Srinagar: Srinagar-Jammu highway, only surface link connecting Kashmir with rest of the world, was closed on Friday afternoon, several hours after it was reopened for stranded traffic following clearance landslide mass in Ramban district. Around 2500 Kashmir-bound vehicles were stranded at several places on the thoroughfare following landslides and shooting stones at Anokhifall and Monkey Morh […]
Srinagar: An unidentified militant was killed in a brief shootout at Watergam area of Rafiabad in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday late evening. An army officer said that a patrolling party of army’s 32 RR and the militants believed to be two in number had a standoff at Watergam, Rafiabad in Sopore. In the […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said that people mostly staying away from the electoral process has peacefully conveyed clear message to Government of India (GOI) that people here want a serious political initiative towards the resolution of lingering Kashmir issue and that the people and the leadership will support all initiatives that […]
Shangus: Jammu Kashmir Congress Chief, Gulam Ahmad Mir said that by suspending cross LOC trade, the BJP led government has undone another confidence building measure (CBM) with Pakistan. “It’s very unfortunate that another CBM with Pakistan has been undone by the Modi Government,” Mir said during a road show through Anantnag’s Shangus constituency which started […]
Anantnag: Clashes broke out between police and youth at south Kashmir’s Aishmuqam area, local reports stated. The clashes broke out after the youth were coming out of the Ashmuqam Shrine. The youth were raising pro-freedom slogans. The clashes were going on as the last reports came in.
Srinagar: Despite more than twenty days have passed when the shocking episode of illegal nexus between doctors and a private diagnostic center surfaced, the SMHS hospital authorities and Government Medical College (GMC) are passing the buck at each other instead of initiating the probe to look into the serious issue. “The report about SMHS doctors […]
Srinagar: Kashmir Journalists Association (KJA) on Friday condemned the murderous assault on Kashmir Reader correspondent, Junaid Nabi Bazaz by a mob while he was reporting elections at a polling booth in the Dal interiors yesterday. According to Junaid, a mob had dominated a polling staff in Mir Behri area of Dal interiors and they were coercing […]
New Delhi: Trading of 21 items like red chili, mangoes, herbs and dry fruits will be hit following the indefinite suspension of cross LoC trade in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said Friday. Around 280 traders, who were directly involved in the trading will also be affected after the suspension of the business, which has touched Rs […]
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Friday termed the Cross-LoC trade suspension a major setback to the Indo-Pak relations. “Whatever Vajpayee has done Modi wants to demolish that. All the steps taken by Vajpayee Ji, whether it is cross LoC trade, cross LoC bus service, opening […]
Srinagar: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday said that the government of India’s order to suspend cross-LoC trade between parts of divided Kashmir via Salamabad (Uri) and Chakan-da-Bagh (Poonch) routes is a huge setback to the peace process. In a statement, CPI(M) spokesman said that we were demanding measures for strengthening and streamlining […]
