Srinagar: Expressing surprise over Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti’s recent statement, condemning summoning of moderate Hurriyat Conference (HC) Mirwaiz Molvi Umar Farooq by NIA, National Conference (NC) on Tuesday said that the statement coming from her ‘is a steep expression of political opportunism and shamelessness.’ “Ms Mehbooba has surpassed all conceivable degrees of […]
Srinagar: Two youth were arrested after a bank security guard’s “missing” rifle was recovered from their possession while another was arrested for the possession of a grenade and ammunition, police said. “On the intervening night of March 11/12, police Shopian arrested two youths of village Kumdalan village. During questioning, a 12 bore rifle which was […]
Srinagar: Authorities have booked a youth under Public Safety Act (PSA) from Srinagar and shifted him to Kot Bhalwal Jail in Jammu on Tuesday. An official said that Hashim Farooq Mir of Ikhrajpora, Srinagar was shifted to Kot Bhalwal jail on Tuesday afternoon after he was arrested by police around fortnight ago and was later lodged […]
SRINAGAR: The field Executives of Legal Metrology Department (LMD) during routine inspections of different localities of Srinagar today booked three delivery boys of cooking gas distributors for over charging on refill cylinders. The authorities have fixed Rs 820 as the rate for refilled cylinder having a gas of 14.2 Kg for district Srinagar. Out of […]
SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, Tuesday reviewed the preparedness for launch of the ambitious Green Srinagar Initiative under Smart City mission on March 15. The DC who was speaking in a meeting convened here said some 1.50 lac saplings will be made available for plantation across the district as part of the […]
Srinagar: A Sweden-based think tank revealed that India was the world’s second largest importer of major arms in 2014-18 and accounted for 9.5 per cent of the global total. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released the data in their annual report titled ‘Trends in International Arms Transfers-2018’. According to the think tank, the […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front on Tuesday said that the summoning of Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson and Kashmir’s head priest Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to New Delhi is ot acceptable to the people of Kashmir. Terming recent raids by NIA and summoning of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Naseem Geelani and others to Delhi, as an […]
Srinagar: Muttahid-e-Masjlis Ulema on Tuesday appealed people to observe complete shutdown on Saturday to protest the summoning of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq by National Investigation Agency (NIA) and ban on Jamaat-e-Islami. Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, Grand Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam appealed people to observe complete shutdown on Saturday to protest against Mirwaiz’s summoning by NIA and […]
Srinagar: Pakistan has been elected as the deputy chairman of the general body of the Parliamentary Union of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), an influential grouping of 57 countries, majority of which are Muslim-dominated. According to an official announcement, Pakistan was elected deputy chairman of the general body of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC […]
Srinagar: In the backdrop of recent simmering Pak-India tensions, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and US National Security Adviser John Bolton held a telephonic conversation to discuss the regional security situation. According to a statement issued by the Foreign Office, the purpose of the phone call was to provide Washington with Pakistan’s perspective on the […]
