Srinagar: A team of the Election Commission will soon visit Jammu and Kashmir to review the situation with political leaders and other stakeholders on polls in the state. “A team of Election Commission will visit the state soon to have a review of situation with political leaders and other stakeholders for holding the elections,” state Chief […]
Srinagar: Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday drew the attention of United Nations General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa to the “human rights violations” committed by India in Jammu and Kashmir, that had been documented in the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Report of June 2018. Prime Minister Imran Khan has called for early establishment of a Commission of […]
Srinagar: Scores of residents of South Kashmir’s Dadasara village in Tral area Friday locked down the local power receiving station in protest against unscheduled power cuts. Reports said that a the residents including women assembled around the local power receiving station and locked it down in protest. The residents chanted slogans against the Power department. […]
Srinagar: Responding to rumours about the health of National Conference (NC) president Dr Farooq Abdullah, former chief minister Omar Abdullah said his father was absolutely fine. The NC vice-president Omar said the stories about Dr Abdullah’s health were unfounded. Taking to micro blogging site Twitter, Mr Omar said, ‘I don’t know where the rumours about […]
Jammu: Governor Satya Pal Malik has expressed grief over loss of precious lives due to snow avalanche at Khardung La in Leh district, this morning. In his message Governor has prayed for eternal peace to the departed souls and strength to the bereaved families in their hour of grief. Governor has announced an ex-gratia relief of Rs 5 lakh for the Next of […]
The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Friday called for shutdown in Gaw Kadal, Handwara and Kupwara to mark the anniversaries of three massacres that took place in January 1990 in these areas. The JRL comprising Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Yasin Malik, in a joint statement asked people to observe complete shutdown […]
Srinagar: US special envoy on Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad Friday held talks with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and discussed efforts to speed up the Afghan peace process by involving the Taliban. Khalilzad arrived in Islamabad on Thursday from Afghanistan and held delegation level talks with Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua and also met Army chief […]
Srinagar: Two Kashmiri boys were ruthlessly beaten by a group of people in Kufri area of Shimla. Zaffar Iqbal and Arshad Khan, the residents of Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir, respectively were beaten by the mob on January 10, Pir Panchal post reported on Friday. The report said that during a trip to […]
Srinagar: Five dead bodies have been recovered while efforts are on to trace the remaining five after ten people came under a snow avalanche at Khardung La pass in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ladakh Friday morning. Disaster management department official, Aamir Ali said that five dead bodies have been recovered from the avalanche site while search operation […]
Srinagar: Delhi High Court Friday granted bail to alleged hawala dealer Muhammad Aslam Wani in Enforcement Directorate case against him.The court directed Wani to furnish Rs 3 lakh personal bond and two surety like amount. Wani is being probed in a money laundering case involving senior separatist leader Shabbir Shah. Accused of money laundering, Wani was […]
