Srinagar: Traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu highway was suspended on Wednesday, due to fresh landslides and shootings, triggered by heavy rains during the night. Meanwhile, the Srinagar-Leh highway and the historic 86-km-long Mughal road, connecting Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region, remained shut since December last year, due to accumulation of snow. […]
Srinagar: Faiza Begum, who along with her three minor children allegedly accompanied her husband on his return to Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) in 2012 under the rehabilitation scheme of former militants received five years’ imprisonment and a fine of Rs 20,000, reports Indian Express. Sheraz Ahmed, also known as Shakir, married […]
Srinagar: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday criticised Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for threatening to send Australians “back in a coffin” following the Christchurch attacks. Scott Morrison told Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that Erdogan’s comments were “very offensive.” He said that he would summon the Turkish ambassador to Australia to demand an explanation, […]
Srinagar: China on Tuesday assured Pakistan of firm support to protect its territorial integrity and dignity during a high-level bilateral strategic dialogue in Beijing. At this meeting, Islamabad had raised the “rapidly deteriorating” situation in Kashmir and called on New Delhi to relook its policies in the state. Speaking at a joint press conference with […]
Jammu: Hours after a school teacher Rizwan Asad Pandit was killed under the police custody at Cargo component Srinagar, former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday raised finger at the functioning of the National Investigating Agency (NIA) in the state. “Youth in Kashmir is being pushed towards alienation and […]
Jammu:Asserting that things are happening as per the script, former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday termed Balakot airstrikes as ‘election stunt’. “Things are happening as per script and there will be a change only after election,” said Ms Mufti while speaking to a select media here this evening. She […]
Srinagar: Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, General Officer Commanding – in – Chief, Northern Command visited forward posts in Siachen Glacier today and reviewed operational preparedness being maintained in the sector, a defence ministry spokesman said. He was accompanied by Lt Gen YK Joshi, General Officer Commanding, Fire & Fury Corps, he said. Lt Gen Ranbir […]
Srinagar: Nine KAS officers were transferred on Tuesday in the interest of administration following a concurrence of Election Commission of India conveyed by the CEO J&K. According to an order issued here, Tasaduq Jeelani (KAS), awaiting orders of adjustment in the General Administration Department, has been posted as Managing Director, J&K Housing Board. Rakesh Kumar Srangal […]
Srinagar: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) chairman Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai has strongly condemned the custodial killing of Awantipora school teacher Rizwan Pandit and expressed his deep anguish over the “cold blooded murder”. “Such brutality is unjustified and has no place in civilized democracies,” Sehrai said in a statement. He said that harassment of innocent Kashmiris by forces has […]
Srinagar: Former judge J&K High Court Hasnain Masoodi has strongly condemned the custodial death of Rizwan Pandith of Awantipora, who was allegedly killed in the joint custody of NIA and Police Component (SOG) Srinagar. In a statement, Masoodi said that incidents like these are not only tragic and unfortunate but highly condemnable. Such incidents cannot […]
