Shopian shuts down fouth consecutive day

Shopian shuts down fouth consecutive day

Shopian: A complete shutdown was observed for the fourth consecutive day in this south Kashmir township against the killing of six militants, including a civilian by government forces on Friday. All shops, business establishments, schools and colleges, petrol pumps remained closed for the fourth straight day in Shopian town and some other parts of the […]

4 Army Soldiers, 2 Militants Killed In Gurez Gunfight

4 Army Soldiers, 2 Militants Killed In Gurez Gunfight

Bandipora : Four army soldiers, including a Major, were killed in a gunfight along the Line of Control (LoC) in Gurez area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Tuesday. Two militants were also killed in the gunfight, army said. A defence spokesman confirmed the deaths of an army Major and three soldiers in the gunfight […]

Life is still in Srinagar on Sunday due to separatist call

Life is still on morning in Srinagar city with very little private transport plying and heavy presence of security forces. The call for general strike was given by joint Resistance Leadership against the challenge being faced by kashmir identity due to the case pending in supreme Court of India. Separatist leaders have already been put […]

Amarnath yatra, train service suspended for two days

Authorities have decided to suspend rail service and Amarnath yatra for Sunday and Monday as a precautionry measure to avoid protests and violence due to two day bandh call given by JRL against the perceived tinkering with article 35 A. Authorities have also beefed up security in the entire Kashmir valley especially in south kashmir […]

Protests erupt as army allegedly killed cattle trader

Police and security forces were trying to control the protests in Gool area of Ramban after the locals alleged that army killed one local and injured another.while army said that they opened fire after they saw some suspicious movement locals said that it is a cold blooded murder. Police said that they have registered a […]

Russian helicopter crash kills 18 in Siberia

Russian helicopter crash kills 18 in Siberia

Eighteen people were killed in a Russian helicopter crash on Saturday in East Siberia region, authorities said. Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said the MI-8 went down at 10.20 a.m., about 180 kilometre from the town of Igarka, in Krasnoyarsk region. “There were three crew members and 15 passengers abroad the Mi-8 that belonged to Utair airline,” […]

Pak army will accept a negotiated solution on Kashmir

Pak army will accept a negotiated solution on Kashmir

By Mandira Nayar : Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri served as foreign minister of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007. A career politician, Kasuri helped draft a bilateral agreement that could have ended the animosity between India and Pakistan. The agreement, which was worked on by president Pervez Musharraf and prime minister Manmohan Singh, was aimed at finding […]

PDP protests in Srinagar against onslaught on Article 35-A

PDP protests in Srinagar against onslaught on Article 35-A

Srinagar : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday staged a protest in solidarity with the people of Jammu and Kashmir seeking full safeguards against all conspiracies to undermine the state’s constitutional position and political autonomy. Referring to cases against Article 35 A pending in Supreme Court PDP protestors demanded the dismissal of all cases pending […]

528 pilgrims leave Jammu for Amarnath cave in Kashmir

Srinagar : A fresh batch of 528 pilgrims left on Saturday for Amarnath cave in Kashmir, officials said. The pilgrims, including 128 women and 47 sadhus, left in a convoy of 18 vehicles from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu under tight security arrangements, they said. While 340 pilgrims, including 109 women, headed for […]