Suspected militants hurled a grenade followed by firing on the government forces in Bonbazar area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). An unnamed senior police officer told GNS that militants lobbed grenade followed by firing on the government forces, however, in this incident no loss […]
Two girls died while another suffered critical injuries after a vehicle mowed down them while they were walking on road near Tulbagh area of saffron town Pampore here in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The incident occurred on late Tuesday evening. Police sources told news agency KNT that a vehicle (JK13F-0346) hit three teen age girls […]
EVEN AS security has been stepped up on the eve of the first anniversary of the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under Article 370, a sarpanch was critically injured in a militant attack in Kulgam district on Tuesday. Two policemen were injured in a separate attack in Pulwama. According to police, militants barged into […]
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti on Tuesday said it was not a coincidence that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was going to Ayodhya for the Ram temple ceremony on August 5. Iltija Mufti, in an interview with The Hindu, claimed this was an attempt to “obfuscate the reality and entire fallout” of the revocation of Jammu […]
Islamabad/New Delhi: In a provocative move, Pakistan on Tuesday unveiled its new political map showing the entire Jammu & Kashmir and parts of Gujarat as its territories, drawing the ire of India, which dismissed it as ridiculous assertions that have neither legal validity nor international credibility . “We have seen a so-called political map’ of Pakistan […]
A week after resigning as National Conference spokesman, former Cabinet minister Ruhullah Mehdi today said he would not contest elections again till the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. “After the unconstitutional and undemocratic abrogation of Article 370, I will not give them satisfaction of legitimising it by contesting an Assembly election even if […]
Suspected militants attacked a police party in Pulwama district late Tuesday evening, injuring two personnel, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS), quoting unnamed official sources. The sources told that the militants lobbed a grenade at the police party near Wanpora Pulwama, injuring head constable Khurshid Ahmad and SPO Ishfaq Ahmad. The duo […]
It has been a year since BJP Govt. scrapped J&K’s special status under Article 370 , 35A demoted the erstwhile state into two Union Territories. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah justified and defended the decision on the floor of the house, that it would end decades-long militancy, separatism and corruption […]
JAMMU, AUGUST 04: On day 72 of resumption of routine domestic operations in Jammu and Kashmir, 26 domestic flights with 3,183 passengers on board today arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports. A total of 833 passengers aboard 9 regular commercial flights arrived at the Jammu Airport while 17 domestic flights with about 2350 passengers on […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration Tuesday said that all the religious places and places of worship will be open in the erstwhile state from 16 August. This was announced by Government spokesperson Rohit Kansal who said that large religious gatherings would remain strictly prohibited. Taking to his Twitter handle Mr. Kansal said, “All religious […]