Mehbooba calls for dialogue with Pakistan

Says bloodshed should end in JK

Srinagar: A day after three policemen were killed in militant incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Saturday asked the Centre to start a dialogue with Pakistan and also engage the local public to ensure there is no violence in the union territory. The PDP president visited Logripora Aishmuqam area of in Kashmir’s […]

IAF withdraws Jammu airport closure order

Restricted flight operations during runway resurfacing work

Jammu: The flight operations to and from Jammu airport would be restricted to seven hours for 41 days from March 10 as the Indian Air Force withdrew its earlier order proposing complete closure of the airport for 15 days next month for resurfacing work of the runway, officials said on Saturday. The decision was reviewed […]

India, China hold 10th round of military talks

Focus on further disengagement in eastern Ladakh

New Delhi: India and China on Saturday held another round of military talks with a focus on taking forward the disengagement process in Hot Springs, Gogra and Depsang in eastern Ladakh and bring down the tensions in the region, official sources said. The 10th round of Corps Commander-level talks are taking place two days after […]

Father, son killed in crash on highway in Samba

Jammu: A 70-year-old man and his son were killed while three others suffered injuries when a van and a truck collided on the Jammu-Pathankot highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district in the early hours of Saturday, police said. Both the vehicles were coming from Kathua and the accident took place near Mansar Morh around […]

DDC’s all set to be constituted in JK

Srinagar: After holding elections for chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of district development councils in Jammu & Kashmir, the administration is set to constitute DDCs in all 20 districts of the UT. Sources said that the Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Rakj would soon issue statutory orders notifying constitution of DDCs. “The State Election Commission would […]

PDP to hold Presidential elections on Monday

Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will hold elections for the post of party president on 22nd of February 2021 (Monday), an official handout issued on Saturday said. It said that the members of the electoral college from Kashmir & Jammu provinces will vote to elect the party president on Monday in Srinagar and Jammu respectively. […]

Bihar resident arrested for militant links

Jammu: A 25-year-old Bihar resident was arrested for his alleged links with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir and was brought here on transit remand for questioning on Saturday, police said. Javaid Alam Ansari’s name surfaced during questioning of Lashkar-e-Mustafa (LeM) chief Hidayatullah Malik and was arrested from his house at Deobahuara village in Chapra on […]