Srinagar : A fresh batch of 1,175 pilgrims left Jammu on Tuesday for the Kashmir Valley to perform the Amarnath Yatra. An official said that 1,175 including women and sadhus, left Bhagwati Nagar, Jammu base camp for Baltal and Nunwan camps under unprecedented security arrangements for amaranth yatra. “Of these, 660 yatris are going to […]
AFP Fifteen people were killed when a small army plane crashed into a residential area in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi near the capital Islamabad, a rescue official told AFP early Tuesday. “A small plane crashed into a residential area. So far we have retrieved 15 dead bodies, including 10 civilians and five crew members,” […]
Srinagar : Police claimed to have arrested a “notorious” drug peddler in Sopore area in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. The arrested drug peddler as Arif Hussain Lone son of Abdul Hamid Lone resident of Lorihama Rafiabad, a police spokesman said. He said the drug peddler was arrested near Baghat Achabal raea of Sopore […]
Srinagar : Putting speculations about the abrogation of article 35 A to rest, J&K unit of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) Monday said that its primary agenda in the Core Group Meeting scheduled to be held in Delhi on Tuesday will be to pitch hard for the delimitation of the assembly seats and to finalise a […]
Srinagar : Immediately after PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday sought help from her rival party National Conference’s patriarch Farooq Abdullah to present a united front against the Centre’s rumoured plans to end Article 35A, the latter said that they were calling an all-party meeting within two or three days to discuss the issue. “I […]
In the recent past Srinagar administration has tried to address many public issues, but there seems very little impact of their efforts on the ground. In order to address the complaints by the women in the Government transport, the deputy Commissioner of Srinagar recently held a meeting to discuss the issue of harassment of women […]
Srinagar : Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday reacted sharply to the statement issued by the NC General Secretary Ali Mohd Sagar, terming his claims as fabricated, farce and an outright lie. In a statement PDP General Secretary Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura termed it unfortunate that NC leadership in order to score browny points within […]
SRINAGAR: A fresh order directing the five zonal superintendents of police to provide the list of mosques in the city and its management committees has added to the speculation about some major decision in the offing regarding Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. “Please provide details of mosques and their managements falling without your respective jurisdictions […]
Agencies Raipur: Two Naxals, including a woman, were killed in an encounter with the security forces in the forests of Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Monday, police said. The firefight occurred around 7 am in the forest near Kanhaiguda village under Konta police station limits when a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on […]
Srinagar : The counter insurgent forces on Monday launched a cordon and search operation (CASO) in Bankoot village in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Reports said that a joint team of army, CRPF, and special operations group of Jammu and Kashmir police cordoned off Bankoot village. The search operation in the area was going on, however, […]