Srinagar: One-way traffic will move on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Thursday, an official said. “The highway is open for one-way traffic. Vehicles are being allowed to move from Srinagar to Jammu today,” the traffic department official said. All stranded vehicles on the highway were cleared on Wednesday. The 300 km-long highway passes through some of […]
Srinagar: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Wednesday said RSS shakhas produce ill-informed bigots. Abdullah made the remark attacking former Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta for his reported remarks that madrasas breed militants. “And RSS shakhas produce ill-informed bigots like Gupta here,” said Abdullah in a tweet. The BJP leader and former dy CM […]
Srinagar: India has said its first meeting with Pakistan to finalise the modalities for Kartarpur corridor would be held at the Indian side of the Attari-Wagah border on March 14. The announcement came a day after Pakistan said it would send a delegation to India on March 14 to discuss a draft agreement for setting up […]
Srinagar: Chairman JKLF Muhammad Yasin Malik on Thursday was slapped with public safety act (PSA) and will be lodged in kot bakwal jail Jammu. According to JKLF spokesman , Malik was arrested on 22nd February 2019 and was kept at police station Kothibagh since then. “Thursday morning he was informed that he has been booked […]
Srinagar: Pakistan used heavy artillery guns on the Line of Control (LoC) on Wednesday leading to India warning it against any misadventure. The Indian Army retaliated by firing Bofors gun to give a befitting reply. Intense shelling was reported all along the LoC on Wednesday and the use of heavy calibre weapons led to a […]
Srinagar: Jama’at-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir strongly condemns the Public Safety Act (PSA) slapped on its chief spokesperson Advocate Zahid Ali and terms it muzzling of peaceful voice by suppressive tactics. In a Statement issued by Jama’at said, under concocted and baseless charges SSP Ganderbal today slapped Public Safety Act (PSA) on party’s chief spokesperson Advocate Zahid […]
Srinagar: Militants and government forces on Wednesday evening exchanged fire at Badrapayeen village of Kralgund in Handwara area in north Kahsmir’s Kupwara district. Reports reaching said that government forces, following specific information about the presence of militants, were throwing a cordon-and-search operation in the village when they came under the attack. The government forces retaliated the […]
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Wednesday said that the ban on Jamaat e Islami, arrest of hundreds of its leaders and cadres, the assault on the State’s hereditary state subject law fresh spree of raids by NIA and ED are all authoritarian decisions […]
Srinagar: Advisor to Governor, Khursheed Ahmad Ganai, who holds the charge of Education Department, today said that there will be no further extension in winter vacations beyond March 9 and all schools, colleges will open from March 11. Chairing a high level meeting attended by the Vice Chancellors, College Principals, Controller of Examinations and Director […]
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti hit the streets on Thursday demanding lifting of ban on Jamat-e-Islami and arrests of its leaders. Terming the ban on Jamaat a religious interference, Mehbooba said her party would continue to protest at district and constituency levels until the Jamaat leadership and clerics […]
