Srinagar: Governor N.N. Vohra has expressed grief over the sad demise of former Prime Minister Sh. Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Paying tribute to the former Prime Minister, with whom he had the privilege of working for some time, Governor described him as an astute and visionary leader whose thinking was deeply infused by humanism. He recalled […]
SRINAGAR : Terming the Enforcement Directorate Notice to Syed Ali Geelani as biased and unrealistic, All Parties Hurriyat Conference said that Indian authorities have crossed all democratic, constitutional and moral limits to satisfy their hatred against Kashmiries in general and leadership in particular. Hurriyat has made it clear long ago that during 2002 Income Tax […]
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has passed away. He was 93. A bulletin from AIIMS said he died at 5:05 pm. (See the image alongside). Vajpayee’s health worsened over the last 36 hours, the All India Institute of Medical Science said in a press note released this morning that he continued to be in […]
Clashes erupted between government forces and youth this afternoon during a cordon and search operation (CASO) in Khudwani area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Reports said that as soon as the cordon was launched in the Wani Mohalla area of Khudwani locals tried to resist the forces operation. However forces resorted to tear gas shelling […]
Thiruvananthapuram : With rains still pouring down heavilty leading to flooding of dams and rivers across Kerala, 12 fresh deaths were reported on Thursday, taking the toll to 79, since August 8. Entire Kerala has been on a red alert since Wednesday evening. A total of 28 deaths were reported on the day. The deaths […]
Kabul : Gunmen have launched an attack on an Afghan intelligence training center in Kabul, officials say. Police officer Abdul Rahman said on August 16 that the attackers were holed up in a building near the compound overseen by the National Security Directorate in a western neighborhood of the Afghan capital. He said the gunmen […]
Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested three gamblers and recovered Rs. 16,380 stake money from their possession, said a spokesman. “Police party of Police Station Nigeen led by SHO raided a gambling site in Habak area and apprehended three gamblers namely Mohammad Shafi Bhat son of Mohammad Sultan resident of Hazratbal, Ghulam Hassan Joo son […]
New Delhi : In a video uploaded on social media, two men have claimed responsibility for the attack on JNU student leader Umar Khalid in an upmarket area in Delhi on Monday, and said they will surrender before police tomorrow. Police are on the lookout for the two men seen in the video uploaded on […]
Srinagar :In a bid to raise several key issues pertaining to the state at present, a high level delegation of leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday met the Jammu Kashmir Governor NN Vohra at Raj Bhavan here. In a statement, party chief spokesman Rafi Ahmad Mir said the senior PDP leader Abdul […]
Srinagar : An army on Thursday claimed to have found a huge cache of arms and ammunition near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. According to reports, a search operation was launched by an army in Jhanjar area of Rajouri, during which an ammunition was found. Earlier a soldier was […]