Srinagar: At least two person sustained injuries after a Hamam pipe of a Mosque exploded in South Kashmir’s shopian area. The injured were identfied as Mohammad Yousuf Dar, Abdul Gani dar, Mohammad Yasin Dar, son Abdul Gani Dar, Farooq Wagay, son of Ghulam Rasool, all residents of Chowgam Shopian. The injured were taken to the […]
Srinagar: An army man, who was injured during intense shelling from Pakistan, on Saturday along the line of control in in Poonch area has succumbed on Sunday, media reported. According to the media, the army man was posted in Poonch and was shifted to the local army hospital for treatment where he succumbed.
Srinagar: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Saturday urged the UN Secretary General to convene a special session of the UN General Assembly to declare Islamophobia as a form of racism and to assign a special rapporteur for monitoring and combating the menace in the western countries. The Emergency Meeting of the OIC Executive […]
Srinagar: The snowbound Leh-Manali road, which remained closed for winter, is likely to be reopened in the second week of April as Border Roads Organization is working on snow clearance. Officials of BRO said that under Project Himank, men and heavy machinery have been put into service to clear snow and make the 400 km […]
Srinagar: : The acting chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Abdul Hameed Butt has rejected the Government of India’s ban on the party and termed it as “frustration and election stunt” of Narendra Modi. “Such undemocratic and immoral Indian acts can’t subdue our national resolve of freedom. Every citizen of J&K and each and every […]
Srinagar: In order to stop littering and dumping of solid waste into river Jhelum, the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan today directed Deputy Commissioners (DCs) Anantnag, Pulwama, Srinagar, Baramulla and Bandipora to impose section 144 immediately around Jhelum embankments and take strict action against the culprits. The Div Com also constituted Jhelum Task Force […]
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday announced its candidates for some Lok Sabha constituencies while as the party has decided not to field any candidate from two Jammu constituencies to ensure the votes are not divided. Addressing a press conference, party president Mehbooba Mufti said that she will contest the upcoming parliamentary elections from […]
Srinagar: Assistant Commissioner Revenue (ACR) Pulwama Qazi Masood probing the “custodial killing” of a school principal Saturday met the victim’s family in Awantpora area of Pulwama district. Rizwan Asad Pandit, the Principal of Sabir Abdullah Public School Tral, was picked up by the police from his home late on March 17 during a raid and […]
Srinagar:Two militant killed in an encounter with Government forces at Warpora area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district have been identified as members of Jaish-e-Mohammad and one of them has been identified as a local resident. Superintendent of Police (SP) Sopore Javid Iqbal said that the bodies of both the militants were recovered from […]
Srinagar: The Valley traders and Civil Society on Saturday said that it is widely believed that Rizwan Asad Pandit, a private school teacher from Awantipora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district has died in custody ‘due to the physical torture inflicted upon him’. The business community and civil society of Jammu and Kashmir addressed a […]
