International think-tank International Crisis Group has asked New Delhi to “rethink” its approach to Kashmir and suggested restoration of statehood to J&K as a way to calm down tensions. Jammu and Kashmir was divided into two Union Territories on August 5 last year when its special status was scrapped. It is significant as at the time political parties of […]
At least twelve persons were injured after a vehicle they were traveling in skidded off the road and met an accident in Baderkund area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Monday, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). An unnamed official told the agency that a mini-bus carrying passengers en route Ganderbal skidded […]
Sopore police on Monday claimed to have arrested two militant sympathizers from apple town sopre in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. According to police statement, Joint team of 22RR, SOG, CRPF 179, 92 BN and Sopore police laid naka at Darpora Bomai and arrested two militant associates. Police has identified them as Ishfaq Ahmad Mir son […]
A day after militants shot at and critically injured a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker in Ompora Budgam in central Kashmir, the 38-year-old succumbed to his wounds at Shri Maharaja Hari Singh hospital in Srinagar on Monday. The party worker, Abdul Hamid Najar, a resident of Ompora, was critically injured when militants fired upon him […]
Mystery shrouds the disappearance of the Army soldier, Shakir Manzoor, even as an undated unverified audio surfaced on social media in which a person, suspected to be a militant, claimed to have killed the abducted soldier and not returned the body. The authenticity of the purported audio message could not be ascertained. The speaker in […]
The social media is splashed with letters and videos of the BJP workers announcing their resignations or disassociation with the saffron party. While a fresh militant attack sparked four resignations of the BJP office-bearers from the central Kashmir’s Budgam district today, several other resignations, mostly of lower-rung workers from south Kashmir, were announced during the […]
Srinagar: IAS officer-turned-politician Shah Faesal Sunday removed from his Twitter bio his designation as the president of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM), a party he had founded after leaving the civil services in 2019. Although his party leaders maintain that the change in Faesal’s bio should not be seen as him quitting politics, the development has raised speculation […]
District Magistrate Srinagar has ordered extension in restrictions on public activities including operation of commercial establishments and movement in Srinagar, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). The restrictions will continue to remain enforced for another week up to midnight on 15 August. The extension has been ordered keeping in mind the COVID-19 […]
Kashmir’s economy, as per the estimates of the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries, has suffered losses to the tune of ₹40,000 crore in last one year. The trade body estimates show that the lockdown imposed on 5 August by the government of India dealt losses of ₹18,000 crore from August to November 2019. The unemployment in […]
Commissioner, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Gazanfar Ali on Sunday directed the owners of commercial buildings to strictly adhere to parking norms within 15 days or face the seizure. The Commissioner directed the commercial buildings owners to free parking spaces within 15 days or they would be sealed by the SMC authorities. He directed the officials […]