Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik has called for a state wide shutdown on April 23. The shutdown, JRL said, has been called against the detention of Yasin Malik, who was shifted from Jammu jail to the custody of National Investigation Agency in New Delhi; against […]
Kathua: One person died and two others including a minor were injured in an accident in Kathua. The accident happened in village Sumwan at around 4:30 pm on Sunday. Pice has police identified the deceased as Abdul Majid S/o Alam Din R/o Mahi Chak. The injured include Harsh S/o Onkar Nath R/o Sumwan Kathua age […]
Shopian: Government forces on Monday allegedly thrashed a youth during a Cordon and Search Operation in Shopian village who was later hospitalised at SDH Shopian. Witnesses said that the youth identified as Sartaj Ahmad Bhat received injuries during the thrashing and was shifted to District Hospital Shopian for treatment. Earlier, acting on inputs about the presence of […]
Srinagar: Traders affected by the suspension of cross-LoC trade by the Centre held a protest march here in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir Monday. Scores of traders engaged in cross-LoC trade on the Uri-Muzaffarabad route took part in the march, demanding revocation of the suspension order, and sought a fool-proof mechanism for smooth […]
Srinagar: Security forces in Saudi Arabia on Sunday foiled an attempted terror attack on an office of state security north of the kingdom’s capital. Initial reports indicated that security troops had killed four armed men as they tried to storm an investigation centre of the General Directorate of Public Security in the town of Al […]
Srinagar: The residents of Ashtangoo area of northern Kashmir’s Bandipora district Monday staged a protest and blocked traffic on Bandipora-Sopore road against the power crisis in the area. The protesters said that the administration was not attending to their grievances and as such they were facing immense hardships. “For the last one month there is no electricity […]
Srinagar: A truck moving from Srinagar to Jammu caught fire on the Kashmir highway near Qazigund in Kulgam district in the wee hours on Monday. Reports said that the driver and conductor of the vehicle had a narrow escape. They said that a truck, bearing registration no JK05A-8795 caught fire near Panzath in Qazigund and was […]
Doha: Upcoming talks between the Taliban and the United States will focus on the timetable for pulling out all foreign troops from Afghanistan, according to a senior Taliban member. Speaking to international news agency AFP, the Taliban’s political spokesman Suhail Shaheen said previous negotiations with Washington saw the two sides agree to a total withdrawal, […]
Jammu: District Anantnag is going to polls first in the three-phase schedule for Anantnag Parliamentary constituency on April 23 from 7 AM to 4 PM. The District is spread over 6 Assembly segments comprising Anantnag, Dooru, Kokernag, Shangus, Bijbehara and Pahalgam. This South Kashmir District has 529256 electors including 269603 males, 257540 females, 2102 service […]
Srinagar: Aspirants appearing for the Probationary Officers examination of Jammu and Kashmir Bank Monday said that army is not allowing them to move on the highway while their convoys move, resulting in an inordinate delay to reach examination centers. “We left home around 6:30 am for examination centers in Srinagar and it would have normally […]
