Srinagar, Jul 30 (KNS): Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Tuesday said that any move against the places of worship and religious matter will be resisted in Kashmir. He expressed concern over the circulation of government orders to create alarm among people. “Concerned by Govt orders being circulated daily to create alarm among people, […]
New Delhi : JKNC MP Hasnain Masoodi on Monday gave notice under Rule 197 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of his intention to call attention of the Minister of Home affairs to the panic and uncertainty that has taken Kashmir in its grip following deployment of additional Security Forces in large […]
More Afghan civilians were killed by Afghan and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) forces than by the Taliban and other militants in the first half of 2019, the UN mission said in a report released on Tuesday. Most of the civilian casualties were apparently inflicted during Afghan and NATO operations against insurgents, such as airstrikes […]
Srinagar : A fresh batch of 1,175 pilgrims left Jammu on Tuesday for the Kashmir Valley to perform the Amarnath Yatra. An official said that 1,175 including women and sadhus, left Bhagwati Nagar, Jammu base camp for Baltal and Nunwan camps under unprecedented security arrangements for amaranth yatra. “Of these, 660 yatris are going to […]
AFP Fifteen people were killed when a small army plane crashed into a residential area in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi near the capital Islamabad, a rescue official told AFP early Tuesday. “A small plane crashed into a residential area. So far we have retrieved 15 dead bodies, including 10 civilians and five crew members,” […]
Srinagar : Police claimed to have arrested a “notorious” drug peddler in Sopore area in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. The arrested drug peddler as Arif Hussain Lone son of Abdul Hamid Lone resident of Lorihama Rafiabad, a police spokesman said. He said the drug peddler was arrested near Baghat Achabal raea of Sopore […]
Srinagar : Putting speculations about the abrogation of article 35 A to rest, J&K unit of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) Monday said that its primary agenda in the Core Group Meeting scheduled to be held in Delhi on Tuesday will be to pitch hard for the delimitation of the assembly seats and to finalise a […]
Srinagar : Immediately after PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday sought help from her rival party National Conference’s patriarch Farooq Abdullah to present a united front against the Centre’s rumoured plans to end Article 35A, the latter said that they were calling an all-party meeting within two or three days to discuss the issue. “I […]
Srinagar : Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday reacted sharply to the statement issued by the NC General Secretary Ali Mohd Sagar, terming his claims as fabricated, farce and an outright lie. In a statement PDP General Secretary Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura termed it unfortunate that NC leadership in order to score browny points within […]
SRINAGAR: A fresh order directing the five zonal superintendents of police to provide the list of mosques in the city and its management committees has added to the speculation about some major decision in the offing regarding Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. “Please provide details of mosques and their managements falling without your respective jurisdictions […]