Srinagar: ‘Har Har Mahadev’ and ‘Bam Bam Bolay’ rented in the air when fresh batches of pilgrims left base camps on Sunday to undertake annual pilgrimage to holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, where so far 2.60 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance since the commencement of the yatra from July Ist. Yatra from […]
Anantnag: A couple drug peddler was arrested along with huge quantity of charas while 4000 bottles of Codine were recovered in this south Kashmir district during two different raids, a police spokesperson said on Sunday. He said during a raid, police recovered 4000 Codine bottles in Anantnag. The accused have been identified and a massive […]
Srinagar: Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) founding member and former cabinet minister in previous PDP-BJP coalition government Muhammad Khalil Bandh on Sunday joined National Conference (NC) in Srinagar. Bandh joined NC at its headquarters in presence of NC patron Dr Farooq Abdullah. On Wednesday, Bandh had resigned from PDP citing party’s “compromise” on the basic […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) general secretary Ghulam Nabi Sumji chaired an advisory meeting of the amalgam at Hyderpora headquarters. The meeting, according to a statement , was scheduled to be convened under the chairmanship of Syed Ali Geelani who couldn’t make it due to ill health. Meanwhile, the meeting discussed the prevailing political situation in Jammu […]
Srinagar: The paramedical staff of tertiary care hospitals under the banner of Jammu and Kashmir Medical Employees Federation on Saturday announced two-day strike from Monday to press for their demands. A senior leader of the federation said that thousands of paramedics of Government Medical College (GMS) and associated hospitals who were appointed since 2011 under […]
Srinagar: Defence Minister of India Rajnath Singh Saturday said that resolution of Kashmir issue is on the cards and that “no power on the earth can stop it”. “Resolution of Kashmir issue will take place soon,” he said before inaugurating a 1,000 meters long bridge over river Ujh in border Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir. […]
Jammu: A villager was injured when Pakistani troops violated ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked mortar and small arms firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. An Army spokesperson said that the force was retaliating befittingly to silence the Pakistani guns and there was no immediate […]
Three-time Delhi Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Sheila Dikshit died on Saturday in New Delhi. She was 81. Shiela Dikshit had been ill for a long time. She was admitted at around 10.30 am today. She died at 3.30 pm at a city hospital, India Today reported. Shiela Dikshit was the senior-most Congress leader […]
Srinagar: Four persons of a family died while four other passengers were injured after a cab they were traveling in met with an accident near Ukhriyal-Senbhatti link road in Banihal area of Ramban district. Reports said that the vehicle (sumo) skidded off the road and rolled down into a deep gorge resulting in injuries to […]
Srinagar: Consumption of tobacco products in Jammu and Kashmir has declined by at least two per cent in recent years, the state government has said. The government also underscored the importance of implementing a total ban on use of tobacco and its allied products. “As far as our state is concerned, the rate of consumption of […]
