Srinagar : Traders, civil society members and fruit growers on Friday held a protest at Sopore fruit mandi to demand revocation of order restricting the movement of vehicles on Jammu-Srinagar national highway. The protesters were holding placards and banners carrying messages like ‘we love yatris’, ‘lift the ban on highway’ and ‘save fruit industry of […]
Srinagar : On Friday morning, authorities imposed restrictions in various parts of Downtown Srinagar ahead of the strike called by a separatist party Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL). Reports said that mixed contingents of forces including Jammu and Kashmir police and CRPF have been deployed in Gojwara, Naqshbandh Sahib Shrine and Shahmi Pora areas of the […]
Srinagar: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Chairman Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai on Thursday paid tributes to the martyrs of July 13, 1931, stating that 22 martyrs who fell to the bullets of Dogra forces, setting base for Kashmir’s “political struggle”. In a statement, Sehrai said, the martyrs had risen against a system that sustained itself on exploitation and denial of political […]
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday announced summer break in schools falling in Kashmir valley and winter zone of Jammu division. “It is hereby ordered that all the government educational institutions and recognised private schools up to higher secondary level functioning in the Kashmir division and winter zone of Jammu division shall observe […]
Srinagar : Governor Satya Pal Malik emphatically told the reporters in Srinagar that no doubt security forces are working day and night in the smooth movement and security of Yatra but it is the local Kashmiri who makes the Amarnath Yatra a success. While reiterating the significance of local Kashmiris in making the annual Amaranth […]
Srinagar : Six people were injured in fresh dog attacks in border Town Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday morning. Reports said that six people became fresh victims of stray dogs today morning at Dawaran village of Uri. In Dawaran Uri, a group of stray dogs attacked and injured 6 people, including […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) patron and three time chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Dr Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said that Kashmir is a political issue which needs a political solution in such a way that no party (India or Pakistan) should feel betrayed. “Kashmir is a dispute between two countries (India […]
Jalandhar : Five persons, including two women, were killed when the car they were travelling in collided with an SUV near Pachranga village here Thursday morning, police said. The accident took place when the car driver lost control over the vehicle, which jumped the median strip, crossed over to the other side and then rammed […]
Srinagar : Joint Resistance Leadership on Thursday said that a complete strike will be observed on July 13th, in remembrance of martyrs of the land and as a means to once again reiterate the urgent need for a peaceful and just resolution of the Kashmir conflict. Meanwhile, paying tributes to the martyrs 13th July 1931 Hurriyat […]
Srinagar : A fresh batch of 5486 pilgrims on Thursday left for the Amarnath cave in South of Himalayas from Yatri Niwas, Bhagwati Nagar base camp, here. The fleet of 221 vehicles ferrying pilgrims was escorted by CRPF personnel in jeeps and on motorbikes. However, for Pahalgam route, 2514 male, 591 females, 25 children and […]