Srinagar: A 24-year old youth was injured after shot at by suspected militants at Midoora village of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday late evening. Muzaffar Ahmad Hajam son of Mohammad Amin Hajam of Midoora, Tral was fired upon by masked gunmen believed to be militants outside his maternal home at Hajam Mohalla at […]
Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Thursday said that as Delhi unleashes more “repressive” measures in Kashmir, the situation would only deteriorate further. In a statement , JRL said: “The human rights violations continue unabated as youth and activists are arrested on a daily basis and booked under PSA and send to jails outside Kashmir. […]
Srinagar:: Election Commission of India on Thursday issued notification for the third phase of Lok Sabha polls in Kashmir’s Anantnag Parliamentary constituency. Anantnag constituency has already made a record of being longest delayed by-poll since 1996. The constituency was vacated by Mehbooba Mufti in June 2016 to become the chief minister following her father and […]
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) Vice President and former chief minister Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah on Thursday questioned the formation of new political parties only in Kashmir, saying that in last 15 days, six political parties have been formed in the Valley. Omar while talking to reporters on the sidelines of the function in Lolab […]
Srinagar: Peoples Conference (PC) Chairman Sajad Gani Lone today said that Abudullahs’ are the real architects of erosion of special status and that they can no longer going to befool educated masses of Jammu and Kashmir. While address a convention of workers in Tangdhar, Sajad said accountability must start from 1975 Accord when Sheikh sahab […]
Kabul: Up to 12 police personnel have reportedly been killed in the southern Zabul and neighboring Helmand province on Thursday amid peace efforts to find negotiated end to Afghanistan’s protracted fighting. The militants, as a sign of mounting pressure on security forces targeted police checkpoints in Siory district of Zabul province early Thursday, leaving seven police […]
Srinagar: An unidentified female body was recovered from Jhelum river near Dangerpora area of Sumbal in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday. An official said that sand diggers found a body floating in Jhelum near Dangerpora area in the morning. “They informed police who took the body to Sumbal for identification,” he said. He said […]
Banihal/Jammu: A truck driver was arrested and 450 kg poppy seeds were seized from his vehicle on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district, officials said Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, a police team intercepted a truck on its way to Punjab from Kashmir in Banihal area on Wednesday night, they said. During checking, 18 bags […]
Bandipora: The District electoral officer Bandipora has placed under suspension Chief Medical Officer and Block Medical Officer Bandipora and ordered inquiry after the two officials were allegedly found attending a political workers’ meeting of National Conference early this week. The order reads “Whereas, photographs and video dips were received through Chief Electoral Officer JK for inquiry […]
Srinagar: Panic gripped a hospital in south Kashmir district of Pulwama when a newborn was found dead on Thursday morning, official sources said. The newborn was found near the main entrance of Sub District Hospital (SDH), Tral in Pulwama. A case was registered and proceedings initiated. (UNI)
