New Delhi: In a blistering attack on the Modi government, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi said Wednesday “bluff, bluster and intimidation” have been its governance philosophy, while asserting that her party will confront political adversaries with all its vigour. Addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party’s general body meeting, Sonia Gandhi also hailed party president Rahul Gandhi, saying […]
Srinagar: A minor girl was killed in a road accident in northern Kashmir’s Baramulla district Wednesday morning. Witnesses said that a passenger vehicle bearing registration number JK09-8170 on way to Kupwara from Srinagar slipped down the road near Zangam Petrol Pump. A 12-year-old girl identified as Urban Ahad, daughter of Ab Ahad Sofi, a resident of […]
Srinagar: There was a break from the continuing cold wave conditions on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir following overcast skies in the valley and forecast of another spell of rain and snow later and on Thursday. “Rain in plains and snowfall in mountains is likely to occur today and tomorrow,” an official of the Met […]
New Delhi: The government has asked struggling state-owned telecommunication company BSNL to look at all options, from a revival plan to disinvestment and even closure, as it looks to tackle the bleeding at India’s largest loss-making PSU. The direction to the company – which had accumulated losses of Rs 31,287 crore at the end of […]
Srinagar: Members of the Uighur Muslim ethnic group have called on China to post videos of their relatives who have disappeared into a “vast system of internment camps”. The social media campaign, launched early Tuesday under the hashtag #MeTooUyghur, follows the release of a Chinese state media video showing famed Uighur musician Abdurehim Heyit, who […]
New Delhi: The number of ceasefire violations or cross-border firings in Jammu and Kashmir more than doubled in 2018 compared to the previous year, while the casualties the BSF suffered in terms of death of its jawans in these incidents increased by three times, the government informed the parliament on Tuesday. Such incidents saw a […]
Srinagar: The Jammu-Srinagar highway that was restored for one-way traffic has already allowed over 1,400 vehicles to cross the Jawahar Tunnel and reach the Kashmir Valley, a traffic official said on Wednesday. The strategic highway was restored for one-way traffic on Tuesday after seven days following avalanches and lanslides. Since Tuesday afternoon some 700 trucks […]
Srinagar: Two militants of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit were killed in a gunfight at Gopalpora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday. A police spokesman said in a statement that based on a credible input about the presence of militants in Gopal Pora area of Chadoora, a cordon-and-search operation was launched in the intervening night […]
Srinagar: Thousands of people Tuesday participated in the last rites of Hizb ul Mujahideen militant killed in a gunfight with government forces in Ratnipora village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Reports said that as the body of Hilal Ahmad Rather reached his native village of Begumbagh thousands of mourners assembled to participate in his funeral […]
Srinagar: Authorities on Tuesday evening allowed stranded light-motor vehicles and fuel tankers to move towards Kashmir valley after the road was made motorable for one-way traffic. Officials said that the road was cleared after the debris of landslides was removed. Over one hundred stranded fuel tankers and light passenger vehicles were allowed after seven days from Ramban […]
