Farooq Abdullah to contest from Srinagar, Akbar Lone from Baramulla parliamentary seats: NC

Farooq Abdullah to contest from Srinagar, Akbar Lone from Baramulla parliamentary seats: NC

Srinagar: Former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah and Mohammad Akbar Lone will contest from Srinagar-Budgam and Baramulla Parliamentary constituencies, respectively, the National Conference (NC) announced on Monday evening. According to an NC Spokesperson, the NC Parliamentary Board met under the chairmanship of party president Dr Abdullah here, at the party headquarters. The board members were unanimously […]

25-year-old labourer shot dead in Tral village

25-year-old labourer shot dead in Tral village

Srinagar: Suspected militants on Monday evening shot dead a 25-year-old labourer in Reshipora, Tral are of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Reports said that the militants fired upon Mohsin Ahmad Wani (25) son of Ghulam Ahmad Wani outside his home at Reshipora. Wani, suffered serious bullet wounds and died instantly on the way to […]

PAF carries out readiness exercises from motorways

PAF carries out readiness exercises from motorways

Srinagar: In the wake of India-Pakistan tensions, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Monday said it had carried out readiness exercises using sections of the country’s motorway system to perform take-off and landing sorties, the Express Tribune Reported. The exercise was conducted to demonstrate the capability of PAF in being able to sustain high tempo […]

ECI issues election notification for Baramulla, Jammu Lok Sabha seats

ECI issues election notification for Baramulla, Jammu Lok Sabha seats

JAMMU: The Election Commission of India (ECI) today issued notification for General Elections to Baramulla and Jammu Parliamentary Constituencies.  As per the notification, last date of filing nominations has been fixed on March 25, while the scrutiny of papers will be held on March 26 and the last date of withdrawal of candidature is March […]

‘NIA, Enforcement Directorate, summons & warrants aimed at fooling Indian public to garner votes’ : JRL

‘NIA, Enforcement Directorate, summons & warrants aimed at fooling Indian public to garner votes’ : JRL

Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising of APHC (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, APHC (M) chairman, and Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) has said  that summoning Mirwaiz Muhammad Umar Farooq, Syed Naseem Geelani and other to Delhi by National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) is aimed at fooling Indian public to […]

UPA defeated ‘terrorism’ by embracing people of Kashmir: Rahul Gandhi

Srinagar: Congress President Rahul Gandhi has said that the killings in Kashmir had fallen drastically during the United Progressive Alliance government from 2004 to 2014. He said that peace returned to the valley during the UPA regime and it happened by being strong with Pakistan. Gandhi said this while speaking exclusively to weekly magazine The Week. Answering […]

Govt forces lay siege to Pulwama village, launch search operation

Govt forces lay siege to Pulwama village, launch search operation

Pulwama: Government forces on Monday afternoon launched Cordon and Search Operation in Sheikh Mohalla area of Naira village in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Official sources said that on specific inputs about the presence of militants joint team of forces including 55 RR, SOG of J&K Police and 180 BN CRPF launched search operation in the […]

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