Srinagar: Normal life was crippled due to a strike in parts of south Kashmir district of Anantnag, where two local Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in the wee hours on Thursday. Mobile internet services have been suspended in Anantnag district as a precautionary measure to prevent spread of […]
Jammu: Brig Anil Gupta, State Spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday said that low voter turnout in her perceived bastion in phase one of the Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency has rattled PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti so much that she has upped the ante as far as her anti-India tirade and pro-separatist agenda are concerned. In […]
Srinagar: The Income Tax Department Thursday carried out searches at two premises of kin of Imran Reza Ansari, a former minister in the PDP-BJP coalition, for alleged tax evasion, officials said. They said the income tax officials, assisted by the Jammu and Kashmir police and the CRPF, carried out the searches at a business complex […]
Pulwama: A primary health center in Litter village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district lacks basic facilities, due to which residents face many inconveniences. Locals of Nowpora Payeen in Litter village have said that their sub-health center was established decades before and was upgraded two years back to New type primary health center with no improvement […]
San Francisco: Twitter on Wednesday began making it easier to report tweets aimed at interfering with people voting, starting first in Europe and India. An option to report Twitter messages as being misleading about voting was being added to the one-to-many messaging service’s app in India and Europe, with a promise it would be expanded […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Wednesday expressed grief over loss of lives in a road accident after a mini bus came under a boulder at Piyakul in Doda district yesterday. Governor prayed for peace to the departed souls and strength to the bereaved families in their hour of grief. On Tuesday, […]
Srinagar: Clashes between civilian protesters and government forces erupted in Bijbehara town on Thursday moments after a local militant killed in a gunfight was laid to rest. Witnesses said that the local youth pelted stones and bricks on the government forces deployed in the main town. The forces resorted heavy tear smoke shelling and pellet firing […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday arrested five gamblers and recovered stake money from them in north Kashmir district of Bandipora. A police official said that following specific information, a police team raided a gambling site at Sumbal in Bandipora. “During the raid, police apprehended five people, while they were gambling,” they added. Stake money […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday visited the residence of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik at Maisuma in Srinagar. Mirwaiz was accompanied by senior party leader Bilal Gani Lone. Reports said that Mirwaiz met Malik’s family including his mother and sister and enquired about their well being. They […]
Srinagar: Iran has criticized US talks with the Taliban on ending the Afghanistan war, saying Washington was elevating the role of the militants. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif acknowledged that Iran had also opened dialogue with the Taliban but said that the US push for a deal with the extremists was “seriously wrong”. “An attempt […]
