Srinagar: A protection wall collapsed in ward number-6 of Budgam town during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. Reports said that several families living adjacent to the wall had a narrow escape the collapse of the wall could have slipped away their houses as well. The locals said that the 100 feet wall could not withstand […]
Srinagar: Ten people were reported missing after an avalanche hit the Jammu-Srinagar highway. The strategic 300 km-long road remained closed for the third consecutive day on Friday due to heavy snowfall and landslides, police said. According to police sources, the avalanche hit a police post near the Jawahar Tunnel on Thursday evening. The missing people […]
Srinagar: The general officer commanding-in-chief of the northern command, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, said Thursday the Pakistani army has been using social media to mobilize support among the youth of Jammu and Kashmir to stir them towards militancy. He said Pakistan is trying to develop narratives to alter public opinion in Kashmir to disrupt peace and […]
Srinagar: Jama’at-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir, the largest socio-politico-religious organization, on Thursday evening issued an advisory to its cadre to remain vigilant and provide all possible support and assistance to those who have been badly affected by the ongoing heavy snowfall. Jama’at statement quoting spokesperson, Advocate Zahid Ali said, “Jama’at-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir directs all its […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) Thursday paid tributes to an armed youth Irfan Ahmed Sheikh who was killed in a gunfight at Chakoora village of Pulwama and the 13 year old Junaid Bilal of Pulwama who died after receiving serious injuries in an accidental grenade blast and was battling for life at SKIMS Soura stating that because […]
Srinagar: With the cancellation of flights due to snowfall, hundreds of Kashmiri passengers who returned from Umrah from Saudi Arabia are stranded at the IGI Airport in New Delhi. Mohammad Amin Wani, one of the stranded Umrah passengers said that they arrived by Air India Flight No. 992 at IGI Airport today morning at 6. […]
Srinagar: In remote Kandi village of northern Kashmir’s Baramulla district, villagers Thursday carried a pregnant woman on their shoulders for several kilometres as the roads were blocked due to heavy snowfall. Reports said that family of Begum Jan carried her on shoulders after she developed labour Thursday morning at her home in Goriwan Namblan. The villagers […]
Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership Thursday called for a complete shutdown on February 9 and 11 on the “martyrdom” anniversaries of JKLF founder Muhammad Maqbool Butt and parliament attack convict Muhammad Afzal Guru. A statement of JRL, comprising of octogenarian Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani, Hurriyat (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and JKLF chairperson Yasin Malik urged […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police have accused journalist Asif Sultan of hatching criminal conspiracy, “harbouring militant” and giving support to the “proscribed” militant organisation. Srinagar police filed a chargesheet against ten accused persons including Sultan for allegedly sheltering militants who killed police constable in a shootout in Batamaloo area of Srinagar city in August last year. […]
Srinagar: Government on Thursday transferred Tariq Ali, KAS, Joint Financial Commissioner, Agrarian Reforms and posted him as Commissioner, Srinagar Municipal Corporation. A government order stated that Vikas Sharma, KAS, Joint Transport Commissioner, under orders of transfer as Director, Geology and Mining, J&K, has been transferred and posted as Vice-Chairman, Jammu Development Authority, vice Pawan Singh Rathore. […]
