Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference working president Omar Abdullah Thursday said that if his party is voted to power in the upcoming assembly elections it will scrap the Public Safety Act. “Mein Eska Naam-o-Nishaan Mitadoonga (I will not leave a trace of it,” he said addressing a daylong convention in Pulwama. […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police Thursday recovered 19 kilograms of brown sugar worth Rs 70 Crores in international market from Kralpora area of northern Kashmir’s Kupwara district and detained two peddlers, both residents of Karnah. Addressing a press conference, SSP Kupwara Shriram Ambarkar said that the preliminary investigation has revealed that the the consignments were […]
Srinagar: Pitching for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, the Shiv Sena on Thursday said the issue should not become as complicated as the Kashmir matter, which is still awaiting resolution. It also wondered why Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders were not holding the prime minister and other BJP leaders accountable for the delay […]
Srinagar: A woman was crushed to death in Dalian village of Nowshera in Rojaouri district of Jammu after she slipped from a passenger bus she was travelling in. Reports said that a lady identified as Phulan Begum, wife of Fareed Ahmad and a resident of Dalian slipped from the bus and then was crushed under […]
Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Thursday expressed disappointment over the “politicizing” of the telephonic conversation between Pakistan foreign minister and Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and termed it “the lowest unsuccessful point in foreign policy of India”. Mehbooba toook to twitter and said: “Terming a phone […]
Srinagar: President Ram Nath Kovind Thursday said the Modi government was committed to equitable development of the three regions of Jammu and Kashmir and has created a favourable environment for it. Addressing the joint sitting of Parliament at the beginning of the Budget Session, Kovind also highlighted the peaceful conclusion of Panchayat elections in the […]
Srinagar: Saudi Arabia has announced the end of a high-profile anti-corruption probe that boosted the state coffers by more than $100 billion and has left dozens detained. The crackdown on graft launched in 2017 saw hundreds of elite princes, ministers and businessmen held at the luxury Ritz-Carlton hotel in the Saudi capital Riyadh, a media report […]
Srinagar: Venezuelan authorities have detained five foreign journalists covering the standoff with opposition forces seeking the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro. Two others, from Chile, were deported as the crisis spilled over to hit journalists covering the oil-rich but economically crippled nation’s latest taste of crisis, media reports said. Two of the detained are from […]
Srinagar: Bad weather forced the cancellation of several morning flights Thursday at Srinagar airport. The flights including Air Asia I5-716, Indigo 6E-2554, 6E 576, 6E 653, Go Air 128/129 SXR-DEL, Vistara UK 611 SXR-IXJ, Spicejet SG 161 SXR-IXJ were cancelled, Srinagar Airport officials said. Fresh snowfall began Thursday morning at several places across Kashmir including […]
Srinagar: Body of an elderly woman was Thursday recovered from river jhelum in Srinagar’s old city. Reports said that the body was fished out from Jehlum at Veer Chattabal. A Police party from Safa Kadal police station with the help of locals retrieved the body. The identity of the woman is being ascertained.
