Srinagar: Mr. Kenneth I. Juster, Ambassador of United States of America to India, accompanied by Mr. Alexi Lefevre, Political Officer and Mr. Sukesh, Senior Political Specialist, called on Governor N. N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan today. Ambassador discussed with Governor matters relating to further strengthening of the rapidly advancing India–US understanding on several fronts, […]
Srinagar : Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrest three “stone pelters” from Wanbal Rawal Pora area of Srinagar, last night. An official said that they have arrested three stone-pelters who were pelting stones at forces deployed near Wanbal Rawalpora. The trio are being identified as Suhaib Ahmad Dar, 13, son of Mehraj din, a […]
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President and Member Parliament Dr Farooq Abdullah this morning met Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi and sought a thorough and impartial inquiry into the circumstances leading to unfortunate death of a young man in what is described as security breach at his Bhatandi Jammu residence on […]
Kabul: Fifty people, including security personnel and civilians, were killed in fighting in Afghanistan’s Logar province, authorities said on Tuesday. The clash started late Monday night after Taliban militants stormed Azra district and surrounding areas, Xinhua news agency reported. “The militants were closing in on the district centre and fierce gun battles were underway in […]
New Delhi: Justices Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran and K M Joseph were today sworn in as judges of the Supreme Court in order of seniority notified by the Centre. The swearing-in ceremony started at 10.30 AM in the CJI’s courtroom and Justice Banerjee was the first to take oath followed by justices Saran and Joseph. […]
Srinagar : A small batch of 454 pilgrims on Tuesday left Jammu for the Kashmir Valley as the annual Amarnath Yatra resumed after remaining suspended for two days, officials said. Police said the yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in an escorted convoy of 11 vehicles. This includes pilgrims going to both Baltal and Pahalgam […]
The Supreme Court will tomorrow hear a plea alleging that Talib Hussain, a key witness in the sensational Kathua gang rape and murder case, is being tortured by the Jammu and Kashmir police in a fake rape case. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices D Y Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee considered the […]
Shopian: A complete shutdown was observed for the fourth consecutive day in this south Kashmir township against the killing of six militants, including a civilian by government forces on Friday. All shops, business establishments, schools and colleges, petrol pumps remained closed for the fourth straight day in Shopian town and some other parts of the […]
Life is still on morning in Srinagar city with very little private transport plying and heavy presence of security forces. The call for general strike was given by joint Resistance Leadership against the challenge being faced by kashmir identity due to the case pending in supreme Court of India. Separatist leaders have already been put […]
NEW DELHI — Major Leetul Gogoi, who was detained by police in a Srinagar hotel after he was seen with a local girl in May, may face punitive action as a Court of Inquiry ordered by the Army into the incident is likely to indict him in the case, official sources said here. They said […]