Srinagar: 32-year-old vendor who was abducted by unknown persons from Brath Kalan village in northern Kashmir’s Sopore last week has been released Wednesday morning. The vendor who was identified as Tariq Ganai and was abducted by car-borne persons from the village, reached home in Bomai early this morning after five days.
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani was taken to Sharp Sight Centre of Florence hospital Chanapora this morning for his eye checkup, a spokesman said. Hurriyat (G) spokesman said a team of noted ophthalmologists conducted several eye tests of the pro-freedom leader and performed a minor surgery in his right eye. “After the […]
Srinagar:Government on Tuesday announced winter vacations for colleges in Jammu and Kashmir. A government order said that the all colleges of Kashmir division shall observe winter vacation from December 24 2018 to February 11 2019. The order stated that all government degree colleges of Jammu division except those falling in winter zone of the division […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir has bagged eight medals, including two gold and five silver, in Jeet Kune Do Martial Arts National championship held at Manipur. Meanwhile, five medalists have been selected to represent the country in the Asian Martial Arts games to be held at Bangkok in Thailand from January 10, 2019, Rameez Khan, General Secretary […]
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Member of Parliament Mir Mohammad Fayaz on Tuesday protested inside the premises of Parliament against the recent civilian killings in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Fayaz hails from north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, and is a sitting Member of Parliament in the upper house or Rajya Sabha. Wearing a white T-shirt inscribed […]
Jammu: In a second such incident this month, a leopard has killed a three-year-old boy in a remote hilly village in Mahore area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, officials said Tuesday. A massive search operation has been launched to track down the beast which had earlier struck in Kansoli village of Mahore belt on […]
Srinagar:On the JRL call of Joint Resistance Leadership funeral prayers in absentia were offered to slain Pulwama civilians at Maisuma, Hyderpora and at Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, Kashmir’s capital city. The funeral prayers were attended by several people including activists of both factions of Hurriyat and other separatist organisation. “As we mourn the #PulwamaMassacreall roads […]
New Delhi: The centre is learnt to have recommended imposition of President’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir after the expiry of six-months of Governor’s rule on December 19. The decision has been taken after Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik sent a report to the central government recommending imposition of President’s rule in the state, […]
Srinagar:Delhi High Court Tuesday issued a notice to Government of India and IG Prisons on the petition filed by Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Asiya Andrabi, Sofi Fehmeeda and Naheeda Nasreen against their alleged solitary confinement. The petition states that the solitary confinement is the violation of their human rights, news gathering agency ANI reported. The trio are […]
Srinagar: Train services remained suspended for the fourth successive day on Tuesday on Srinagar-Banihal track as a “precautionary measure”, railway officials said. Seven persons were killed by government forces on Saturday in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. However, train service resumed in north Kashmir after remaining suspended for three days, following strike called by Joint Resistance Leadership […]
