Srinagar: After banning the ads of two leading english dailies of Kashmir, Greater Kashmir and Kashmir Reader, the government on Tuesday banned another daily newspaper in Kashmir Uzma. Uzma is an Urdu daily published by GK Communications Pvt Ltd that owns Greater Kashmir. Kashmir Editors Guild in a statement regretted that while it was expecting the […]
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir administration Tuesday handed over the investigation of major scams in Jammu & Kashmir Projects Construction Corp (JKPCC) to crime branch of the state police, which will register an FIR soon, an official spokesman said. This is a major step towards eradication of corruption in the organisation, stopping and eliminating backdoor appointments and […]
Srinagar: Islamabad has urged Washington to play a greater role in resumption of dialogue process with New Delhi. Pakistan sought the US help for resumption of the dialogue process during a telephonic conversation between Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday, Express Tribune reported. “They exchanged views on […]
Poonch: Four civilians were injured as the exchange of shelling and firing between the armies of India and Pakistan continued for the second consecutive day Tuesday in several sectors along Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. A police officer said Pakistan army attacked Indian posts by resorting to “unprovoked” shelling […]
Srinagar: Police have booked a youth under Public Safety Act (PSA) in south Kashmir and shifted him to Kot Bhalwal Jail in Jammu. Official sources said that Aijaz Ahmad Wagay son of Ghulam Mohammad Wagay, a resident of Hardu Dalwan, Charisharief was shifted to Heranagar jail in Kathua in Jammu region last evening after he was […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah said that the BJP-RSS and its cronies in the state are trying their level best to destroy the special status of our state. Addressing an election campaign rally at Pattan, Omar said: “Our state is facing onslaught on its special status and integrity. We are […]
Srinagar: Former Chief Minister and President Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti has warned that no one will be left to shoulder the tri-colour, if article 35A is abrogated. She castigated BJP Chief Amit Shah over his anti Kashmir remarks, stating that any fiddling with Article 35-A will turn the situation in Jammu and Kashmir […]
Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today came down heavily on Congress and other opposition parties for their stoic silence on statement of former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for advocating separate PM for Jammu and Kashmir, saying it was a reflection that they were with gang working to disintegrate the country. Mr Modi, while addressing a […]
Kabul: The US special envoy for peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad visited Kabul on Monday and exchanged views with Afghan leaders, local media reported on Tuesday. As part of his multination trip to facilitate intra-Afghan peace talks, Khalilzad arrived in Kabul on Monday and immediately started meeting Afghan officials, the newspaper Daily Outlook Afghanistan […]
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday criticised the Congress party for its election promise that the application of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Jammu and Kashmir will be reviewed. “So Congress wants to amend the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. It wants to deprive them (armed forces) of immunity in what is literally a […]
