Srinagar : One-way traffic will continue on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Saturday, an official said here. “Both heavy and light vehicles, including trucks carrying essential supplies for the Kashmir Valley are being allowed to move from Jammu to Srinagar today,” the traffic department official said. However, no vehicle will be allowed to move on after […]
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested the youth who threw grenade at Jammu bus stand earlier in thre day. One person died and over thirty others were injured in the blast that took place at 11:45 am. DGP, Jammu and Kashmir Dilbag Singh, according to news agency ANI, said that the […]
Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership on Thursday called for a complete shutdown on Friday against the mass arrest spree in Kashmir, tinkering with article 35-A and slapping of public safety act on Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairperson Muhammad Yasin Malik. “Arbitrary arrest and detention of senior resistance leader and chairman JKLF Muhammad Yasin Malik and […]
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Thursday demanded publication of all documents related to the Rafale aircraft deal, saying Article 19 of the Constitution ensured people’s rights regarding freedom of speech and expression. He also said the celebrated judgement of the US Supreme Court in 1971 in the case of the Pentagon Papers was […]
Srinagar Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday strongly condemned slapping of Public Safety Act (PSA) on Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik. “Strongly condemn slapping of draconian PSA and shifting to #KotBalwalJail Jammu of #YasinMalik & others by the authorities.These illegal & undemocratic tactics will not stop people […]
Srinagar : A militant has been killed in an encounter with government forces at Badra Payeen area of Kralgund, Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said on Thursday. An army officer said that after a brief gunfight last night, one militant was killed and his body was recovered along with a pistol and some […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities on Thursday booked Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik under Public Safety Act (PSA), said a party spokesman. He said that Mailik is being shifted to Kot Balwal jail in Jammu. Malik was detained in a late night raid on February 22 and was lodged at Kothibagh police station.
Srinagar : 514 stranded passengers of Kargil were airlifted in two aircrafts of AN-32 and one aircraft of IL-76 of the Indian Air Force on Wednesday. 105 passengers were airlifted in two sorties from Srinagar to Kargil, 41 passengers from Kargil to Srinagar, 62 passengers from Jammu to Kargil and 8 from Kargil to Jammu, […]
(Agencies) Islamabad : Tensions between India and Pakistan appear to be de-escalating, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Wednesday as he thanked the US for playing a role in defusing the crisis through “private diplomacy”. “Tensions between India and Pakistan appear to be de-escalating and this is a positive development,” Qureshi told the media here. “Pakistan has further increased diplomatic efforts and we have decided to send back the Pakistan […]
Srinagar : A militant hideout was busted by the police and army in Kungnoo village of Shopian in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday, police said. “Acting on credible inputs, Shopian police along with security forces today busted a militant hideout in Kungnoo village of South Kashmir’s Shopian district,” a police statement said. “The joint […]