Srinagar: A local court on Tuesday afternoon granted bail to senior journalist Ghulam Jeelani Qadri who was arrested by police from his Srinagar residence in a 27-year-old case registered under Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act in 1992. The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) fixed the next of date of hearing on July 31. […]
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) President Dr Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday welcomed granting of reservation to people living near the international border in J& K. He said the reservation on similar lines should have been given to people along international border falling in other states of the country. NC president said that the Nation welcomes the […]
Srinagar: In his first visit to Jammu and Kashmir after taking charge of Union Home Ministry, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Jammu and Kashmir for two days beginning Wednesday. Official sources said that Amit Shah is likely to co-chair a meeting of Unified Command with governor Satya Pal Malik. […]
Srinagar: Asserting that law for reservations in promotions was first brought by her father Mufti Mohammad Syed during his term as CM in 2004, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti said she support it wholeheartedly, but the manner NDA adopted it is unconstitutional with sole motive of disempowering J&K’s constitution. ‘Law for reservations in […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) on Monday impressed upon the government of India to take the repeated offer of dialogue of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan seriously and pointed out that Hurriyat Conference (M) has always favoured talks as the means of resolution and there is nothing new in the remark on dialogue but Hurriyat Conference […]
Srinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national vice-president and J&K affairs in-charge Avinash Rai Khanna Monday said that Centre was open for dialogue with the Hurriyat leaders. Speaking to the reporters on the sidelines of a party function in Srinagar, Khanna said that J&K residents including Hurriyat leaders are welcome to talk but within the ambit of […]
Pahalgam: Scores of illegally constructed hotels, huts and guest houses are operating under the nose of the authorities in Yanner area of famous tourist spot, Pahalgam in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Dozens of these commercial establishments constructed illegally by the politically well connected people on the banks of Lidder River during last several years […]
Pahalgam: Alleging that security forces are harassing people on the national highway, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah said such acts should be stopped at once. ‘When I was coming to Pahalgam from Srinagar, I saw that security forces were stopping people at several places on the highway…. This is not a good thing. Nowhere […]
Srinagar: At least four militants of Ansar Gazwatul Hind (AGH) were killed during a brief exchange of fire with government forces in Daramdora village located on South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday morning. Witnesses said the brief gunfight broke out after a joint team of 44 Rashtriya Rifles and special operations group (SOG) of imamashab […]
Jammu: Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Saturday said that soldiers were fully prepared to meet all security challenges in Jammu and Kashmir. General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) accompanied by Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, Army Commander, Northern Command visited troops in the Akhnoor sector, a defence ministry spokesperson Lt Col Devender Anand […]
