Srinagar: Dealing a blow to the Congress ahead of the parliamentary and assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, its MLA Swaran Lata Monday joined the National Conference. Lata was vice-chairperson of social welfare board during the NC-Congress coalition government which ruled the state between 2009 to 2014. She joined the National Conference (NC) in the […]
Srinagar: A mine blast took place along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district Monday, Army sources said. News gathering agency PTI reported the blast took place in Krishnagati area. The Army is searching the area, they said. Further details are awaited.
Srinagar: Two drug peddlers were arrested with 200 grams of heroin in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, police said Monday. A police team headed by Station house officer of Rajouri, Ajaz Haider, intercepted two pedestrians during a random frisking of vehicles at Kallar area and found the drugs from them. The two were identified as Akhtar […]
Islamabad: Pakistan would continue to lend full diplomatic, political and moral support to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Imran Khan said Monday. Khan’s remarks came in a message on the Human Rights Day which is observed every year on December 10. This year, the Human Rights Day marks the 70th anniversary of […]
Srinagar: Violent clashes between civilian protesters and government forces erupted in Hajin township of of northern Kashmir’s Bandipora district Monday after the slain militant duo was laid to rest. Two teenage militants Mudassir Parray, 14 and Saqib Sheikh, 17 were killed in an 18-hour-long gunbattle with government forces Sunday morning in Mujgund area of Srinagar city […]
Srinagar: Lawyers of Munsif Court Pampore Monday afternoon held a protest demonstration outside court premises against the alleged human rights violations in Kashmir on International Human Rights Day. The protest was organised by Bar association Pampore on the call of Joint Resistance Leadership. Pertinently, the Kashmir valley is observing a complete shutdown against the human […]
Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership have called for a protest shutdown in the areas going for polls in 9th phase of the ongoing Panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement, the JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik have asked the people living in Natnussa, Drugmulla, Magam, Banakoot, Tujjar Sharief, Hardaboora, […]
Islamabad: An official of the Indian High Commission in Pakistan staged a walkout of a SAARC meeting over the presence of a minister from Pakistan Administered Kashmir (PaK) at the event, according to source here. Diplomat Shubham Singh, left the meeting to register India’s protest over the presence of PaK minister Chaudhary Muhammad Saeed at the […]
Srinagar:Peoples Conference chairperson and separatist turned pro-India politician Sajjad Gani Lone on Monday expressed anguish over the killing of 14-year-old militant in a gunfight with government forces at Mujgund area of Srinagar city. Lone, the son of former resistance leader Abdul Gani Lone, said that the government should exhaust all non-military options when minors are […]
Srinagar: A top army commander has said that the solution of Kashmir issue lies in political engagements as witnessed during the Vajpayee years and that the military can only create conditions of normalcy. “The military can only create conditions of normalcy. Beyond that, the initiatives have to be at levels of good governance, politically talking […]
