SRINAGAR: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Friday said that friendship with Pakistan would be the greatest tribute that can be paid to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who died on Thursday. Speaking to ANI, Mr Abdullah said, “He (Vajpayee) was a great man, I cannot see the values he had in anyone today. […]
Bandipora: Militants have managed to give a slip to the government forces after a brief gun-battle in Hajin town of this north Kashmir district. A group of militants believed to be four to five in numbers fled from government forces dragnet in Mir Mohalla locality of Hajin after engaging them in a brief gunfight, official […]
Srinagar :In a bid to raise several key issues pertaining to the state at present, a high level delegation of leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday met the Jammu Kashmir Governor NN Vohra at Raj Bhavan here. In a statement, party chief spokesman Rafi Ahmad Mir said the senior PDP leader Abdul […]
Jumma: Four persons died and three others suffered injuries in flash floods following incessant rains in Jammu region, officials said today. Over two dozen houses and scores of vehicles have been damaged by the gushing waters. While two persons died in Udhampur district and two others were injured, one person each died in Jammu and […]
Pakistan president Mamnoon Hussain on Tuesday said that the Pakistani people “remember the people of Kashmir and their historic sacrifices” as they celebrate their 72nd Independence Day. In his address at the Convention Centre in Islamabad, President Mamnoon congratulated the nation on what he said was the “day of true celebration”, reported Dawn News. “Pakistan […]
Srinagar :Jammu and Kashmir will get a new governor later this month as the incumbent’s term ends after ten years in a couple of weeks, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav has said, according to a media report. “The government can think about the future, take what steps it thinks are best. I assume there will […]
Police said that they have called off Batamaloo gunfight after arresting two accomplishes of escaped militants and have recovered incriminating material. Police said that when security forces launched operation on Sunday morning hiding militants opened fire in which one cop Parwaiz Ahmad succumbed to his injuries and two other security personal were injured and being […]
Srinagar : Praising the people of Kashmir for opposing moves aimed to abrogate the Article-35A, a senior BJP leader on Saturday cautioned that the people of Jammu will take up arms if they are left with no jobs or business if the special status of the state is revoked. “If the Article 35-A is revoked, […]
Srinagar: Former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti today said defending the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was not confined to a particular region or religion anymore as the people of the state have realised its importance and sanctity. She was referring to the reports of two of BJP MLAs from Jammu region coming out in […]
SRINAGAR: In a significant move, Governor N N Vohra today asked the State Planning, Development and Monitoring Department to urgently prepare a comprehensive State-wide list of all development projects which have been pending for years for want of the required financial resources resulting in speedily growing cost overruns. He also called for an assessment of […]