Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Monday has welcomed the reports about reopening of Sharda Peeth between India and Pakistan. “Media reports about positive movement between India and Pakistan on opening of Sharada Peeth temple,is a welcome sign. During Hurriyat’s last visit to Pakistan we had also urged the Govt there to facilitate […]
Srinagar: Deeply concerned over the continued crackdown on pro-freedom leaders, their relatives, activists particularly youth, Chairman Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani has said that the “rhetoric” of India being the world’s largest democracy is “mere hoax and deceit”. He said Government of India’s “highhandedness and brutality, aggressive military and coercive measures” have tarnished every fabric […]
Srinagar: Three nominations were filed by the candidates Monday for elections in the Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency. The nominations submitted to the Returning Officer Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary at DC Office Srinagar were filed by Dr Farooq Abdullah as the candidate of the National Conference, Sheikh Khalid Jehangir as the candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday traced three boys, who were reported missing from Handwara in frontier Kashmir district of Kupwara, in the summer capital, Srinagar. A police official said on Sunday a report was lodged at Police Station Vilgam, stating that three boys from the neighbouring village of Dohama were missing. A case […]
Srinagar: Following the Kartarpur Corridor – a project that connects Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Narowal district with Dera Baba Nanak in India’s Gurdaspur District – Islamabad on Monday gave a green single to open Sharda Temple Corridor in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) for Hindu pilgrims, particularly in the neighbouring country. According to Express News, […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Peoples’ Movement (JKPM) has launched its ‘Public Reach-out’ campaign on Monday. The reach out campaign was started by JKPM leader Shah Faesal from the frontier district of Kupwara so as to understand the people’s grievances, demands and problems spokesman said JKPM team visited various villages and held interactions with the delegations […]
Tel Aviv: A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck a residential building in central Israel early on Monday morning, injuring at least seven people, including two infants, officials said. The attack triggered air raid sirens at approximately 0520 hrs throughout the Sharon and Emek Hefer regions north of Tel Aviv, the army said. The rocket […]
Srinagar: Imran Ibrahim, a well known social worker and Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) Youth President Pattan on sunday joined People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in presence of Party President, Mehbooba Mufti, Naeem Akhtar, Nazir Yatoo, Aijaz Mir and others. Imran Joined party during the PDP Youth Convention that was held at Mehbooba Mufti’s residence where thousands […]
Srinagar: Despite major improvement in the weather, only one-way traffic will continue on Kashmir highway till further orders, traffic police officials said. On Monday traffic will ply from Jammu to Srinagar and no vehicle will be allowed from opposite direction, the officials said. They said Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) will have to cross Jakheni, Udhampur, between […]
Srinagar: Pakistan has deployed the Chinese-made medium-range air defence missiles in several cities and military bases to prevent possible new strikes by the Indian Air Force (IAF), The News International reported. The development took place in the wake of IAF intrusion inside Pakistani in February. On Saturday, Pakistani President Arif Alvi “chastised” India for having […]
