Srinagar: Government forces resumed search operation on Wednesday in the woods in the Keran sector of frontier district of Kupwara, where two infiltrators were killed immediately after they sneaked into this side, official sources said. With the first light this morning, security forces resumed search operation in the dense woods near the Line of Control (LoC) […]
Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership has called for a complete shutdown on November 17 when Panchayat Polls will begin across Kashmir. The JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik urged people to observe shutdown against “yet another election drama” being enacted by the “oppressive regime” of New Delhi. They urged […]
Jammu: Five persons, including a suspected drug peddler, have been taken into preventive custody in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said Wednesday. Payar Hussain, a resident of Kote Dabbar village, was detained in Nowshera area of the district and lodged in district jail, a police spokesman said. Hussain is a notorious drug peddler […]
Sopore: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairperson Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik and several other resistance leaders and activists on Wednesday participated in the funeral prayers of octogenarian Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani’s son-in-law at Sopore. Witnesses said a large number op people attended the funeral procession of Ghulam Hassan Makhdoomi at Dooru […]
Srinagar: The Bharatiya Janata Party has said it is ready to form the government in J&K. The BJP with 26 MLAs is looking for 19 other lawmakers to touch the magic figure of 45, according to a senior functionary of the party in J&K who has been involved in government-formation efforts, Tribune India reported. Ashok […]
Srinagar: Fresh snowfall and rains occurred in the mountains of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, as the Met forecast scattered rains and snow to continue till Thursday. There would be some improvement in the weather after Thursday, the weather official said, adding that the state has so far received 83.5 mm rainfall between October 1 […]
Srinagar: Many rural areas in Ladakh in Kashmir region have been unanimously elected new sarpanches and panches. Nearly 40 percent sarpanches and 94 percent panches in Leh district have already been elected unopposed even as the panchayat elections are to start in the Ladakh region from November 17. A total of 31 blocks, including 16 […]
Srinagar: Pakistan Administered Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has said there was no military solution to the Kashmir issue and India would have to initiate dialogue with Pakistan and Kashmiris to find a way for a peaceful settlement of this longstanding dispute. He said that Pakistan had always sought a peaceful resolution of the […]
Srinagar: Police on Tuesday said that it has arrested a woman along with 20 grenades from Lawaypora area in outskirts of Srinagar city. “Today evening upon receipt of reliable information that some OGWs is coming from Baramulla towards Srinagar with ammunition, a naka was laid opposite Kirmaniabad shrine near Lawaypora,” a police officer told GNS. […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to Chief Engineer Power Development Department for resorting to unscheduled power cuts both in metered and non-metered areas and for irregular power supply as winter sets in. The SHRC has sought a report from the Chief Engineer within a weeks time. The […]
