Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Vice President and former MLC G N Monga today urged all the political parties in the region to unitedly fight for restoration of special status of J&K under Article 370. In a statement issued to press from here he said the decision of BJP government to abrogate provisions […]
Dehradun: An international team of researchers has unearthed a 13-million-year-old fossil of a newly discovered ape species in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur District, which is the earliest known ancestor of the modern-day gibbon. The finding, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, fills a major void in the ape fossil record and […]
All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) on Thursday has demanded immediate and unconditional release of all those arrested and lodged in various jails in J&K and across India before and after August 5, 2019. APHC expressed serious concern over the condition of Kashmiri prisoners including Hurriyat leaders and activists and thousands of youths and Kashmiri from […]
The government forces on Thursday claimed to have recovered war-like stores from Dulanja area of Uri along Line of Control in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). Commanding Officer 8 Rashtriya Rifles Vivek Venkat briefing a presser at Uri brigade unit said that “the security forces had been […]
After a seven-year-old girl died in an accident on Thursday, the locals staged a protest against the incident in Damjan village of Qazigund in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). Unidentified police sources told the agency that a tractor, without a registration number, hit a seven-year-old girl near […]
Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested two JeM militants along with arms and ammunition in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). An unidentified police official told GNS that the police received a specific input that two JeM militants belonging to Sopore were likely to visit Kupwara […]
People living in Ladakh region have been suffering on multiple fronts due to the standoff between Indian and Chinese armies and also due to the growing cases of Covid-19. As the war clouds are hovering over their heads with each passing day it seems that situation will not normalize very soon. Additional troops are being […]
Bandipora: The body of a 45-year-old man who had drowned last week near Zalwan area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district was fished out on Thursday morning from Wular Lake in Laharwalpora area. An official said that the body of the deceased identified as Hussain Ahmad Khatana son of Makhna Khatana a resident of Tanghat Pethkoot […]
Pulwama: A motorcyclist was killed and two others injured in a road accident in Litter area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday morning. As per reports said that a Maruti bearing registration no JK01A-3585 hit a motorcycle bearing registration no PB36G-2431 resulting in critical injuries to three persons one of whom succumbed to his […]
Srinagar: Government forces on Thursday found an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Chatloora area of Rafiabad in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. As per official sources, the IED was detected by a joint party of Police and 32 RR from a road in the area, hence preventing a major tragedy. Soon after the IED was found, […]