Balakote strike was a drama: Mehbooba Mufti

Balakote strike was a drama: Mehbooba Mufti

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Monday said that Balakote strike was a drama and called for investigation into the Pulwama attack that left over 40 CRPF personnel dead. Mufti was addressing a workers convention at Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. She said that whatever the BJP has been doing over the past few months or […]

Traffic blocked on Kashmir highway after landslides at Ramban

Traffic blocked on Kashmir highway after landslides at Ramban

Jammu: The Kashmir highway, connecting Srinagar with Jammu was Monday blocked for traffic after a landslide in Ramban district, officials said. There was a landslide at Digdol area in Ramban resulting in blocking of the highway, they said. Men and machines are working to clear the landslide to reopen highway for traffic, they said.

Stones pelted on Mehbooba Mufti’s cavalcade in south Kashmir, escort vehicle damaged

Stones pelted on Mehbooba Mufti’s cavalcade in south Kashmir, escort vehicle damaged

Srinagar: Civilian protesters on Monday pelted stones on former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s cavalcade in Sirhama village of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Reports said Mufti was heading towards Bijbehara to attend a workers’ convention after paying obeisance at Khiram shrine when her cavalcade came under a barrage of stones. However, the PDP president […]

‘Education and action needed to combat Islamophobia’

‘Education and action needed to combat Islamophobia’

Srinagar: Describing Islamophobia a “very very dangerous threat” not only to Muslims but to all of humanity, a group of scholars on Sunday insisted that Muslims need to educate themselves to fight this growing problem. At the end of the third day of the Islamophobia international conference hosted by the Centre for Islam and Global […]

Central govt relieves Raj Kumar Goyal as Secretary to J&K, state govt assigns additional charge to 4 officers

Central govt relieves Raj Kumar Goyal as Secretary to J&K, state govt assigns additional charge to 4 officers

The government on Monday relieved the Secretary Raj Kumar Goyal, IAS to the Jammu and Kashmir government and appointed him as Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of External Affairs, government of India. “Upon his appointment as Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, Mr. Raj Kumar Goyal, IAS (JlC1990) […]

Army man dies of cardiac arrest in Poonch

Army man dies of cardiac arrest in Poonch

Srinagar: An army man died due to cardiac arrest in Mandi area of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. A police official said that Havaldar Vijay Hokash of 40 RR suffered cardiac arrest at Sawjiyan in Mandi along LoC while he was on duty. He was immediately shifted to a hospital where doctors declared […]

BRO completes snow clearance operation on Srinagar-Leh highway

BRO completes snow clearance operation on Srinagar-Leh highway

Drass: Braving adverse weather conditions and avalanche threats, the BRO’s Project Vijayak after making all efforts has cleared the snow from Drass side to Zojilla Pass on Srinagar-Leh highway which recorded heavy snow accumulation during winter. Every foot of snow proved a challenging task for snow clearance teams of Project Vijayak as they approached towards Zojilla […]

Youth goes missing in Kulgam, family appeals him to return home

Youth goes missing in Kulgam, family appeals him to return home

Kulgam: Family members of a 24-year-old missing youth has urged their son to return home and appealed government to help them in tracing him. Identified as Irfan Ahmad Bhat son of Manzoor Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Poniwah village in Kulgam district is missing since April 05. His father Manzoor Ahmad said that soon after he […]

Geelani’s son again summoned by NIA to New Delhi in ‘funding case’

Geelani’s son again summoned by NIA to New Delhi in ‘funding case’

Srinagar: Dr Naeem Geelani, the elder son of Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani has been summoned by the National Investigation Agency for the second time in about a weeks time. Reports said that the junior Geelani received second summon from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) asking him to attend the agency’s Delhi headquarters for questioning […]

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