Srinagar : A fresh batch of 2723 yatris on Wednesday left for Amarnath cave in South of Himalayas from Yatri Niwas, Bhagwati Nagar base camp here. The fleet of 100 vehicles ferrying pilgrims was escorted by CRPF personnel in jeeps and on motorbikes. For Pahalgam route, 1114 male, 220 females, one child, 141 sadhus left […]
Agencies New Delhi : The University Grants Commission on Tuesday (July 23) released a list of 23 fake universities currently operating across the country. The Commission said that the these 23 “self-styled, unrecognized institutions” are functioning in contravention of the UGC Act. UP has the highest number of such colleges, with eight of the 23 […]
Baramulla : Body of a 16-year-old girl was retrieved from river Jhelum in Dachi village of north Kashmir’s Uri Wednesday morning, however fourth day entered the body of Baramulla youth is still untraced. Reports reaching said that locals with the help of Police retrieved the body of Rubeena Bano (16) daughter of Mohammad Anwar Shah, […]
Agencies NEW DELHI: There was no discussion on Kashmir in the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Japan recently and there is no question of any mediation on the issue, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday. Making a statement in Lok Sabha, Singh said mediation on the Kashmir issue […]
Agencies Washington : India and Pakistan were “pretty close” to resolving the Kashmir issue, in phases, during the regime of then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday. “They came pretty close on resolving the Kashmir issue – phased movement referendum during […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police in north Kashmir’s Sopore in Baramulla district arrested three timber smugglers and seized illicit timber. A police official said that acting on information a police team headed by SDPO Rafiabad and SHO Police Station Panza under the supervision of SSP Sopore arrested three notorious timber smugglers in the forest area […]
Srinagar : Two boys drowned in river Jehlum in Shilwat area of Sumbal in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday. An official said that two boys identified as Mohammad Shafi Bajran, 15, and Mohammad Kafeel Bajran, 8, sons of Abdul Rashid Bajran of Kalakoot Rajouri drowned in river Jhelum. He said that soon after the […]
SRINAGAR : Due to frequent landslides and erratic weather conditions on the National Highway, the Divisional Commissioner on Tuesday directed concerned officers to divert all trucks, loaded with mutton and poultry supplies from Jammu to the Valley through Mughal Road so that the adequate stocks are maintained for the ongoing marriage season and upcoming Eid-ul-Zuha festival […]
Agencies Srinagar : PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said US President Donald Trump’s “disclosure” on third party mediation on Kashmir is a “huge policy shift” and India and Pakistan must seize the opportunity to forge peace through dialogue. Trump claimed during his meeting with Pakistan Premier Imran Khan that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had […]
Union Government has started the process to rehabilitate migrant Kashmiri Pandits back in the Valley and all the decks are being cleared for this purpose. In this direction, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has asked the State administration to accelerate the process so that the projects are completed within the timeline in many districts of […]