Petrol, diesel prices on the rise again
New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) Within a day of the one-off excise duty cut and PSUs subsidising fuel, petrol and diesel prices are on the rise again and have hit a three week high. Petrol and diesel prices were cut by a minimum Rs 2.50 on October 5 when the government’s only second cut in […]
Search operation underway in Shopian district
Srinagar, Oct 7 (PTI) Security forces launched a massive cordon and search operation (CASO) in several villages of Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday, police said. Joint teams of police, CRPF and Army launched a cordon and search operation in six villages of Shopian district of south Kashmir early this morning, a police official […]
US viewing Pakistan through ‘Indian lens’, alleges Islamabad
Islamabad: Top Pakistan minister Saturday alleged that the United States is looking the country through “India lens”. “It will not be appropriate to view our (US-Pak) relations going as far back as seven decades from the Afghan perspective or the Indian lens,” said Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, as reported by Dawn.com. Qureshi’s comment […]
Earthquake jolts Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar: An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale jolted Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, although there were no reports of casualties or damage to properties. An official of the state disaster management department said: “The tremor occurred at 8.09 a.m. Its coordinates are latitude 36.7 north and longitude 74.5 east. The depth of the […]
Security stepped up ahead of local body polls in Kashmir Valley
Srinagar: Government forces have intensified checking and area domination as part of an elaborate plan for the smooth conduct of local body polls in the Kashmir Valley, officials said Sunday. The first phase of the polls starts Monday. “An elaborate security plan has been put in place for the smooth conduct of the polls, a […]
Road mishap on Jmu-Sgr national highway leaves 21 dead, 15 injured
Banihal/Jammu: Twenty-one persons were killed and 15 injured when an overcrowded mini-bus fell into a 200-ft-deep gorge on Saturday after its driver lost control over the vehicle on Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district, officials said. Among the dead were four women and the driver. Ten critically injured passengers were airlifted from the accident site […]
Govt announces 5 lakh ex gratia for dead, 50,000 for injured
Srinagar: Governor Satya Pal Malik has expressed grief over the loss of lives in a road accident in the Ramban district when a minibus carrying passengers fell into a gorge. In his message Governor has prayed for eternal peace to the departed souls and strength to the bereaved families. He has wished speedy recovery to […]
Boycott, no campaigning and violence casts a shadow over local body polls
Srinagar: The local body elections in Jammu and Kashmir begin Monday but threats, violence and boycott by the state’s two main parties the NC and the PDP have cast a shadow over the polls, making it seemingly the most low-profile electoral exercise in the history of the state. While there has been no poll rally, […]
BJP goes on ‘expel’ spree, shunts out six more workers
Jammu: BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit on Saturday expelled six more workers for “anti-party” activities, taking the number of such expulsions over the past four days to 28. A majority of those expelled from the primary membership of the party have filed their nomination for the Urban Local Body (ULB) polls as independent candidates against […]
NC leader sees BJP-RSS hand in workers killing
Says governor's rule responsible too
Srinagar: A day after two of her party workers were killed here in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference (NC) MLA Shameema Firdous Saturday blamed the BJP-RSS and the governor’s administration for the killings. “I have no hesitation in saying that the BJP-RSS killed my workers. I have no doubt about it,” […]
