Srinagar : Suspected militants Thursday night attacked a SRTC bus at Turkwangam village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. According to reports the bus was onway to pick up paramilitary CRPF men when it came under attack from militants at Tarkanwagam. “While I was on way to Balpora camp to pick up CRPF personnel, there was […]
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has issued a third notice to Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in an alleged militancy funding case asking him to produce himself before the agency April 8 on the pretext of providing him adequate security cover IN Delhi. According to the sources, the central agency has issued a […]
Srinagar : While calling national highway as lifeline for Kashmir, the only road connecting rural network of hospitals with tertiary care hospitals, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today demanded exclusion of medical fraternity and patients from such restrictions. “The government order to close national highway for civilian movement on Wednesdays and Sundays is invariably going to […]
Agencies NEW DELHI : The BJP has topped the chart of political advertisers on Google with an advertisement spent share of around 32 per cent, while its rival Congress is ranked sixth with a meagre 0.14 per cent share. Political parties and their affiliates have spent Rs 3.76 crore on advertisements since February 19, […]
Srinagar : A Panch who was injured critically after shot at by unknown gunmen at Shalipora village in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district succumbed to injuries last night. A senior doctor at SMHS hospital said that the Abdul Majeed Dar succumbed to injuries at around 11:15 pm on Wednesday . Earlier, unknown gunmen had barged inside […]
Agencies Srinagar : PDP president Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference candidate Justice (retd) Hasnain Masoodi Wednesday filed nomination papers from Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir. BJP candidate for the south Kashmir seat Sofi Mohammad Yousuf has already filed his nomination papers. Two independent candidates have also filed their nominations since the Election […]
Srinagar : Senior Congress leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief Ghulam Nabi Azad Wednesday said Modi should know to control his tongue and think twice before speaking anything. “The Congress manifesto is very exclusive. We have never made such an exclusive manifesto in the last 35 years,” Azad said, while talking to reporters at […]
Agencies SRINAGAR: A ‘new India’ where those who kill and lynch in the name of religion are feted and garlanded is “unacceptable”, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti said Wednesday. The PDP president was reacting to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s remarks that statements of mainstream parties in Kashmir create “separatist psyche” and […]
Agencies SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police chief Dilbag Singh Tuesday sought to assure the people that all necessary efforts would be made to ensure a peaceful and secure atmosphere for them to exercise their franchise in the Lok Sabha polls. The director general of state police gave the assurance after visiting Baramulla and Kupwara districts […]
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday arrested a militant of Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit at Rajbagh area of Srinagar. Official sources said that a militant identified as Danish Haneef Wani a resident of Natipora has been arrested from a private hospital in Srinagar. Danish went missing soon after he left home for prayers in the […]