Kargil observes shutdown, demands opening of Kargil-Skardu road
Kargil: A complete shutdown was on Friday observed across Kargil to press for the demands including opening of Kargil-Skardu road, termination of Zojjila Tunnel Project, Air Service and others. The shutdown call was given by Anjuman Jamiyat Ullma Isna Ashriya Kargil Ladakh (AJUIAK). Kargil wore a deserted look today in response to the shutdown call […]
PDP leader joins National Conference
Srinagar: Irshad Rasool Kar, former PDP district president of Baramulla Friday joined the National Conference in presence of party president Farooq Abdullah at his residence here. NC vice president Omar Abdullah and other senior leaders were also present to welcome Kar into the party. Kar, son of Congress stalwart late Ghulam Rasool Kar, had unsuccessfully […]
Anniversaries of Maqbool Bhat, Afzal Guru
Geelani reiterates demand of return of mortal remains
Srinagar: Reiterating demand for the return of the mortal remains of Mohammad Maqbool Bhat and Mohammad Afzal Guru who were buried in the Tihar Jail premises, Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani on Friday paid tributes to the duo on their anniversaries. Geelani in a statement here said that although it is purely […]
Maqbool ‘symbol of freedom’, Guru hanged to satisfy collective conscience of Indians: Malik
Srinagar: Paying tributes to Muhammad Maqbool Bhat and Muhammad Afzal Guru on their anniversaries, Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Muhammad Yasin Malik on Friday called Maqbool Butt as ‘the corner stone of resistance against ‘illegal occupation and symbol of freedom and liberty’. Butt’s struggle and sacrifices represent every oppressed and subjugated human. “Muhammad […]
Guru was hanged to ‘appease communal fascist forces’: Sehrai
Srinagar: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Chairman, Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai on Friday said Muhammad Afzal Guru was hanged to ‘appease the communal fascist forces.’ Sehrai in a statement issued here termed Guru’s execution as “travesty of justice and Humanity”, stating that Guru had no lawyer to represent him when the trial court convicted him without any direct evidence and […]
LeT pays to tribute to slain commander Irfan
Srinagar: Militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba Friday paid rich tribute to Irfan Ahmed alias Abu Hurrara who was killed in a brief gunfight at Chakoora village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. In a statement to a local news gathering agency, the Laskar-e-Taiba Chief Mahmood Shah said that those youth who lay their lives are the hallmark of […]
One arrested for rape, murder of five-year-old girl
Mumbai, Feb 8 (PTI) A pavement-dweller was arrested Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting and killing a five-year-old girl in Mahim in Central Mumbai, a senior police official said. The girl, whose family lives in a roadside shanty along LJ Road, had gone missing early Thursday morning. Her body was found in the same area a few […]
2 killed as elephant brought for house warming runs amok
Guruvayur (Kerala), Feb 8 (PTI) A temple elephant brought for an house warming function ran amok, killing two elderly people at nearby Kottapady Friday, police said. “Thechikottukavu Ramachandran”, the tallest elephant in the state, was standing at the congested compound of the new house overflowing with people, when the animal ran out. As people ran helter-skelter […]
J&K Bank inks MoU with JKSCSTBC Development Corporation
Jammu: J&K Bank Friday entered into a MoU with the SC, ST, BC Development Corporation at Jammu. The MoU was signed by Bank’s Vice President Government Business Shujat Andrabi and Managing Director, SC,ST,BC Development Corporation Ravinder Kumar Bhat in presence of staff of the corporation and senior officials of the bank. Under the MoU, the […]
Jawahar Tunnel avalanche: 7 bodies recovered
Banihal: Seven bodies were recovered while as three persons were rescued alive on Friday from the snow avalanche that hit Jawahar Tunnel on Srinagar-Jammu highway in south Kashmir. Official sources said that a snow avalanche hit a police post at Jawahar Tunnel on Thursday following heavy snowfall. “Ten people including six policemen, two fire service personnel […]
