WASHINGTON: Pakistan‘s leadership has “limited options” to respond to India’s decision on J&K as many analysts view that Islamabad has “little credibility” on the issue given its long history of covertly supporting militant groups there, according to a US Congressional report. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) in its second report on Kashmir in less than six months also said that […]
No one in the government has ever called the three detained former chief ministers of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir “anti-national”, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said, adding that a decision on their release will be taken by the administration of the union territory. Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti had […]
The J&K High Court today reiterated and made it clear that the government should ensure that no vehicle was parked on the roadside. The court said the government should ensure that the vehicles were parked in the designated parking spots. These directions were passed today by a Division Bench of the HC comprising Justice Ali […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police Thursday claimed to have achieved major success by solving various theft cases in central Kashmir’s Budgam district by arresting 5 accused and recovered property worth lakhs. A police spokesman in a statement said that police station Chadoora acted on various complaints received during recent past, from complainants wherein one Maruti 800, Motor […]
Srinagar : Separatist leader Shakeel Bakshi escaped an attack on his life by unidentified gunmen here on Wednesday, officials said. The gunmen entered Bakshi’s residence at Bemina locality and opened fire at him. However, the assailants missed the target and Bakshi managed to escape unhurt, the officials said. The police have taken cognizance of the […]
Srinagar : Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested a Hizbul Mujahideen millitant from central Kashmir’s Budgam district. A source said that a naka was laid by the Budgam Police at Qazipora area of the district following a tip-off about the movement of some militants in the area. “During the checking, one militant has been apprehended along […]
Srinagar : CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami said a few hours of a downpour on Thursday once again exposed the hollow claims of flood preparedness in Kashmir. A spell of heavy showers in the morning caused water-logging in many places in the Valley and capital Srinagar city as well. Several localities in the city […]
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 : Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Kashmir unit on Friday organized the International Day of Yoga at Gindan Park Rajbagh in Srinagar. BJP State General Secretary (org) Ashok Koul was the chief guest while guest of honor was Jammu Mayor Chander Mohan Gupta. Speaking on the occasion, Ashok Koul said that it was not […]
Srinagar : An Army soldier allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle inside the camp in north Kashmir’s Pattan on Saturday. Reports said that an army man of 22 Engineering Regiment, posted at Hamrey Pattan, shot himself while on duty today at around 11:00 am. Soon after the incident, his colleagues immediately […]