Srinagar: Only Kashmir bound Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) were allowed on Tuesday to ply on the 434-km-long Srinagar-Leh highway while historic 86-km-long Mughal road remained closed though snow clearance operation has almost been completed. One-way traffic was allowed on the national highway, the only road connecting Ladakh region with Kashmir valley, which was declared open on […]
Istanbul: Multinational companies are manipulating food habits, preferences and tastes of people, using their enormous financial and political resources, according to an American political scientist. Ali Nizamuddin of the University of Illinois in the U.S., at the 5th International Ibn Khaldun Symposium in Istanbul, Turkey, said that the sheer publicity blitzkrieg launched by these corporations […]
Srinagar: Octogenarian Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani was on Tuesday morning admitted in Sher e Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences in Soura following health complications. Reports said that Geelani developed some health issues and has been admitted in the ICU section. Sources close to Geelani sad that a team of doctors is continuously monitoring his condition. “He […]
Srinagar: Train service resumed on Tuesday after remaining suspended on Monday for “security reasons” in the wake of second of the three-phase election in Kulgam district of the Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency (PC) in the Kashmir valley. In the first phase, polling was held on April 23 in Anantnag district, which witnessed a voter turnout of […]
Srinagar: Pakistan Army Media Wing’s Director General Major General Asif Ghafoor on Monday said that it is important for Pakistan to sort out issues with India and [on the] top of those issues is Kashmir. Addressing a Press Conference, Ghafoor while discussing Pakistan’s engagements with regional countries recalled Islamabad’s facilitation of the Afghan peace process, the […]
Srinagar: The Srinagar administration on Monday booked government owned Snowcap Milk Plant for adulteration. Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudary said that Snowcap among 8 others has been booked for food adulteration and unhygienic conditions. He said that the companies will be prosecuted in court of Adjudicating Officer. A government press communiqué said that […]
Srinagar: A resident of Nawabazar locality was found dead in the Mehjoor Nagar area of Srinagar on Tuesday. Reports said that the body was recovered near Mehjoor Nagar bund. The deceased has been identified as Mohammed Yousuf Haroon son of Abdul Sattar Haroon. He was a resident of Sonar Koal Nawab Bazar Srinagar. The […]
Srinagar: Government forces have detained at least 21 persons from Murran village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district in a pre-dawn raid on Monday. Reports said that contingents of government forces raided the village in the night and arrested at least 21 persons. The identity of the arrested youth is being ascertained. A police official said the youths have […]
Islamabad: Pakistan Army on Monday once again rejected India’s claim of shooting down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet, saying one cannot hide if a plane is downed in today’s age when even if a motorcycle crashes the world finds out. India has asserted that an Indian Air Force MIG-21 shot down an American-made F-16 on […]
Srinagar: Army arrested four youths in south Kashmir’s Shopian district in pre-dawn raids on Tuesday. Reports said that a contingent of army raided Keegam village of the south Kashmir district and arrested the four youth from their residences. The arrested youths have been identified as Ashiq Bhat, son of Nazir Ahmad Bhat, 28; Sameer Shah, son of […]
