Srinagar: On second day of highway ban National Conference (NC) vice President and former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday held a protest sit-in against the order that bars civilians from using the highway on two days. Abdullah lead the protest and was joined by NC General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar, Provincial President Nasir Aslam Wani, […]
Kishtwar: Police has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) and has arrested ten suspected persons in connection with the killing of RSS leader and his PSO in Kishtwar district where curfew continued for the second consecutive day Wednesday amid internet gag. Official sources said that army also carried a flag march even as additional deployment has […]
Srinagar: Maoists in Bastar area of Chhattisgarh have asked people to boycott upcoming Lok Sabha elections and protest against the ban on Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front lead by Yasin Malik. Times of India reported that villagers claimed the handwritten posters were distributed by the Maoist over ground workers on bikes through the night, while Chhattisgarh […]
Srinagar:The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday arrested JKLF chief Yasin Malik in connection with a case related to the funding of “terror” and separatist groups in Jammu and Kashmir. Malik was brought to New Delhi on Tuesday evening after a special NIA court in Jammu gave the go ahead for his custodial interrogation by the […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday said the outgoing Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been endorsed by Pakistan for a second term. “So much for Modi Sahib telling the country only Pakistan & its sympathisers want BJP to lose. Imran Khan has just endorsed him for a 2nd term – BJP election […]
Jammu: Condemning the killing of its leader and his PSO in Kishtwar, the RSS Tuesday termed the attack a “security lapse” and called for extending the Army’s ‘Operation Allout’ in the hilly district to prevent spread of militancy in the Jammu region. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh said it will not be cowed down by attacks and […]
Srinagar: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said he thinks there may be a better chance of peace talks with India if Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wins the general election due to begin on Thursday. Khan said that if the next Indian government were led by the opposition Congress party, […]
Srinagar: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that peace with India over the “disputed territory of Kashmir” would be “tremendous” for the wider region. Khan told the BBC in an interview that the nuclear-armed neighbours could only settle their differences with dialogue. Asked what message he wanted to send to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]
Srinagar: An Indian couple accused of spying on Germany’s Sikh community and Kashmir movement have been charged with espionage, German prosecutors announced on Tuesday. They named the suspects as 50-year-old Manmohan S and his wife Kanwal Jit K, 51, in keeping with German privacy rules for defendants. “Manmohan S. agreed by January 2015 at the latest […]
Srinagar: After questioning for two days before National Investigative Agency (NIA) in Delhi, Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is returning to Srinagar in the afternoon tomorrow. Mirwaiz attended NIA headquarters for two consecutive days where he was questioned in connection with an alleged militant funding case. Sources while disclosing this to Kashmir News […]
