Srinagar: With many candidates elected unopposed and a number segments not receiving a single nomination, there will be voting in only 36 of the 132 wards which are scheduled to go for polls on Tuesday in the fourth and final phase of urban local bodies elections in Jammu and Kashmir. In the final phase, the […]
Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership comprising of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik have called for a complete protest shutdown on October 16 2018 Tuesday in areas going to polls in last phase of “sham elections”. “As in the previous three phases People will again demonstrate their total rejection and disregard of […]
Baramulla: Top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Mannan Wani was killed along with his associate in a fierce gun-battle with government forces in north Kashmir’s Handwara on Thursday. A police official confirmed the killing of two militants in the gunfight that raged intermittently since 2:30 am in the village following a cordon-and-search-operation (CASO). He identified one of the […]
Four persons, including a student, were killed Tuesday in separate accidents in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Two persons were killed and another injured when a load carrier skidded off a road and fell into nearly 300-feet gorge at Kahara near Gandoh in hilly Doda district this afternoon, they said. The officials said the bodies […]
The Joint Resistance Leadership comprising of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Mohammad Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik has asked people to observe complete protest shutdown in the following areas in the second phase of “sham elections”. “People will show their total disconnect and dismissal of them by staying away and boycotting this drama,” a statement […]
Srinagar: Twenty people were killed and 17 injured when the driver of an overcrowded mini bus lost control of the vehicle and it plunged into a 500-feet deep gorge on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Saturday, police said. Reports said that around 11:00 in the morning, a minibus (Matador) on way from Ramban to Banihal loss […]
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik has said that India has made mistakes while handling Kashmir and in the process, alienated itself. In an interview to Indian Express, he said his priority is to “create an environment of trust” in which the Centre can initiate talks with mainstream parties and even the […]
Not a single candidate has filed nomination papers for 177 municipal wards out of a total 624 in the Kashmir Valley, while 215 wards will return their representative unopposed. The filing of nomination papers for the four-phase municipal polls ended on Tuesday. Voting is scheduled for October 8, 10, 13 and 16. Given the situation […]
Srinagar based army spokesman was quoted by few news agencies saying that on evening of Saturday an infiltration attempt was repulsed. He said that pakistani troops were giving cover to infiltrators but claimed that heavy firing from this side failed this fresh attempt by militants to cross over from Tanghdar sector of Kupwara.
Many news agencies have quoted police sources saying that in the wee hours of Sunday militants attacked police station of shopian and seriously injured one cop.Reports said that militants managed to escape from the area with rifle of injured police constable. Hospital sources said that injured jawan identified as Sakib Mir was seriously injured and […]