Srinagar: Southern Kashmir’s Pulwama and Shopian districts are observing a complete shutdown on Wednesday to protest and mourn the killings of six militants in two separate encounters in Shopian and Budgam districts. Reports said that all the shops and business establishments are shut in the twin districts and traffic is mostly off the roads. On January, […]
Kashmir’s IAS topper, Shah Faisal, who recently plunged into politics has sought public donations. This is a first of its kind development in the recent political history of Kashmir. Faesal who recently resigned from civil services in a social media post said that it is a people’s movement for a change and asked people […]
Srinagar: Government forces Wednesday morning launched a cordon and searc operation in Binner village of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said a joint team of Army’s 46 RR, SOG of Jammu and Kashmir Police and the CRPF launched a CASO in Jamia Mohalla, Binner village of Baramulla District. Door to door searches were going […]
Srinagar: Chinese Ambassador in Islamabad Yao Jing has said that his country will “pick Afghan Taliban as a political force” in the backdrop of their participation in the ongoing peace talks with the US and at other forums. Speaking at a roundtable conference at the Area Study Centre, University of Peshawar, on Tuesday, he said […]
Washington: The United States confirmed Wednesday that its envoy is meeting in Qatar with the Taliban, seeking to negotiate an end to the Afghanistan war despite a new major attack claimed by the insurgents. Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special representative on Afghan reconciliation, met Tuesday in the Qatari capital Doha with Taliban representatives, the State […]
Srinagar: The Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed on Wednesday for the third consecutive day following an avalanche hitting the Jawahar Tunnel and a number of landslides in Ramban district over the past few days, a traffic official said. No vehicular movement would be allowed on the highway keeping the safety of travellers in mind, the senior […]
Srinagar: Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday signed a USD 3 billion bailout package, as part of Abu Dhabi’s support to boost the cash-strapped country’s dwindling dollar reserves. The UAE in December last year had announced to provide USD 3 billion financial assistance to Pakistan after Saudi Arabia made a similar commitment […]
Jammu: State Government is mulling a proposal to register public transport vehicles fitted with GPS system and panic buttons from April 1 this year. This was disclosed by Principal Secretary, Transport Department, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon. Dr Samoon directed rolling out process of setting up a radar surveillance system to monitor passenger vehicles when the […]
Srinagar:Paying rich tributes to militants killed in Hapatnar, Budgam and Heff Shopian encounters, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani on Tuesday reiterated that the youth of Kashmir were forced to opt for gun as a reaction to “Indian military and forcible occupation of the state”. Terming Kashmir as a bone of contention between the […]
Srinagar:: Two persons were killed and as many others are missing when an avalanche hit them while they were heading home at Kawana Trigam village in Ramban district on Tuesday. Official sources said that snow avalanche occurred at around 3:00 p.m. near Kawana at Trigam, swept away four persons. Bodies of two persons were recovered and […]
