Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairperson Muhammad Yasin Malik Tuesday expressed grief and sorrow over the demise of grand Mufti Jammu and Kashmir Mufti Bashir-ud-Din. Malik along with a delegation comprising of vice chairman Mushtaq Ajmal and others visited the residence of grand Mufti, met with his bereaved family and expressed condolences, a statement […]
Jammu: Hundreds of college students in Jammu boycotted classes and held protests in parts of the city on Tuesday, a day after a group of stranded Kashmir-bound passengers allegedly raised “objectionable” slogans. The students alleged that the passengers raised “pro-Pakistan” and “anti-India” slogans and demanded that they be booked for sedition. On Monday, a scuffle […]
Srinagar: Jama’at-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday termed the attempts of tinkering with Article 35-A as ‘unacceptable’ and pledged complete support to peaceful protest program issued by the Joint Resistant Leadership (JRL). Jama’at spokesperson Advocate Zahid Ali, in a statement said that any attempt of tinkering with Article 35A, which provides special status to the state […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association has taken a strong notice of the events which have led to the arrest of two lawyers Musavvir Ahmad Mir and Aamir Masoodi who are accused of having fabricated a bail order to facilitate the release of certain accused persons. The Bar in a statement said […]
Srinagar: A waiter at a banquet hall in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district was shot at as a group of alleged drunk guests opened fire after a fight over food, officials said Tuesday. The incident happened at a party in a banquet hall in Logate Morh area on Monday night when some guests, who were apparently […]
Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership on Tuesday called for a complete shutdown on February 13 and 14 to protest and resist the viscous move of “late announcement and ambiguity over dates of hearing” in the case. The hearing is scheduled in the Supreme Court on February 13 and 14 while the state government has requested the apex […]
Srinagar: The militant killed in a gunfight at Ratnipora in Pulwama district has been identified as Hilal Ahmad Rather alias Zarar, a resident of Kakapora. According to sources, Hilal was working as over ground worker when he was spotted in CCTV footage among the men who helped Naveed Jatt, Lashkar-e-Taiba commander, escape from SMHC hospital […]
Srinagar: The death toll after a fire in a hotel in New Delhi’s congested Karol Bagh area rose to 17 as rescuers looked for survivors on Tuesday, officials said, prompting the Delhi government to order a probe into the latest incident. “Seventeen people have died and two others have been injured. Most of the people […]
Srinagar: Former Afghan interim president and anti-communist guerrilla Sibghatullah Mujaddadi has died. Sibghatullah Mojaddedi was born on 21 April 1925. He served as president after the fall of Mohammad Najibullah’s government in April 1992. He was the founder of the Afghan National Liberation Front and served as the chairman of the 2003 Loya Jirga, the […]
Srinagar: Minimum temperatures across the valley remained below freezing point on Tuesday as the Met forecast a fresh spell of rain and snowfall on Wednesday and Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir. The fresh snowfall and rains were expected to start from Wednesday until Friady, with the first two days having maximum activity. “Moderate to heavy […]
