Srinagar: The Valley traders Thursday decided to observe complete shutdown in Lal Chowk and adjoining areas from Friday afternoon against the harassment of Kashmiris outside the Valley. They have also decided to carry out a protest rally from Ganta Ghar area of Lal Chowk at 04:00 pm on Friday in this regard. Kashmir Traders Manufacturing federation […]
Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir National Conference leader Omar Abdullah slammed the Central government for removal of security to mainstream political workers and office-bearers in the state. “Withdrawal of security to mainstream political workers & office bearers is a retrograde step that will only weaken political activity in the valley. This is regardless of the fact that […]
Srinagar: Pakistan’s star cricketer and flamboyant allrounder Shahid Afridi has blasted IMG-Reliance’s pull-out from covering the Pakistan Super League, that is currently underway in United Arab Emirates, a media report said. “You find out who your friends are at difficult times. What are they trying to show the world that they are educated? Educated people don’t […]
Srinagar: Former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah Thursday said their stand on holding dialogue with Pakistan has been vindicated by the India-Saudi joint statement issued after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with oil-rich kingdom’s Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman. “Amid the din & clamour for war, India-Saudi joint statement on […]
Srinagar: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in China on Thursday following earlier visits to India and Pakistan. MBS is due to meet top officials including Chinese president and ruling Communist Party leader, Xi Jinping, on Friday, highlighting Saudi Arabia’s importance as one of China’s top oil suppliers and a market for its exports, […]
New Delhi: India could face sanctions after two Pakistani shooters failed to get visas to attend a World Cup event in New Delhi, the sport’s world body said on Wednesday, amid tensions over the Pulwama militant attack that killed 49 paramilitary CRPF personnel and injured several others. Agence France-Presse reported that two Pakistani shooters, G.M. […]
Srinagar: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Friday a PIL seeking a direction to authorities to protect Kashmiri students who are being attacked across the country in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack on February 14. A bench, comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices L N Rao and Sanjiv Khanna, on Thursday […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Thursday said the families of Kashmiri prisoners lodged in jails outside Jammu and Kashmir are worried about their safety following the killing of a Pakistani prisoner in a Jaipur jail. After the condemnable killing of Pakistani prisoner by his inmates in #JaipurJail,Kashmiri inmates in jails across India […]
New Delhi: Some people want Kashmir to be part of India but don’t want Kashmiris to be part of Indians, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Thursday and asserted that the “irony of the situation is depressing”. The former home and finance minister also took a dig at Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy’s statement that he […]
Srinagar: The higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall, while the plains were lashed with rains overnight, the MET Office said on Thursday. An official of the MET Department said the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded 29 cms of snow, while Kupwara received 11 cms of fresh snowfall during the night. Snow […]
