With unrelenting increase in fuel prices, the government on Thursday decided to effect a cut in the prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 2.50 per litre. Finance Minsiter Arun Jaitley announced at a press conference that the cut will be effected through slashing of excise duty to the tune of Rs 1.50 per litre, […]
Police on Thursday claimed to have busted an over-ground worker module of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen in Lolab area of northern district Kupwara. The spokesman said that acting on specific input, Kupwara police detained two persons identified as Shakir Ahmad Wani son of Mohammad Ramzan Wani and Ghulam Mustafa Sheikh son of Abdul Ahad Sheikh, both residents of […]
Srinagar : A complete shutdown is being observed in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district against the slapping of Public Safety Act (PSA) on a local shopkeeper. All the shops and business establishments are shut in the area while as a thin movement of traffic is visible on the roads. Confined in a Jammu […]
Srinagar : Governor Satya Pal Malik has expressed grief over the sad demise of Sh. SAS Qadri, former bureaucrat, who served as Divisional Commissioner Kashmir from the year 1968-71. In a condolence message Governor has prayed for peace to the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family in its hour of grief.
The Joint resistance leadership (JRL) on Wednesday appealed for a shutdown in Kashmir on October 8 to protest against the commencement of municipal and Panchayat elections in the state. A statement said that the JRL leaders have asked people to observe complete shutdown across Jammu and Kashmir on 8th October to protest the commencement of […]
Srinagar : The state government on Wednesday appointed Atul Kumar Goel as Incharge Deputy Inspector General (DIG) North Kashmir Range, relieving V K Birdi of the additional charges. According to an order under number 1347-Home of 2018, dated 03-10-2018, “In the interest of the administration, Atul Kumar Goel, IPS, (JK:2004), awaiting orders of posting in […]
Srinagar : Police on Wednesday arrested a drug peddler and recovered a huge quantity of poppy straw from his possession in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The spokesman said that acting on specific information, a police party arrested a drug peddler at Lassipora area, and 96 kilograms of poppy straw was recovered from his possession, besides, […]
Chairman Hurriyat conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday expressed anguish over the arrest of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief Muhammad Yasin Malik yesterday. While condemning Yasin Malik’s arrest, Mirwaiz said no intimation can stop the pro-freedom leadership from speaking truth and serving the cause of Jammu and Kashmir. Taking to his widely followed […]
SOPORE — A 30-year-old man was abducted from his shop by unknown gunmen in north Kashmir’s Sopore village on Wednesday. Reports said that the masked gunmen barged inside Shop of Tawseef Ahemd Ganie son of Afzal Ahmad Ganie at Younisu Sopore this afternoon and abducted him. SSP Sopore Javid Iqbal while confirming the incident and […]
Srinagar: Mobile internet service has been restored in this capital city, where a youth was killed during a cordon and search operation (CASO) in the early hours today. The service was restored around 5:15 pm, said an official. He said the service was blocked today morning in the wake of killing of a civilian Saleem […]