Srinagar: The Election Commission will soon announce its schedule for the high-voltage Lok Sabha elections, which is likely to be spread over 7-8 phases in April-May, sources said on Thursday adding that in Jammu and Kashmir only Lok Sabha polls will be held while Assembly polls will be kept on hold due to security reasons. Top […]
Baramulla: Three drug peddlers were arrested by police in apple township of Sopore in this north Kashmir district, a police spokesman said here on Friday. Acting on a tip-off about movement of some drug peddlers, a ‘naka’ checking was established in Sopore. During checking, three drug peddlers were arrested and 360 tablets of Spasmoproxivon Plus were […]
Jammu: A major fire broke out in a J&K Bank branch in Rajouri town of Jammu and Kashmir. “Major fire broke out during wee hours in J&K Bank branch of Rajouri,” police here said on Friday. They said that the fire broke out inside the record room of the branch in which many files were destroyed. […]
Beijing: China welcomes readiness of India and Pakistan to launch a serious dialogue to downscale bilateral tensions, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday. “Since the very beginning of the conflict, China has said that the parties must keep restraint, prevent the further escalation, find out what has really happened and settle the problem via […]
Srinagar: The United States, while providing F-16 fighter jets to Islamabad, not only acknowledged the aircraft’s “deterrence value” to Pakistan in a future conflict with India but also noted that it could prevent a nuclear clash between the two neighbours. Both points are specifically mentioned in a message the then US ambassador in Islamabad Anne […]
Srinagar: Kashmir Valley is observing a complete shutdown on Friday on the call of Joint Resistance Leadership. The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), comprising of octogenarian Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani, Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Yasin Malik on Thursday asked the people to observe shutdown against the arrest spree, ban on socio/religious organization Jamat-I-Islami, […]
Geneva: On average, almost 100 civilian deaths or injuries were recorded each week in 2018, according to data released on Thursday by the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR. According to the Civilian Impact Monitoring Report for 2018, more than 4,800 civilian deaths and injuries were reported over the year resulting in an average of 93 civilian casualties […]
Srinagar: “As long as India and Pakistan refuse to deal with their core dispute — the future of Kashmir — they face unpredictable, possibly terrifying, consequences,” the New York times stated in its editorial on Thursday. It said that the current focus on North Korea’s growing arsenal obscures the fact that the most likely trigger […]
Jammu: One-way traffic will move on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Friday, an official said. “One-way traffic from Srinagar to Jammu is moving on the highway. Around 4,000 trucks crossed the Jawahar Tunnel on Thursday night to reach Jammu,” the traffic department official said. He added that there were no stranded vehicles anywhere on the 300 km-long […]
Srinagar: Chairman Hurriyat (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Thursday condemned the slapping of Public Safety Act on the JKLF chief Muhammad Yasin Malik and shifting him to Kotbalwal jail Jammu. Taking to his Twitter handle Mirwaiz said that such tactics will not stop people and leadership from demanding peaceful resolution of Kashmir, “Strongly condemn slapping of draconian […]
