Srinagar : A devastating fire on Wednesday in Sopore town of Baramulla district in north Kashmir damaged five residential houses. Reports said that fire broke out at a residential house of Khazir Muhammad Malla in Chankhan area of Sopore and then spread to other adjoining houses. The devastating incident resulted in damage to five residential […]
New Delhi : India will ask Pakistan to insulate Sikh pilgrims visiting the Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib through the Kartarpur corridor from Khalistani separatist propaganda, official sources said. India will raise the issue during the first meeting with Pakistan to finalise the modalities for the Kartarpur corridor on Thursday. The meeting will take place on the […]
Jammu : A team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted raids in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir in connection with killings of BJP leader Anil Parihar and his brother Ajit Parihar. ‘The NIA Team conducted raids at several locations in Kishtwar town in connection with Parihar brothers killing,’ sources here said. […]
Srinagar : Chairman Hurriyat Conference (M), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday asked Majilis-e-Ulema (MMU) to take back the strike call on 16 March. Mirwaiz also extended gratitude to Mutahida Ulema council, traders and civil society for their “concern and support”. Taking to Twitter, Mirwaiz said, “Express my deep gratitude to Mutahida Ulema Council J&K, the […]
Srinagar: The students of Kashmir University on Wednesday held a strong protest demonstration against the ban on Kashmir’s largest socio-religio-political organization in Jammu and Kashmir. Dozens of students marched from the varsity’s History department upto Humanities block carrying banners and chanting slogans denouncing the ban on Jama’at. Last month Government of India banned Jamaat, a larger […]
Srinagar: One person was arrested and arms and ammunition, including grenades, were seized by the government forces from a militant hideout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said Wednesday. “On credible input, a joint party of police and other forces busted a hideout in a residential house at Kulgam district’s Yaripora area, and recovered […]
Chandigarh: Indian and Pakistani officials will meet at Attari, near Amritsar, on Thursday for their first meeting to finalize the modalities of the Kartarpur corridor to enable Indian pilgrims to pray at the historic Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara in Pakistan. The meeting, amid heightened tensions between both countries, is being held to discuss the draft agreement […]
BANDIPORA: Advisor to Governor, K Vijay Kumar inspected pace of work on theWular Lake Conservation Project, here today. The conservation project on the world famous Fresh water Lake is being implemented by Wular Conservation & Monitoring Authority (WUCMA). Commissioner Secretary Forests Manoj Kumar Diwedi, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) Suresh Chugh and officials of […]
ISLAMABAD: German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday at the PM House. According to sources, the prime minister and German foreign minister discussed Pak-India tension and the peace overtures made by Pakistan. The two also discussed Pak-German relations and the security situation in the region. Prior to meeting the […]
Srinagar: Various business and trade bodies in Kashmir Tuesday flayed the NIA summons to moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq saying it is a “direct interference in our religious affairs”. They hit out at the government terming the NIA move as “brazen attempts at politicization” of the situation in Kashmir. Addressing a joint press […]