Disciplinary action ordered against Maj Gogoi: Report

Disciplinary action ordered against Maj Gogoi: Report

Srinahar: An Army court has ordered disciplinary action against the infamous Maj Leetul Gogoi  who was detained by the police in May thisbyear with a local woman in a hotel in Srinagar. According to NDTV disciplinary action has been ordered against him by the army court. Gogoi first hit the headlines when he tied a […]

Fresh plea challenging Article 35 A will not be heard today by SC

Fresh plea challenging Article 35 A will not be heard today by SC

Srinagar: Following adjournment request by the petitioner the Supreme Court did  not taken up a fresh plea challenging vires of Article-35A today. According to sources the fresh petition listed for hearing today was dropped  petitioner Ashewani Upadhyay, pleaded for adjournment. “It was listed today for admission,” he said. The main petition seeking abrogation of Article-35A  […]

Protests erupt over Art 35 A in Anantnag, police uses tear gas

Protests erupt over Art 35 A in Anantnag, police uses tear gas

Anantnag: Clashes between protesting youth and government forces broke out in Lal Chowk area of Anantnag town in South Kashmir on monday as hundreds of youth hit the streets over ‘attempts to scrap Article 35 A’. The Article 35 A defines  permanent resident of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, barring anyone non PR of […]

Eight people involved in “Unlawful activities” taken into preventive custody in Rajouri

Eight people involved in “Unlawful activities” taken into preventive custody in Rajouri

Jammu: At least eight people have been taken into preventive custody for their involvement in unlawful activities including drugs trafficking in Kotranka tehsil area of Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. “These persons have been taken into preventive custody after orders issued by Executive Magistrates,” police said. They said that in Kandi, Mohammad Qadeer, son […]

Hajj 2018: Advisor reviews arrangements for arrival of pilgrims

Hajj 2018: Advisor reviews arrangements for arrival of pilgrims

Srinagar:The Advisor to the Governor, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai on Sunday took stock of the arrangements put in place for the smooth arrival of Hajj pilgrims at the Srinagar International Airport. The first batch of Hajj pilgrims is scheduled to arrive at Srinagar Airport on August 28 (Tuesday). Reiterating the importance of clarity in work, the […]

Yatra 2018 concludes, 2.85 lakh pay obeisance

Srinagar: The annual pilgrimage to the Cave of Amarnath concluded today, on Shravan Purnima, amid chanting of religious hymns in the spiritual ambience of South Kashmir Himalayas. Additional Chief Executive Officer of  Amarnath Shrine Board along with Piyush Singla, Deputy Commissioner, Ganderbal, visited the Cave  early this morning and prayed for sustained peace, harmony, progress […]

Afghanistan president rejects resignation of three top security officials

Afghanistan president rejects resignation of three top security officials

KABUL: Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani rejected on Sunday resignations tendered a day earlier by three senior security officials, the government said. The ministers of defence and interior, as well as a senior security chief, sent their resignations to the president’s palace on Saturday, soon after Afghanistan’s national security adviser also resigned. Government spokesman Haroon Chakansuri […]

Kashmir highway remain closed for 2nd day, over 600 vehicles stranded

Kashmir highway remain closed for 2nd day, over 600 vehicles stranded

  Srinagar: Traffic on the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only all weather road connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, remained closed for the second day on Sunday due to landslides, triggered by heavy rain. Over 600 vehicles, mostly carrying passengers, and trucks loaded with essentials and fruit besides oil tankers were […]