On Masood Azhar China keeps India guessing
Beijing: China on Tuesday made it clear that there is no change in its position on India’s request to list Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar as a ‘global terrorist’ by the UN and said it will decide on the issue on the “merits of the matter”. India had asked China to support the pending application […]
JRL calls for Kulgam march today, shutdown on Oct 27
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik on Tuesday issued a fresh protest programme against the Kulgam killings and appealed people to observe complete shutdown on October 27. JRL in a statement issued here said that “on October 24 (Wednesday) people, especially those living in south […]
Relieve doctors deputed to GMCs: DAK
Srinagar: To ease the burden on rural hospitals, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday demanded major reshuffle and immediate transfer of all the 480 doctors who have been deputed to government medical colleges from directorate health services Jammu and Kashmir divisions for years now. These 480 doctors who have occupied medical officers posts of rural […]
NC leaders try to march towards Raj bhawan, detained
Srinagar: Several National Conference leaders were Tuesday taken into preventive custody as they tried to march towards Raj bhawan in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir to protest against the civilian deaths in a blast at an encounter site in Kulgam on Sunday.Led by party general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar, National Conference leaders and […]
Kashmir is a land of tragedies, says JKDFP
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP) on Tuesday paid tributes to Bijbehara martyrs on their 25th martyrdom anniversary. The party as per a statement issued here remembered all the martyrs of Kashmir and pledged to take their mission forward till the aim of ‘freedom’ is achieved. The spokesperson said “it was black day […]
Blast inside army camp in Poonch, no casualties
Jammu: A blast took place inside an Army camp in Poonch district on Tuesday, officials said. There were no casualties. The explosion occurred inside the 93rd brigade headquarters at Moti Mahal in the border district around 10.45 am. It has nothing to do with cross-border shelling (from Pakistan), said Jammu-based Army spokesperson Lt Col Devender […]
Pilgrim dies on way to Vaishno Devi
Jammu: A 61-year-old pilgrim from Uttar Pradesh died en route the Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. Harbir Singh Teotia, a resident of Ghaziabad, fell unconscious near Satya point along the new track while on his way from base camp Katra to cave shrine on Monday evening, […]
Army soldier shoots self to death in north Kashmir
Baramulla: An army man committed suicide by shooting self with his service rifle at Kaman Post along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday, police said. “Sepoy Devindrappa Gulgandi (27) of 4th Madras posted at Kaman Post today in the afternoon shoots himself inside an army bunker while he […]
Hafiz Saeed’s lawyer challenges arrest of PML-N chief Shahbaz Sharif
Lahore: The arrest of PML-N chief Shahbaz Sharif in a corruption case has been challenged by a top Pakistani lawyer in the high court here. A K Dogar filed the petition in the Lahore High Court on Monday challenging the authority of Pakistan’s anti-graft body – the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) – to arrest Shahbaz […]
Man arrested for killing truck driver
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police Tuesday claimed to have solved the blind murder of a truck driver, with the arrest of a man in Kathua district, saying he was killed over some old rivalry. Kuldeep Singh, who hailed from Haryana, was found unconscious with a head injury in Samba district here on the intervening night […]
