Srinagar: Immediately after Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday sought help from her rival party National Conference’s (NC) patriarch Farooq Abdullah to present a united front against the Centre’s rumoured plans to end Article 35A, the latter said that they were calling an all-party meeting within two or three days to discuss the […]
Srinagar: Governor’s advisor on Home affairs K Vijay Kumar on Monday rejected the rumours that troop movement in Kashmir was connected to any pending announcement. Talking to reporters on the side lines of a function, Kumar dismissed the various government orders, which have gone viral on social media, pertaining to induction of 10,000 troops and […]
Srinagar: A fresh order directing the five zonal superintendents of police to provide the list of mosques in the city and its management committees has added to the speculation about some major decision in the offing regarding Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. “Please provide details of mosques and their managements falling without your respective jurisdictions […]
Pahalgam: With Pahalgam development authority (PDA), the main nodal agency for the development of Pahalgam generating crores of rupees from public parks and other resources annually, most of the street lights at the famous tourist destination remain non-functional. The street lights being defunct is not only creating bad impression among the tourists visiting the place […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti warned the Centre on Sunday against the revocation of Article 35A, saying any tinkering with the constitutional provision would be akin to setting a powder keg on fire. Addressing a function here to celebrate the Peoples Democratic Party’s 20th raising day, Mufti asked her party workers […]
Srinagar: The additional troop deployment of 10,000 paramilitary forces in Kashmir was made after inputs about major militant attack in Kashmir, news agency ANI reported. Quoting top govt sources, ANI reported that there were inputs about a major terrorist attack being planned by “Pakistan-based terrorist groups in Kashmir valley, behind the govt decision to deploy […]
Srinagar: Appealing people not to give ear to rumours, Additional Director General Police (ADGP) Law and Order Muneer Khan Saturday said 100 companies of paramilitary forces will replace those personnel of training companies, who are deployed on various duties since last year starting from Urban Local Bodies elections. “Around 200 training companies are presently performing […]
The countdown for the removal of the controversial Article 35A in Jammu and Kashmir has started. Two days after National Security Adviser Ajit Doval returned from a visit to the Valley, the Centre has decided to move 10,000 additional paramilitary troops there to address the likely fallout of the move on the ground, IANS news […]
China and Turkey on Friday threw their weight behind the international community’s efforts to seek a “peaceful resolution” to the longstanding Kashmir dispute. Beijing backed US President Donald Trump’s recent offer of mediation between Pakistan and India in the Kashmir issue, Express Tribune reported. “We support the international community, the US included, in playing a […]
Shopian: Government forces on Saturday morning killed two Jaish-e-Muhammad militants in a gunfight in Bonbazar village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. The slain militants include a local commander and foreigner. Sources said that the counterinsurgency forces including army, Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police and other paramilitary forces cordoned the village late last night. […]
