BJP leader killing: NIA conducts raid in Kishtwar

BJP leader killing: NIA conducts raid in Kishtwar

Jammu :    A team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted raids in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir in connection with killings of BJP leader Anil Parihar and his brother Ajit Parihar. ‘The NIA Team conducted raids at several locations in Kishtwar town in connection with Parihar brothers killing,’ sources here said. […]

Mirwaiz asks MMU to call off March 16 strike

Mirwaiz asks MMU to call off March 16 strike

Srinagar :    Chairman Hurriyat Conference (M), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday asked Majilis-e-Ulema (MMU) to take back the strike call on 16 March. Mirwaiz also extended gratitude to Mutahida Ulema council, traders and civil society for their “concern and support”. Taking to Twitter, Mirwaiz said, “Express my deep gratitude to Mutahida Ulema Council J&K, the […]

KU students protest against GoI’s ban on Jamaat-e-Islami

KU students protest against GoI’s ban on Jamaat-e-Islami

Srinagar: The students of Kashmir University on Wednesday held a strong protest demonstration against the ban on Kashmir’s largest socio-religio-political organization in Jammu and Kashmir. Dozens of students marched from the varsity’s History department upto Humanities block carrying banners and chanting slogans denouncing the ban on Jama’at. Last month Government of India banned Jamaat, a larger […]

Modi govt ‘consciously disenfranchised’ JK people by not holding Assembly election: Omar

Modi govt ‘consciously disenfranchised’ JK people by not holding Assembly election: Omar

(Agencies) Srinagar : National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday the Modi government had “consciously disenfranchised” the people in Jammu and Kashmir by not holding the Assembly election on time. “Dear @narendramodi Sahib, it is good to see you appealing to famous people to increase voter turnout however at the same time your government […]

Militant hideout busted in south Kashmir’s Kulgam, one arrested

Militant hideout busted in south Kashmir’s Kulgam, one arrested

Srinagar: One person was arrested and arms and ammunition, including grenades, were seized by the government forces from a militant hideout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said Wednesday. “On credible input, a joint party of police and other forces busted a hideout in a residential house at Kulgam district’s Yaripora area, and recovered […]

India, Pakistan to discuss Kartarpur corridor on Thursday

Chandigarh: Indian and Pakistani officials will meet at Attari, near Amritsar, on Thursday for their first meeting to finalize the modalities of the Kartarpur corridor to enable Indian pilgrims to pray at the historic Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara in Pakistan. The meeting, amid heightened tensions between both countries, is being held to discuss the draft agreement […]

Air pollution deaths are double earlier estimates: study

Paris: Air pollution causes 790,000 premature deaths every year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide, doubling recent assessments, according to a study released Monday. Between 40 and 80 percent of those excess deaths are caused by heart attacks, strokes and other types of cardiovascular disease underestimated up to now as a driver of smog-related mortality, […]

Israeli police assault worshippers, close Al-Aqsa compound

Jerusalem: Israeli forces have closed all entrances to occupied East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosquecomplex amid ongoing confrontation with Palestinian worshippers, a Palestinian official has said. “Dozens of Israeli soldiers stormed the Al-Aqsa compound and assaulted several religious figures,” Firas al-Dibs, spokesperson for Jerusalem’s Religious Endowments Authority, a Jordan-run agency tasked with overseeing the city’s Muslim […]

Hundreds surrender with Islamic State near defeat

BAGHOUZ: Islamic State faced imminent defeat in its final enclave on Tuesday as hundreds of jihadist fighters and their families surrendered and the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said the battle was as good as over. The besieged enclave of Baghouz is the last shred of territory held by the jihadists who have been driven from […]

Cong spreading lies from the land of Mahatma Gandhi BJP

New Delhi: Rejecting allegations by Congress against the Modi government as lies, the BJP Tuesday claimed that the opposition party is engaged in spreading untruths from the land of Mahatma Gandhi and appeared “nervous” as it has sensed its “defeat” in the coming Lok Sabha polls.     Reacting to Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s and its general […]