New Delhi : The Editors Guild of India today decried “all attempts” by the government to “interfere” with the independence of the media, taking strong note of senior journalists of two TV channels quitting and frequent instances of broadcast signals being blocked of programmes seen to be critical of the ruling dispensation. The Guild, in […]
Srinagar : SDRF Leh on Tuesday rescued a foreign couple from a rock hill. SDRF Leh received an information that a foreign couple has been stuck on a rock hill in a village Liker-Saspochay. Incharge Dy. Controller Civil Defence Leh Ladakh deputed a five-member team for the rescue operation. After conducting a search the SDRF […]
Jammu : One person was killed and 26 persons were injured when a vehicle skidded off the road and turned turtle in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir today, the police said. The accident took place near Rudd Bridge in the district, they said. As per eyewitnesses, the minibus was allegedly driven rashly by the […]
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a militant and recovered arms from his possession in Awantipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Police identified the arrested militant as Abdul Majid Shah, son of Ghulam Mohammad Shah, a resident of Iqbal Colony Pattan Baramulla. “He was travelling in a car […]
Srinagar : A para commando was injured in a gunfight that broke out between militants and the government forces in forests of Rafiabad in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday. Reports said that a joint team of army’s 32 RR and 9 PARA commandos launched a cordon-and-search operation in the dense woods of upper reaches […]
Srinagar: National Conference on Tuesday called the attempts to abrogate Article 35-A anti-youth and catastrophic to socio-economic structure of the state. National Conference denigrated the attempts to dilute the special provisions promised by Article 35 A while underscoring the point that employment rate in J&K was among the lowest in the country. “Our youth have […]
Srinagar : The Ambassador of the United States of America Mr. Kenneth Juster called on National Conference Vice President Mr. Omar Abdullah at his residence in Srinagar on Tuesday. The Ambassador was accompanied by Political Officer Mr. Alex LeFevre and Senior Political Advisor Mr. A. Sukesh. The US Ambassador and the NC Vice President held […]
Srinagar : PDP Chief Spokesperson Rafi Ahmad Mir has said that People’s Democratic Party has decided to abstain from voting that is due to take place for the post of Rajya Sabha Vice Chairman. Disclosing that the Party President Mehbooba Mufti decided it after consultations with the party leaders and a whip has been issued […]
Srinagar : A minor boy drowned on Tuesday while crossing a stream in Bhaleesa area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district. According to reports, the deceased student was identified as Raja Owais, 16, a 9th class students from Amritpura-Chilli Pingal area was on way to the school to appear in an examination when he slipped […]
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday expressed concern over the delay being done in investigating the killing of a youth outside the residence of NC leader Dr Farooq Abdullah last week. PDP spokesman Rafi Ahmad Mir, in a statement, has also condemned the killing of a cattle trader in Ramban, stating that such incidents […]