Authorities have decided to suspend rail service and Amarnath yatra for Sunday and Monday as a precautionry measure to avoid protests and violence due to two day bandh call given by JRL against the perceived tinkering with article 35 A. Authorities have also beefed up security in the entire Kashmir valley especially in south kashmir […]
Police and security forces were trying to control the protests in Gool area of Ramban after the locals alleged that army killed one local and injured another.while army said that they opened fire after they saw some suspicious movement locals said that it is a cold blooded murder. Police said that they have registered a […]
Eighteen people were killed in a Russian helicopter crash on Saturday in East Siberia region, authorities said. Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said the MI-8 went down at 10.20 a.m., about 180 kilometre from the town of Igarka, in Krasnoyarsk region. “There were three crew members and 15 passengers abroad the Mi-8 that belonged to Utair airline,” […]
By Mandira Nayar : Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri served as foreign minister of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007. A career politician, Kasuri helped draft a bilateral agreement that could have ended the animosity between India and Pakistan. The agreement, which was worked on by president Pervez Musharraf and prime minister Manmohan Singh, was aimed at finding […]
NEW DELHI — Major Leetul Gogoi, who was detained by police in a Srinagar hotel after he was seen with a local girl in May, may face punitive action as a Court of Inquiry ordered by the Army into the incident is likely to indict him in the case, official sources said here. They said […]
Srinagar : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday staged a protest in solidarity with the people of Jammu and Kashmir seeking full safeguards against all conspiracies to undermine the state’s constitutional position and political autonomy. Referring to cases against Article 35 A pending in Supreme Court PDP protestors demanded the dismissal of all cases pending […]
Srinagar : A fresh batch of 528 pilgrims left on Saturday for Amarnath cave in Kashmir, officials said. The pilgrims, including 128 women and 47 sadhus, left in a convoy of 18 vehicles from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu under tight security arrangements, they said. While 340 pilgrims, including 109 women, headed for […]
Srinagar: Intense clashes erupted in Yenned village of Pahalgam in Southern Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday afternoon where thousands of people have assembled to participate in the funeral prayers of slain militant Arif Ahmad Mir. Mir’s body is yet to reach his native village. Reports reaching Muslim kashmir said that at least 10 civilian protesters […]
Srinagar: Thousands of people on Saturday flocked Malikgund and Losedenow villages in southern Kashmir’s Shopian district to offer funeral prayers of the three slain militants who were killed during a gun battle with government forces in Killora village of the district along with three associates. The three include Umar Malik, an LeT district commander and […]
Srinagar : A civilian was killed in clashes with the government forces in Ganowpora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday. An official said that Bilal Ahmad Khan, a resident of Pujoo village of Kral Chuk suffered a bullet injury in his chesafter forces used live ammunition and pellets to disperse protesters who had […]