Srinagar;Chairman Hurriyat (g) Conference, Syed Ali Geelani paid rich tributes to the Mohammad Maqbool Bhat and Mohammad Afzal Guru on their death anniversaries. Reiterating his demand for the return back of the mortal remains of both the slain persons, who were buried in the Tihar Jail premises, Hurriyat chairman said that although it is purely […]
Muzaffarnagar: A local court on Friday awarded life imprisonment to all the seven convicts, accused of killing two people in Kawal village in an attack which is believed to have triggered the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots. The seven convicts – Muzammil, Mujassim, Furkan, Nadeem, Jahangir, Afzal and Iqbal – are accused of killing two people named […]
Srinagar,): Jammu and Kashmir government today approved the creation of Ladakh as a separate division. In a detailed order, the government said Ladakh has been created as a separate Administrative and Revenue Division, therefore the state would have three divisions including Jammu, Ladakh and Kashmir from now onwards. Below is the text of the government’s […]
Srinagar: Soon after heavy snowfall, on Thursday Deputy Commissioner Srinagar issued a statement claiming that his administration was ready to help the people to bring them respite if their localities were water-logged. Till Friday afternoon, all the telephone numbers given by Deputy Commissioner Srinagar were tossing the people in distress from one person to another […]
Srinagar;The joint resistance leadership (JRL) has called for complete shutdown on February 9 and 11 across the valley to mark the anniversaries of Muhammad Afzal Guru and Muhammad Maqbool Bhat respectively. In a statement, the JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik said, “Kashmiris will observe complete shutdown on 9th […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today reaffirmed India’s commitment to work with Bangladesh to build on the upward trajectory witnessed in bilateral ties in the last few years. This assurance was given by the Prime Minister when Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Minister AK Abdul Momen, who is on a three-day visit to India, called on […]
SRINAGAR,: People living in dozens of villages located along the Tral-aripal road in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district have to wait for a few more years to see the road getting blacktopped, even as they continue to suffer. The locals said that the work on the newly approved road is going on at snail’s pace, creating […]
Srinagar;-The Srinagar administration has issued helpline numbers for the information of the general public requiring assistance in view of the prevalent weather situation in the district. The general public have been asked to contact the following numbers in case of eventualities: DC Office Srinagar 0194-2477033/2452182/9419042342/7051112345, R&B 0194-2313751/7006003383, Fire & Emergency Services 0194-2479488/101/9419251908, MED 0194-2497458/9596193550/9419059311, PDD […]
SYDNEY: Pace spearhead Mitchell Starc was on Thursday ruled out of Australia´s Twenty20 and one-day tour of India with a “substantial” muscle tear, joining fellow quick bowler Josh Hazlewood on the sidelines. Australia play two T20s and five ODIs against the Indians from later this month as part of an important build-up to their World […]
Srinagar: Following fresh snowfall in the Kashmir Valley and rains in plains of Jammu on Thursday life has adversely been affected across the state with people forced to stay indoors without electricity at many places, road links snapped and flight operation disrupted. Most people in Srinagar city and other places preferred to remain indoors as […]