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Centre open for dialogue with Hurriyat leaders: J&K BJP

Centre open for dialogue with Hurriyat leaders: J&K BJP

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 […]

Enjoying political, bureaucratic patronage, hoteliers at Yanner Pahalgam carry on with their businesses illegally 

Enjoying political, bureaucratic patronage, hoteliers at Yanner Pahalgam carry on with their businesses illegally 

  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 […]

Four Ansar Gazwat-ul-Hind militants killed in Shopian gunfight

Four Ansar Gazwat-ul-Hind militants killed in Shopian gunfight

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 […]

Hurriyat is now ready to talk: Governor

Hurriyat is now ready to talk: Governor

 Srinagar: Governor Satya Pal Malik on Saturday termed as welcome the statement of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq expressing readiness for talks, underling that “temperatures have improved a lot and are far below” since he took over the reins of the state. “I feel happy that temperature when I came here is far below […]

Hailstorms, torrential rains and strong winds wreck havoc in parts of Pulwama

Hailstorms, torrential rains and strong winds wreck havoc in parts of Pulwama

Pulwama :Hailstorms, torrential rains with high velocity winds wrecked created havoc in many parts of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, disrupting normal life and creating panic among the people. The hailstorm besides Pulwama town and its peripheries hit other parts of the district as well including Awantipora and Tral. Accompanied by gusty winds hailstorm triggered traffic […]