Srinagar: Kashmir is observing a complete shutdown on Thursday to protest against polling for first phase of Lok Sabha elections in the Valley and NIA action against Hurriyat Conference leaders. Shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed due to the strike while attendance in government and private offices was thin. Public transport remained off the […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah Thursday urged people of north Kashmir to go out and vote. “To all the voters in Baramulla, Kupwara & Bandipore districts please go out & vote. Your vote is an opportunity to choose a representative who will espouse our causes […]
Jammu: The Civil Secretariat, the seat of the Jammu and Kashmir government, will close here on April 26 and reopen in Srinagar summer capital on May 6 as part of the biannual ‘Darbar Move’, a practice started by Maharaja Gulab Singh in 1872. “The Civil Secretariat and other Darbar Move offices will close in Jammu on […]
Jammu: Lashing out at PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti for allegedly instigating people to defy a ban of vehicular movement on the national highway connecting Jammu with Srinagar, the BJP Wednesday demanded that she be arrested for trying to create law and order problem. “FIR should been registered against former CM Mehbooba Mufti for statements to instigate […]
Srinagar: Polling for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections started for the Baramulla seat on Thursday morning. Unprecedented security arrangements have been put in place by the authorities and the election commission, to ensure peaceful polls. The polling started at 7AM and will culminate at 6 PM later today. Reports said that people in […]
Srinagar: Four persons including a Hurriyat (G) senior leader and District President Kulgam Muhammad Ramzan Sheikh were booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said. They said that Hurriyat (G) senior leader and District President Kulgam Muhammad Ramzan Sheikh son of Muhammad Shaban Sheikh of Rampura Qaimoh, was arrested more than […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday asserted that dialogue between India and Pakistan is the only way to resolve the protracted issue of J&K. Addressing a public gathering at Palpura, Idgha Party president Dr. Farooq Abdullah said that the issue of Jammu and Kashmir is not a consequence of […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani has said that it was if trouble is only in three districts then it is a golden opportunity for India to ask the people to decide their fate. “And they are sure to win and will get rid of the tag and blame of oppressor and […]
Srinagar: Former army chief, General VP Malik has said that the banning of highway for the civilian movement shows that forces are becoming more defensive. In a tweet he wrote: “Kashmir. Ban on move of civ (civilian) vehs (vehciles) on NH () twice a week is a dumb idea 1. Goes against core object of […]
Srinagar: Former Chief Minister and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said that her father and party patron late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had “captured ghost in the bottle” by allying with Bharatiya Janata Party. She said that given the mandate, BJP lost a “golden opportunity” to resolve the Kashmir issue and to stop the blood […]
