Modi lookalike switches over to Congress, says ‘achche din’ won’t come

Modi lookalike switches over to Congress, says ‘achche din’ won’t come

He looks like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dresses and speaks like him and begins his speech with ‘Mitron’, but their similarities end there — He is Abhinandan Pathak, a Congress campaigner in the Naxal-affected Bastar region of Chhattisgarh who says “achche din nahin ayenge”. A new entrant to the grand old party, Pathak was with […]

Weatherman Forecast More Rains, Snow In Valley

Weatherman Forecast More Rains, Snow In Valley

Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir meteorological department has said that Kashmir will witness a fresh spell of widespread precipitation, rain, and snowfall in the coming week. An official of the Met Department said there are chances of scattered to fairly widespread rain/snowfall in Valley from November 12 to 14. The Srinagar city has recorded […]

Family appeals for donations to help young woman survive multi-organ failure

Family appeals for donations to help young woman survive multi-organ failure

Srinagar : Hailing from Sariwarpora area of Pattan, Naseema Dar (28) developed nephrotic syndrome in May 2014 which resulted in a kidney failure. Family appeals for donations to help young woman survive multi-organ failureReduced to penury after spending a fortune on her treatment, a family in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday appealed for donations […]

Militant hideout busted in Shopian village: Police

Militant hideout busted in Shopian village: Police

Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir police and the army Thursday claimed to have busted a militant hideout in a village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Jammu & Kashmir Police on its twitter handle said “Police & 23 Para in Shopian busted a militant hideout at Ramnagri village,” adding that “Incriminating materials were recovered from the […]

16 Taliban militants killed, 19 others injured in Afghanistan

16 Taliban militants killed, 19 others injured in Afghanistan

Afghan forces killed 16 Taliban militants and injured 19 others while evicting them from several villages in Dand-e-Ghori area in Baghlan province, police said Thursday. “The security forces have recaptured several villages including the main base of Taliban rebels over the past four days,” police chief Ekramudin Sari told Xinhua news agency. Dand-e-Ghori was captured […]

Jammu massacre worst tragedy of human history: Geelani

Jammu massacre worst tragedy of human history: Geelani

Srinagar: Terming Jammu massacre of 1947 as the worst human tragedy, Syed Ali Geelani, the octogenarian Hurriyat leader on Tuesday and said that slaughtering lakhs of Muslims jointly by Dogra army, Indian forces, Hindutwa fascist groups like RSS and Shivsena and other communal forces is a brazen and most barbaric incident human history can ever […]

Governor greets people on Diwali

Governor greets people on Diwali

Srinagar: Governor Satya Pal Malik has extended warm greetings to the people on Diwali, the festival of lights, and hoped that this auspicious occasion would be a harbinger of peace, progress and prosperity in the State. In his message of greetings, Governor observed that this festival symbolizes the triumph of truth and righteousness over falsehood […]

Kishtiwar on edge

Kishtiwar on edge

Authorities are leaving nothing to chance in communal sensitive Kishtiwar District of Jammu region, as intelligence feedback has warned of communal backlash after suspected gunmen killed State Secretary of BJP Anil Parihar and his brother Ajit Parihar. Governor’s administration swung into action and suspended internet services and also decided to bring out army for flag […]

J&K Chief secretary BVR Subrahmanyam expresses dissatisfaction over ‘tardy pace’ of projects

J&K  Chief secretary BVR Subrahmanyam expresses dissatisfaction over ‘tardy pace’ of projects

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam expressed dissatisfaction over the “tardy pace” of implementation of various projects in the state and called for a coordinated approach for their speedy completion, an official spokesperson said Tuesday. Subrahmanyam Monday chaired a State Level Distribution Reforms Committee (SLDRC) meeting on the implementation of flagship programmes in power […]

Hizb pays tributes to slain Shopian militants

Hizb pays tributes to slain Shopian militants

Srinagar : Hizb-ul-Mujahideen has paid tributes to the two militants killed in Zainapora Shopian gunfight Tuesday morning and appealed JAKLI cadres to join the Hizb ranks carrying freddom struggle to its logical conclusion. In a tele-statement to KNS, Operational Spokesman Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Burhan-u-Din identified the two slain militants as Mohammad Idrees alias Abbas and Amir Hussain […]