Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah Thursday lashed out at BJP President Amit Shah and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over AFSPA and said that PDP has no intention of doing anything with AFSPA & BJP didn’t break the coalition because of AFSPA. Taking to social networking site Twitter Omar wrote: “Why are […]
Srinagar: Government forces in the pre-dawn hours on Thursday arrested four more persons in Vehil and Choudrigund villages of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. The arrested persons have been identified as Anayat Ullah Malik son of Mohammad Syed Malik, Tanveer Ahmad Wagay son of Gh. Hussain Wagay, Sajad Ahmad Khan son of Abdul Hamid Khan, all […]
Christchurch: The man accused of carrying out the Christchurch mosque terror attacks last month will face 50 murder charges when he appears in court this week, New Zealand police said Thursday. Australian terrorist Brenton Tarrant was previously charged with one murder as a holding measure, but police said all the deaths and injuries in the March […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government’s order to halt civilian traffic movement on the Kashmir highway highway for two days in a week has sparked outrage in the valley. The order attracted severe criticism from people and political leaders which termed it against civilians as this was the first time that the government had decided […]
Srinagar: The United States vowed on Wednesday to utilise “all available avenues” to ensure Masood Azhar was held accountable but China warned Washington that this attitude could complicate an already tense situation in South Asia. “We can confirm that we circulated a draft UNSC resolution with UK and French support,” said a US State Department […]
Srinagar: A day after the Congress promised to amend the Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah has raked up this contentious issue to woo voters in the Hindu dominated Jammu province of J&K. “You have to choose between those who sacrificed their government to strengthen AFSPA or […]
Srinagar: A former PDP activist and a Panch who was injured critically after being shot at by unidentified gunmen at Shalipora village in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday evening succumbed to injuries. A senior doctor at SMHS hospital confirmed that the panch Abdul Majeed Dar succumbed to injuries at around 11:15 pm on Wednesday. His body […]
Srinagar: A Muzaffarabad resident married to a Kashmiri resident was on Wednesday stopped to return to Pakistan via Wagah-Attari border by the Indian authorities. Kubra Gilani, born in PaK, married Altaf Rather, a resident of the Kokernag area in South Kashmir, in Muzaffarabad in March 2010 at the age of 19. Rather was among hundreds of […]
Jammu: Lawyer-turned-model Sana Dua would be the brand ambassador of the Jammu and Kashmir election department for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the state Shailendra Kumar said on Wednesday. Dua, the first runner-up in the Femina Miss India 2017 contest, has also participated in the Miss United Continents 2017 and figured […]
Udhampur: Taking a swipe at the National Conference, Peoples Democratic Party and Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party national president Amit Shah on Wednesday asserted that ‘Ilu-ilu’ with terrorists is their policy but not that of the BJP. Ilu-ilu meaning ‘I love you, ‘ is a reference to a phrase from a Bollywood hit movie. […]
