Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah urged the people of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday to elect those leaders in the upcoming general election who would ensure that their voice was heard in Parliament. “Now that the trumpet of the Lok Sabha polls has been blown, the NC is all geared up. The people […]
(PTI) The threat of further escalation between India and Pakistan after the Pulwama suicide attack is over, an internal assessment of the Pakistan government has concluded. The Express Tribune reported that the assessment was shared by a senior official on Monday in a background briefing on the current state of relations between the two neighbouring […]
Srinagar: Police Tuesday claimed to have solved a weapon snatching case with the arrest of two accused persons in South Kashmir’s Shopian district. A 12-bore rifle was snatched from an ATM guard in Kundulan area of district Shopian on 6th March, 2019, Police spokesman said. He said consequently, a case was registered and investigation […]
Srinagar : The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Monday directed state authorities to file a detailed report into the Handwara gunfight in which at least seven residential houses had been razed to the ground. Hearing a petition filed by rights activist Ahsan Untoo, the Commission asked deputy commissioner Kupwara and senior superintendent of police […]
Srinagar : Rejecting media reports about selection of candidates for three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir valley, Vice President of the National Conference (NC) Omar Abdullah said only a preliminary short listing of potential candidates have been done. Reacting to reports that NC has selected three candidates for the valley, the former Chief Minister tweeted […]
SRINAGAR — A landslide blocked the strategic Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district on Monday as the high-altitude areas experienced fresh snowfall, while the plains were lashed by rains, officials said. The landslide struck the 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, at Kharpora near Banihal around 1.40 pm, […]
Srinagar : Police have directed the people, possessing licensed guns in central Kashmir district of Ganderbal, to deposit their weapons in nearby police stations before March 15. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ganderbal Khalil Ahmad Poswal in an order issued on Monday said that as per the guidelines/instructions of Election Commission (EC), all licensed weapon […]
(Agencies) Islamabad : Taliban founder Mullah Omar lived within walking distance of US bases in Afghanistan for years, according to a new book that highlights embarrassing failures of American intelligence. Washington believed the one-eyed, fugitive leader had fled to Pakistan, but the new biography says Omar was in fact living just three miles from a […]
Srinagar : A 22-year-old shopkeeper was killed after hit by a shooting stone amid heavy rainfall in Gursai area of Mendhar in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. Reports said that the shopkeeper Umar Farooq (22) son of Noor Hussain of Sanjoite, Gursaie was hit by the shooting stone when he was busy […]
Srinagar : The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Monday said Election Commission should announce the schedule for the assembly election simultaneously with Lok Sabha polls. In a statement issued to KNS, CPI (M) said, “It is perplexing how the security situation in Jammu & Kashmir is good for the conduct of […]