JKPL urges world bodies to help stop ‘bloodshed’ in Kashmir

JKPL urges world bodies to help stop ‘bloodshed’ in Kashmir

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir People’s League (JKPL) Sunday urged the international human rights organizations to play a role in stopping the ongoing ‘bloodshed’ in Kashmir. Mukhtar Waza in a meeting with People’s League Senior members Nisar Ah Rather,Riyaz Ah Dar,Aijaz Mir,Fayaz Ah and Shabir Ahmad said :“It is high time world community intervenes and […]

Yatra resumes on both Pahalgam and Baltal routes after three days

Yatra resumes on both Pahalgam and Baltal routes after three days

Srinagar  In a review meeting, Governor  N.N. Vohra, Chairman of Amarnath Shrine Board was informed by  CEO Umang Narula, that the Yatra which had been interrupted for the past 3 days because of landslides, slippery tracks and shooting stones due to incessant rains in the Yatra area has since resumed via both Pahalgam as well as […]

Schools to remain shut tomorrow in Srinagar : Div Comm

Schools to remain shut tomorrow in Srinagar : Div Comm

Srinagar :Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Khan has ordered the closure of all Government and private schools in district Srinagar tomorrow. An order issued from the office of Divisional Commissioner Kashmir said all schools both government and private shall remain closed in view of the flood alert in different parts of Kashmir valley.

Amarnath pilgrim injured in engine blast in Srinagar

Amarnath pilgrim injured in engine blast in Srinagar

Srinagar: A 40-year-old Amarnath pilgrim suffered injuries after an engine of a vehicle exploded in Lasjan area of Srinagar outskirts on Sunday. SSP Srinagar district Imtiaz Ismail Parray said  that the pilgrim suffered injuries after the engine of the vehicle in which he was travelling in, exploded in Lasjan area today late in the afternoon. “The blast […]

Lightning kills four, injures 15 in Bihar

Lightning kills four, injures 15 in Bihar

Aurangabad: Four people were killed and more than 15 others  injured on Sunday when lightning struck them on the bank of punpun river under Obra police station area in the district today. District Magistrate Rahul Ranjan Mahiwal said here that lightning struck a group  of people who had reached on the bank of Punpun river […]

Rajnath assures support in dealing with flood situation in valley

Rajnath assures support in dealing with flood situation in valley

New Delhi:  Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday assured all possible support and cooperation to Governor of Jammu and Kashmir NN Vohra on the flood situation in certain parts of the state . According to official sources, the Home Minister also spoke to Assam Chief Minister Sarbanand Sonowal and took stock of the prevailing flood […]

Nawaz, Zardari will be together in the coming elections: Imran Khan

Nawaz, Zardari will be together in the coming elections: Imran Khan

Islamabad:Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Sunday  claimed  Pakistan would again see PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif and PPP leader Asif Zardari together, Dawn reported “I am telling you, (Asif) Zardari and (Nawaz) Sharif will be together in the elections,” the PTI chief said while speaking at a party workers’ convention marking the formal […]

Suspected Islamic State militants behead three Afghans, torch school  in Afghanistan

Suspected Islamic State militants behead three Afghans, torch school  in Afghanistan

JALALABAD : Suspected Islamic state militants on Saturday  beheaded three men and torched a boys’ school in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan ,  Reuters reported “They brutally beheaded three attendants and set fire to the school building,” Mohammad Asif Shinwari, spokesman for the education department was quoted as saying by Reuters, adding that the administrative […]

Vohra visits flood control room, discusses preparations

Vohra visits flood control room, discusses preparations

Srinagar: Governor N.N. Vohra on Sunday  made an unscheduled visit   to the State Flood Control Room, located Srinagar, and attended the proceedings of the extensive meeting taken by Divisional Commissioner Kashmir,Baseer Khan, to review preparedness of all wings of the Divisional Administration to evacuate the affected residents in case the Jhelum crossed the high flood […]

Five killed as vehicle plunges into gorge in Bandipora

Five killed as vehicle plunges into gorge in Bandipora

Srinagar : At least five passengers were killed and three others suffered injuries in a road accident when a Tata Sumo in which they were traveling in skidded off the road and turned turtle in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Sunday. A police officer said that the Sumo (JK01F-9547) was on its way to Gurez […]