sunday. The injured soldier, identified as LN Hemant Kumar Panday, was immediately rushed to the camp doctor, who declared him dead on Saturday, said the sources. The reason for […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) on Sunday termed the statement of People Conference leader Sajad Gani lone as a canard which is reflective of his slyness and buck-passing mind-set. NC Provincial spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar, while rejecting the jibes of Sajad Lone said that he has been caught lying and changing stances quite […]
Srinagar: Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone on Sunday said that National Conference used Ikhwanis to kill Kashmiris. In a tweet, Lone said NC has been using non-state violent actors to crush dissent. “In the Ikhwan era they had a chit system. Where a name was scribbled on a small chit and passed to Ikhwan […]
Srinagar: Kashmir valley remained cut off from the rest of the country for the seventh day, following closure of the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, due to continued landslides and shooting stones. However, traffic was allowed for a brief period last evening, only to be suspended again due to fresh landslides and shooting stones. ‘Stranded vehicles […]
