Three injured after militants lob grenade
Srinagar: At least three persons were injured on Wednesday in a grenade attack by militants on a police station in Kulgam district of south Kashmir, police said. Militants lobbed the grenade at the local police station at DamhalHanjipora in Kulgam district, a police official said. He said the grenade exploded by the roadside, resulting in […]
NHM medics decide to continue strike, say won’t budge
Srinagar: While the National Health Mission (NHM) Employees continued with their strike both in Jammu and Kashmir divisions, its representatives Wednesday finally met with Principal Secretary, Health and Medical Education, AtalDullo in Jammu. However, the meeting and assurances thereof seem not to have impressed the employees as they have decided to carry on with the […]
New Delhi’s ‘stubborn approach’ biggest hurdle in K-resolution: Mirwaiz
Asks why a phone call from Pak FM to him irked GOI
Srinagar:Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq held India responsible for the militancy in the State, saying that it is India which is pushing the youth of Kashmir to take to arms. He also said that New Delhi’s ‘stubborn approach’ was the biggest hurdle in resolving Kashmir. Mirwaiz was reacting to the question over India’s […]
Qureshi’s tele talk with Mirwaiz irks India
New Delhi: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah MahmoodQureshi’s telephonic conversation with separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq reflected the duplicity in Pakistani leadership’s approach on ties with India, official sources said. In Islamabad, the Pakistan Foreign Office said Qureshi spoke with the Hurriyat leader and discussed with him efforts of Pakistan government to highlight the Kashmir issue. […]
Pak youth’s wish to meet relatives living on LoC scuttled
Was carrying valid documents but army denied him entry
Poonch: 21-year-old Kamran Aftab son of Mohammad Aftab of BandiKhulratta in Pakistan Administrated Kashmir (PaK) was filled with excitement as he was to meet his grandmother and uncles who are living in Poonch . Riding high on the excitement, Kamran finally arrived in District Poonch in peace bus via Chakandabagh crossing point on January 28, […]
Lone banks on sweetness of apple, adopts it as poll symbol
Srinagar: The People’s Conference, led by separatist-turned-mainstream politician SajadGani Lone, has adopted “apple” as its party symbol in Jammu and Kashmir. “Apple will be the symbol of JKPC. A symbol of economic power,” Lone took to Twitter to announce it on Tuesday night. The former Jammu and Kashmir minister thanked party leader and former MLA […]
IWT row: Pak team inspects Pakal Dul HeP project in Kishtwar district
Jammu: A high-level team of Pakistani experts inspected the 1000 MW PakalDul hydroelectric power project being built on the Chenab river basin in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district Tuesday under the provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), officials said. The three-member team, headed by Pakistan’s Commissioner for Indus Waters Syed Mehr Ali Shah, visited […]
Mother dead, father ‘missing’, year-old baby girl longing for parental love
Pulwama: With father likely to have joined the militant ranks and mother already dead, a year-old baby girl has been left on mercy of Almighty and her relatives in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Aiysha, a year-old daughter of Imran Ahmad Bhat of Arihal village in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district doesn’t know anything about her parents. […]
SAC approves ‘Reimbursement of State Taxes’ scheme to boost investment
Jammu: The State Administrative Council, headed by Governor Satya Pal Malik, has approved Jammu and Kashmir Reimbursement of State Taxes scheme to encourage investment for industrial development in the state, an official spokesman said Wednesday. In the Industrial Policy-2016, the state has fixed a target of attracting an investment of Rs 2,000 crore per annum […]
