Srinagar: At least three civilians have suffered injuries in a grenade attack in southern Kashmir’s Kulgam Wednesday afternoon. Reports said that the grenade was hurled at Police Station DH Pora which missed the target and exploded on the road. Three civilians have suffered injuries, preliminary reports said, adding that the numberof persons injured many […]
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a show cause notice against Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan in connection with an alleged foreign exchange violation case against him, officials said Wednesday. They said the notice for violation of forex funds to the tune of Rs 2 crore has been issued under the Foreign Exchange […]
Srinagar: Fresh landslides Wednesday again blocked the traffic on Srinagar-Jammu highway. Reports said that a fresh landslide hit highway in the Ramban district. Last evening the highway was blokced for traffic after landslides hit Panthal, Battery Cheshma and Anokhi Fall areas on the highway. The landslides were cleared and one-way traffic was restored on the highway. Meanwhile, the […]
Srinagar: Traffic Wednesday morning resumed on Srinagar-Jammu Highway, the only road linking the Kashmir valley with the rest of the world after landslides and shooting stones were cleared during night-long operation. Traffic officials said that the highway has been thrown open for one way traffic from Srinagar to Jammu and no vehicle would be allowed from […]
Srinagar: In a major operation, a police inspector and three journalists were arrested here on charges of bribery and extortion, officials said Wednesday. “Manoj Kumar Pant, SHO of Sector 20 police station, and journalists Sushil Pandit, Udit Goyal and Raman Thakur were arrested yesterday,” Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vaibhav Krishna said. He said the four […]
Srinagar: Weather improved in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday after an overnight cloud cover while the 40-day long ‘Chillai-e-Kalan’ also ended. Chillai-e-Kalan begins on December 21 every year and ends on January 30 the next year. Kashmir Meteorologoical department has forecast a snowfall in the valley beginning Wednesday afternoon. Minimum temperature in Srinagar was recorded at […]
Srinagar: Contrary to the official narrative that militancy in the Valley is confined to just four south Kashmir districts, the militancy is widespread in Kashmir, with encounters and militant killings and the subsequent protests happening in nine out of 10 districts last year. Southern Kashmir, comprising four districts of Anantnag, Shopian, Kulgam and Pulwama, which have […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said that there was “never any official invite or any attempt by the Government of India” to reach out to the Hurriyat. He was reacting to the Home Minister of India Rajnath Singh’s statement that government was ready to talk but Hurriyat leaders refused to talk and […]
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police Chief Dilbag Singh said that Pakistan was using social media to radicalise Kashmir youths and running disinformation campaigns against India. The DGP said that Pakistan was cooking false stories to entice young minds into militancy. “Pakistan, after launching and promoting a proxy war in the state, is using social media for […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat (G) Chairman, Syed Ali Geelani has said that oppression has touched new heights in Jammu and Kashmir and there seems to be no end to it. “In these circumstances, we have only two options, either to migrate or fight this oppression. Since migration is not possible for us we will have to rise […]
