OIC to hold emergency meeting after NZ terror attacks

OIC to hold emergency meeting after NZ terror attacks

Srinagar:The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Tuesday said it would hold an emergency meeting later this week to discuss the terrorist attacks on two mosques in New Zealand. Coming at the request of Turkey, the meeting slated for March 22 is to be held in Istanbul among at the level of foreign ministers of […]

Governor extends Nauroz, Holi greetings

Governor extends Nauroz, Holi greetings

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has conveyed his greetings on the auspicious occasion of Nauroz, which is also observed as ‘World Arbour Day and greeted people on ‘Holi’, a Spring festival of colours and witness to agricultural fields filled with crops promising a good harvest to the farmers. In his message of felicitations on […]

LS polls: NC-Congress to announce pre-poll alliance soon

LS polls: NC-Congress to announce pre-poll alliance soon

Jammu: The National Conference and the Congress are likely to announce their ‘alliance’ for the Lok Sabha polls, scheduled to be held in seven phases, starting from April 11. As per sources, NC president Farooq Abdullah will meet Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad and All India Congress Committee General Secretary Ambika […]

Drug peddler arrested in Srinagar outskirts

Drug peddler arrested in Srinagar outskirts

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police arrested a drug peddler and recovered codeine phosphate at Nishat area of Dal Lake in this summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, a Police Spokesperson said here on Wednesday. According to the Spokesperson, the accused was identified as Parveez Ahmad Dar, resident of Latar Masjid Safakadel. ”Police Station Nishat seized […]

Kashmir shuts to protest ‘custodial killing’ of school teacher; Train services, mobile internet suspended

Kashmir shuts to protest ‘custodial killing’ of school teacher; Train services, mobile internet suspended

Srinagar: Kashmir valley is observing a complete shutdown on Wednesday against the “custodial killing” of a school teacher and Jama’at-e-Islami activist Rizwan Asad on Tuesday. The call for shutdown was issued by the Joint Resistance Leadership. Shops and other business establishments are shut in the capital city Srinagar while public transport is off the roads. […]

Kashmir highway closed; Leh, Mughal road remain shut

Kashmir highway closed; Leh, Mughal road remain shut

Srinagar: Traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu highway was suspended on Wednesday, due to fresh landslides and shootings, triggered by heavy rains during the night. Meanwhile, the Srinagar-Leh highway and the historic 86-km-long Mughal road, connecting Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region, remained shut since December last year, due to accumulation of snow.  […]

Pak woman who entered J&K with Kashmiri husband gets five years jail

Pak woman who entered J&K with Kashmiri husband gets five years jail

Srinagar: Faiza Begum, who along with her three minor children allegedly accompanied her husband on his return to Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) in 2012 under the rehabilitation scheme of former militants received five years’ imprisonment and a fine of Rs 20,000, reports Indian Express. Sheraz Ahmed, also known as Shakir, married […]

Australia to summon Turkish envoy over President Erdogan’s ‘offensive’ remarks

Australia to summon Turkish envoy over President Erdogan’s ‘offensive’ remarks

Srinagar: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday criticised Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for threatening to send Australians “back in a coffin” following the Christchurch attacks. Scott Morrison told Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that Erdogan’s comments were “very offensive.” He said that he would summon the Turkish ambassador to Australia to demand an explanation, […]