Heavy road tax on NH a regressive, anti-people decision: Shah Faesal

Heavy road tax on NH a regressive, anti-people decision: Shah Faesal

Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM) Chief Shah Faesal has asked the State government to defer imposing heavy road tax on Srinagar-Jammu highway at newly established Toll Plaza at Charsoo. In a statement issued to KNS, Shah Faesal lambasted the Government for its callous approach to first close the highway and now levying […]

Man kills wife in Jammu

Man kills wife in Jammu

Jammu: A man allegedly stabbed his 20-year old wife to death in the city on Tuesday night, officials said. Police have arrested the accused Tota Ram, SP (south Jammu) Vinay Sharma said. In the preliminary investigation, it has surfaced that Ram suspected that his wife was involved in an illicit relationship.

9 killed in Pak suicide blast outside shrine in Lahore

9 killed in Pak suicide blast outside shrine in Lahore

Agencies Lahore:  At least nine persons, including five police personnel, were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a major Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s Lahore on Wednesday as the country marks the fasting month of Ramzan, officials said. The blast took place around 8:45 am (local time) outside Gate number 2 of the […]

Three Shopian youth detained in Rajouri released: Police

Three Shopian youth detained in Rajouri released: Police

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday said that the three boys of south Kashmir’s Shopian district who were detained from a village near the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district have been released. Police has identified the three boys as Danish Gulzar (15) son of Gulzar Ahmed of Nully, Shopian; Shaid Ahmed Telli […]

Search operation launched in north Kashmir’s Baramulla

Search operation launched in north Kashmir’s Baramulla

Srinagar : Government forces on Wednesday launched a cordon and search operation in Gohan village in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said that a joint team of army’s 46 RR, SOG of Jammu Kashmir Police and 53 BN of CRPF cordoned off the village. They said the CASO was launched in the village following inputs […]

Restrictions relaxed on Jammu Srinagar NH 44

SRINAGAR: The Government has been reviewing the restrictions imposed earlier this month on civilian movement on the National Highway (NH-44) connecting Jammu to Srinagar with a view to balancing the security needs of Forces’ Convoys with the need for minimizing public inconvenience. These restrictions became necessary following the large movement of security forces on an […]

Less participation of people in LS polls warrants introspection from political leadership: Tarigami

Less participation of people in LS polls warrants introspection from political leadership: Tarigami

Srinagar : Asserting that less participation of people in the Lok Sabha election warrants introspection from political leadership, senior CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami alleged that indiscriminate arrests of youths across the valley, particularly in south Kashmir, in the recent times will erode people’s trust in the government further. “As the response of people in […]

Highway ban

Highway ban

Highway ban has been bleeding Kashmir Valley with authorities only saying that they will ease the ban. The restrictions on the movement of vehicles have created lot of problems in Kashmir including price rise. Recently, Supreme Court disposed of a plea challenging the Jammu and Kashmir government’s order restricting civilian traffic for a day in […]

Four injured in Surankote road accident

Four injured in Surankote road accident

Srinagar : Four persons were injured, one of them seriously when a vehicle met with an accident in Bufliaz area of Surankote in Poonch district on Tuesday. A police official said that the Tata Mobile vehicle (JK-02AD-6286) skidded off the road and rolled down the hill at Donar Bufliaz in Surankote today morning. The mishap […]