Srinagar, Jan 01: An earthquake of 5.1 magnitude hit Kashmir valley on Saturday, however, there was no report of any damage due to the quake. An earthquake jolts on the evening of Saturday at 06 : 45 Pm , with a depth of 221.0 Km. “Epicentre latitude/longitude: 36.59 N/ 71.18E ( Wurduj, badkhshan, Afghanistan) Antipode […]
Srinagar, Jan 01: The administration of Jammu and Kashmir has set the process in motion to declare an area spreading over 3247 Kanals and 17 Marlas of land in Samba district of Jammu province as field firing range (FFR) for forces. The Union Territory’s Home department has issued two notifications, to set the ball rolling […]
Srinagar, Jan 1: Jammu and Kashmir reported 169 fresh covid-19 cases while two persons died due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. 68 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu division and 101 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 341459. Two deaths, both from Kashmir Valley, were […]
Srinagar, Jan 1: Congress leader and former Union Minister Prof Saifuddin Soz Saturday condemned the house detention of PAGD leadership. Soz said that the UT Administration has gone absolutely wrong in keeping J&K Mainstream Political Leadership under ‘house-arrest’. “One can understand that the UT Administration is bound to accept the instructions from the Central Government, […]
Srinagar, Jan 01: J&K Peoples Conference President Sajad Gani Lone today while questioning the J&K adminitration’s logic behind stifling peaceful protests, asserted that such actions go against the spirit of democracy. In a series of tweets, Sajad said that “I can’t see any valid reason why the state administration should stop political parties from protesting. […]
Srinagar, Jan 01: Despite leaders of PAGD including Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti being put under house arrest, National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party Saturday staged protest against proposal of Delimitation Commission. Youth wing of National Conference including its president Salman Sagar, Shameema Firdous and other workers and leaders assembled at party headquarters […]
Srinagar, January 01: On the very first day of the new year, an unidentified militant was killed at Jumagund woods close to the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district by govt. forces in a joint operation on Saturday. A senior official said that the infiltration bid has been foiled in Jumagand woods […]
Srinagar, Jan 1: The family members of Arslan Feroz of Zaldagar area of Srinagar, who has been detained by the National Investigation Agency on Saturday held a protest at press enclave , demanding release of their son. Talking to reporters at Press Enclave Srinagar, Arsalan’s sister appealed to DIG and IGP Kashmir to release his […]
Srinagar, Jan 1: One of the militants killed in Anantnag encounter on December 30 is likely to be of the last surviving militant involved in ‘Lethpora attack’, IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar said. Kashmir Zone Police in a tweet citing the top cop wrote; “The picture of one of the killed #Millitants in #AnantnagEncounter on Dec-30th […]
Srinagar, Jan 1: Former Chief Minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said that government of India was “deeply paranoid and intolerant when people of J&K want to protest against its disempowerment.” “GOI trumpets scrapping Article 370 & dismembering J&K throughout the country but is deeply paranoid & intolerant when people of J&K want […]
