Srinagar: Miscreants overnight damaged three shops and two vehicles at Mendhar town of Poonch district following which authorities ordered restrictions under section 144 CrpC, banning assembly of four than five persons in the town. Official sources said that a shops and a vehicle were fully damaged while others were partially damaged. SDPO Mendhar Neeraj Paddar, […]
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Saturday questioned the legality of the crackdown on Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir leaders, saying the “arbitrary” move will only “precipitate matters” in the state. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was reacting to the government crackdown on pro-freedom and Jamaat-e-Islami leaders which began Friday night. JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Saturday condemned JKLF chief Yasin Malik’s detention and the crackdown on the Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir leadership, saying force and intimidation will only worsen the situation. Police swooped on Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir members in Kashmir during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, and detained around two […]
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has written a letter to the United Nations Security Council accusing India of threatening regional security, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Friday. He also said India is accusing Pakistan for the Pulwama attack without any proof. “It is with a sense of urgency that I draw your attention […]
Srinagar: People living in as many as 27 villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district have been asked to be ready to vacate at short notice after intermittent cross-border shelling on Wednesday and Thursday, a media report said. The LoC has been tense and on a […]
Srinagar: The Governor administration has stopped state government advertisements to two major daily newspapers including Greater Kashmir and Kashmir Reader Newspapers in the valley. “With utmost regret, we wish to inform that the Jammu and Kashmir government has stopped state government advertisements to two major daily newspapers – Greater Kashmir and Kashmir Reader. The decision […]
Srinagar: Body parts of two militants, killed in a gunfight with government forces, were found by locals from the debris of a house razed to rubble during a gunfight in Warpora area of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. The body parts were found by the locals after the joint team of police and army […]
Srinagar: The police raided the house of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman, Yasin Malik, spokesman said. The spokesman said that Malik was later arrested and shifted to police station Kothibagh. JKLF has strongly condemned the arrest..
Srinagar: Pakistan Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi Friday called his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu to thank him for Turkey’s steadfast support to Pakistan on a range of issues. This support reflected the commitment of Pakistan and Turkey to stand by each other, Pakistan Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Briefing the Turkish Foreign Minister […]
Jammu: Three persons, including a minor, were killed and another injured when landslides hit two places in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Reasi districts, officials said Friday. A vehicle, carrying three persons in Poonch district, was hit by a landslide at Baila area on the Mandi-Fatehpur road Thursday night, they said. One person, identified as […]
