Srinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday in its elections manifesto said that the party was committed to abrogate Article 370 and Article 35-A of the Indian constitution, granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The party said that it reiterates its position since the time of Jan Sangh to abrogate both the articles. The manifesto also […]
SRINAGAR: Hurriyat (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has decided to appear before National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday in New Delhi. He will be accompanied by other Hurriyat leaders including Prof Abdul Gani Bhat, Bilal Gani Lone, and Masroor Abbas Ansari and other members of the executive council. In a statement Hurriyat has appealed masses […]
Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah Sunday said the Central government knew of the Pulwama attack beforehand but allowed it to happen because” Modi had to win elections.” Farooq, who led a protest of party members against the official ban on civilian traffic on Srinagar-Jammu highway two days a week to secure convoy movement on the […]
Srinagar: The Pakistan foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday has claimed that India was planning to launch yet another attack inside Pakistan between April 16 and 20, The News reported. Speaking at a press conference, the newspaper reported that Islamabad has already informed members of the United Nations’ Security Council (UNSC) of its concern […]
Srinagar: In a first in history, bi-weekly shut-down of highway has begun in Kashmir from 9 am onwards on Sunday. According to the government, the highway will remain shut from south to north Kashmir for two days- Sunday and Wednesday- from 9 am to 5 pm. On Sunday the highway wore a deserted a look. […]
Srinagar: The government has appointed magistrates who would regulate traffic on highway during the army convoy movement. The government has closed the highway for Sunday and Wednesday to secure the convoy from militant attacks during the polling time.
Srinagar: Suspected militants on Saturday shot dead an army man in Warpora Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said that the gunmen fired upon Mohd Rafeeq Yatoo at his home at Warpora at around 5:25 pm.Yatoo taken to near by hospital, however, he died on the way, they said.Sources said that Yatoo, a […]
Srinagar: Two militants have been killed in a brief shootout with government forces in Padguchi area of Imam Sahib in South Kashmir Shopian district on Saturday. Reports said that a joint of army’s 44RR and SOG launched a cordon and search operation in an orchard at Padguchi area of Imam Sahib. A senior Police officersaid […]
Srinagar: Authorities on Saturday granted a family from Anantnag permission to travel on the Srinagar-Jammu highway on Sunday, one of the two days in a week when the government has banned civilian traffic on the thoroughfare to “secure” convoy movement. The family had to run from pillar to post to seek ‘permission’ for travelling to Doda to their […]
Srinagar: Pakistan has said that it will never accept India repealing Article 370 of its Constitution that gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Foreign Mohammad Faisal Faisal made the remark during his weekly press briefing on Friday. “Pakistan will never accept the repeal of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution… Kashmiri […]
