Tragedy on the other side too
Slain soldier's wife delivers baby hours before his cremation
Banihal/Jammu: They waited for this moment for ten long years but when the couple had their first baby, Lance Naik Ranjeet Singh was not alive to cherish the moment of joy. The soldier waited for 10 years for the birth of his first child but destiny had something else in store for him, Vijay Kumar, […]
Innocent lives are snatched by the barrel of gun: Geelani
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani on Tuesday was not allowed to move out of his residence, when he was scheduled to march towards Lal Chowk to express solidarity and lead a protest march against Kulgam ‘carnage’. A spokesman in a statement issued here said that a large contingent of police was deployed […]
Panchayat Polls: CEO issues notification for 1st Phase
Srinagar: The Chief Electoral Officer, J&K ShaleenKabra Tuesday issued notification for the conduct of 1st phase of Panchayati Polls-2018 to elect Sarpanches and Panches. The notification has been issued for Keran, Ramhal, Tarathpora, Teetwal, Tangdar in District Kupwara, Gurez, Baktoor, Tulail in District Bandipora, Kunzer, Uri, Parenpillan, Noorkhah, Kandi-Belt Rafiabad in Baramulla District, Gund in […]
Traffic on Mughal road suspended owing to snowfall
Jammu: Fresh snowfall in some high altitude areas including Peer Ki Gali forced suspension of traffic on Tuesday on the historic Mughal road, the alternate link between Kashmir and rest of the country, traffic department officials said. Traffic was suspended around 4.30 pm Tuesday on the Mughal road, connecting the twin districts of Rajouri and […]
AFSPA behind all ills confronting Kashmir: Soz
Says Delhi will pay a heavy price for continuing with the act
Srinagar: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Prof Saif uddin Soz on Tuesday called Kulgam civilian killings as ‘heart rending’. He said that despite condemnation from India’s civil society Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) has remained in the ‘statue-book’. “I express my deepest condemnation of the attack by forces on the innocent people […]
Pakistan to go tough on IWT
Says it will launch aggressive campaign against India
Islamabad: Pakistan will launch an aggressive campaign against India to highlight its concerns over the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) after New Delhi failed to let Pakistani officials visit two hydropower projects in Jammu and Kashmir, a media report said Tuesday. Pakistan’s Commissioner on Permanent Indus Water Commission Syed Mehr Ali Shah said the Indian […]
Malik threatens agitation if killings don’t stop
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik along with many others was detained on Tuesday by police when he was leading a protest march against what they termed as ‘ongoing oppression in Kashmir’, a spokesman said. JKLF spokesman as per a statement issued here said those arrested including Yasmin Raja, Javed […]
India protests killing of 3 soldiers along LoC
NEW DELHI: India summoned a senior official of the Pakistan High Commission here Tuesday and lodged a strong protest over the loss of lives of three of its soldiers during an infiltration bid by Pakistani terrorists in the Sunderbani sector of Jammu division two days ago. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), in a statement, […]
Revoking orders tantamount to confessing guilt: Er Rasheed
Srinagar: Awami Itehaad Party (AIP) president and MLA Langate, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Tuesday said that the withdrawal of an order regarding introduction of religious books in colleges, schools and universities was a confession of guilt and has exposed the proxies of Sang Parivar and their nefarious designs. In a statement issued here, Er […]
