Srinagar-Jammu highway taking Kashmir hostage, Govt silent: KEA

Srinagar-Jammu highway taking Kashmir hostage, Govt silent: KEA

Srinagar : Expressing serious concern over frequent closure of the Srinagar-Jammu highway, the Kashmir Economic Alliance Chairman Haji Muhammad Yasin Khan has said that the pathetic condition of this only road link to outside world has become a means of taking Kashmir and its people hostage. He said over seven million souls living in Kashmir […]

Seven CRPF personnel injured after bullet-proof vehicle turns turtle in Srinagar, two critical

Seven CRPF personnel injured after bullet-proof vehicle turns turtle in Srinagar, two critical

Srinagar: Seven Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel including a sub-inspector were injured in a road accident in Parimpora area of Srinagar on Saturday, reports said. According to news gathering agency GNS, a bullet-proof bunker vehicle of CRPF 53 BN (G Coy) bearing registration number JK05D-1081 turned turtle at Parimpora, leaving seven troopers injured. The […]

One dead, two injured in north Kashmir road mishap

One dead, two injured in north Kashmir road mishap

Srinagar: One person was killed while another suffered injuries after a private vehicle collided with a passenger auto in north Kashmir’s Uri on Saturday.  Reports said that a passenger auto bearing registration number JKO5C-6326 was on way to Baramulla from Bagna Norkha Uri and met with an accident at Bagna mode resulting in the death of […]

SAC approves creation of 33 posts in govt medical colleges in JK

SAC approves creation of 33 posts in govt medical colleges in JK

Jammu : The Jammu and Kashmir administration has approved creation of 33 posts in Government Medical Colleges (GMC) in Jammu and Srinagar, an official spokesman said Saturday. The sanction was accorded at a meeting of the State Administrative Council (SAC) under the chairmanship of Governor Satya Pal Malik here on Friday, the spokesman said. With the creation of these 33 posts, he said the long pending issues of stagnation of employees […]

One-way traffic continues on Srinagar-Jammu highway

One-way traffic continues on Srinagar-Jammu highway

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 […]

Accused behind Jammu blast arrested: J&K Police chief

Accused behind Jammu blast arrested: J&K Police chief

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 […]

JRL calls for shutdown on Friday

JRL calls for shutdown on Friday

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 […]

Chidambaram demands publications of Rafale deal papers

Chidambaram demands publications of Rafale deal papers

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 […]

Mirwaiz condemns slapping of PSA on Yasin Malik

Mirwaiz condemns slapping of PSA on Yasin Malik

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 […]