Srinagar: With the cancellation of flights due to snowfall, hundreds of Kashmiri passengers who returned from Umrah from Saudi Arabia are stranded at the IGI Airport in New Delhi. Mohammad Amin Wani, one of the stranded Umrah passengers said that they arrived by Air India Flight No. 992 at IGI Airport today morning at 6. […]
Srinagar: In remote Kandi village of northern Kashmir’s Baramulla district, villagers Thursday carried a pregnant woman on their shoulders for several kilometres as the roads were blocked due to heavy snowfall. Reports said that family of Begum Jan carried her on shoulders after she developed labour Thursday morning at her home in Goriwan Namblan. The villagers […]
Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership Thursday called for a complete shutdown on February 9 and 11 on the “martyrdom” anniversaries of JKLF founder Muhammad Maqbool Butt and parliament attack convict Muhammad Afzal Guru. A statement of JRL, comprising of octogenarian Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani, Hurriyat (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and JKLF chairperson Yasin Malik urged […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday said that the Gawkadal massacre case has been closed as despite a lot of efforts to trace the culprits no clue was found. The police in its reply also stated that all the records pertaining to the case at police station Kralkhud were washed away during the “devastating” floods […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police have accused journalist Asif Sultan of hatching criminal conspiracy, “harbouring militant” and giving support to the “proscribed” militant organisation. Srinagar police filed a chargesheet against ten accused persons including Sultan for allegedly sheltering militants who killed police constable in a shootout in Batamaloo area of Srinagar city in August last year. […]
Srinagar: Government on Thursday transferred Tariq Ali, KAS, Joint Financial Commissioner, Agrarian Reforms and posted him as Commissioner, Srinagar Municipal Corporation. A government order stated that Vikas Sharma, KAS, Joint Transport Commissioner, under orders of transfer as Director, Geology and Mining, J&K, has been transferred and posted as Vice-Chairman, Jammu Development Authority, vice Pawan Singh Rathore. […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Thursday urged New Delhi to take a cue from Afghanistan talks and start a dialogue with Kashmiri leadership and Pakistan to resolve long pending Kashmir dispute. Taking to Twitter, Mirwaiz said after decades of bloodshed, good news for the region is coming from Afghanistan where many factions […]
Srinagar: The divisional administration of Kashmir on Thursday asked the GATE aspirants who missed their flights to register themselves with the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir’s office. Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Syed Abid Rashid tweeted: “GATE aspirants who missed their flights last two days due to bad weather in Srinagar May kindly get themselves registered with the Assistant Commissioner […]
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senior leader Mohammad Sartaj Madani has expressed serious concern over the remarks made by the Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik, terming it worrisome that the highest institution of the state is now becoming a mere joke. Madni said that it is regrettable that since the day Governor Malik assumed […]
Srinagar: Two days of unprecedented talks with high-ranking Afghan politicians in Moscow were “very successful”, the Taliban said Wednesday, despite disagreements over women’s rights and demands for an Islamic constitution in the war-torn country, AFP reported. “It was very successful. We agreed on many points and I am hopeful that in future, we can succeed […]
