Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference working president Omar Abdullah Friday said that his party is chosen to power, it will grant a division status to Chenab Valley and Pir Panchal region. Omar took to twitter and said: “After the elections of 2019 should the people of J&K repose faith in @JKNC_ […]
Srinagar: Three bodies were reciovered and three policemen trapped inside their post under a snow avalanche near Jawahar Tunnel on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway were rescued on Friday. Efforts are on to rescue the four other policemen still feared to be trapped there. The rescue teams faced lot of difficulty in reaching the avalanche site Friday […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government Friday declared Ladakh a separate division. An official spokesperson said that the government has approved the creation of a separate administrative and revenue division for Ladakh and it will comprise of Leh and Kargil districts. The division will have Leh as its headquarters. The Government has also approved creation of […]
Srinagar: Irshad Rasool Kar, former PDP district president of Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir, Friday joined the National Conference in presence of party president Farooq Abdullah at his residence here. NC vice president Omar Abdullah and other senior leaders were also present to welcome Kar into the party. Kar, son of Congress stalwart late Ghulam […]
Srinagar: Two non-local labourers have died after landslides hit Ramban district on Kashmir highway. Reports said that two residents of West Bengal died after landslides struck the highway between Battery Cheshma and Maroog areas. They said that the duo were walking when the landslides triggered by incessant rains and snowfall hit the road. The bodies […]
Srinagar: National Conference working president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah Friday said he would like to see how those aligned with the BJP would explain reports that the Defence Ministry had protested over the mechanism being adopted by the PMO for the Rafale deal. He had tagged a document, purportedly of […]
Srinagar: One policeman has been rescued alive from the snow avalanche that hit Jawahar Tunnel on Thursday evening. Ten people including eight cops and two prisoners were buried alive in the avalanche. The rescued cop has been identified as SPO Gulzar Ahmad. Rescue operation to find the other nine has been intensified.
Washington: The US has discussed a potential missile defence collaboration with India, a top Pentagon official has said, underlining that America wants to build a “much deeper and broader relationship” with the country. Under Secretary of Defence for Policy John Rood, however, said that it is early to determine how far India, which already has […]
New York: The Committee to Protect Journalists has called upon the Jammu and Kashmir police to immediately cease all legal proceedings against journalist Aasif Sultan and release him from jail after local news outlets reported that formal charges were filed against him on Thursday. Sultan, along with nine other individuals, has been charged with harbouring […]
Srinagar: A residential house was partially damaged due to snowfall in Pampore village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Locals said that due to heavy snowfall the house of Abdul Rashid Najar son of Ghulam Mohammad, a resident of Andrusoo Pampore, got partially damaged Friday morning. However the family members escaped unhurt in the incident and were […]
