Pakistan arrests Khadim Rizvi, scores of his activists in countrywide crackdown on TLP

Srinagar: Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Khadim Rizvi was arrested by police in a raid on his residence in Lahore on Friday night. Media reports suggest a crackdown has been initiated against the party’s activists and leaders in all major cities of the country, following the arrest of the firebrand cleric. Dozens of workers of the party […]
17.91 percent polling recorded in north Kashmir’s Baramulla till 11 am

Srinagar: In Baramulla 17.91 percent people turned out to exercise their franchise in the third phase of ongoing nine-phased Panchayat elections on Saturday. The voting began at 6 am in the morning and will conclude at 2 in the afternoon.
Farmer’s buffaloes worth Rs 4 lakh looted in UP

Muzaffarnagar Nov 24 (PTI) Six armed men allegedly looted buffaloes of a farmer worth Rs 4 lakh after holding him and his wife hostage in Shamli district’s Gangeru village, police said Saturday. The incident took place Friday night. The farmer, Gaffar Ahmed, was sleeping near the bovines when the six men came in a vehicle. They […]
Sidhu to visit Pakistan for Kartarpur Border corridor ceremony: Report

Islamabad PTI: Pakistan’s Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Friday that Punjab cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu would visit the country to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kartarpur Border corridor, according to a media report on Friday. Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate the groundbreaking ceremony of the facilities at the crossing on the Pakistan […]
Police bust ISJK militant hideout in south Kashmir’s Awantipora

Srinagar: Police on Saturday said that a hideout used by Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir militants was busted in Awantipora area of southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Reports quoting police officials said that the hideout was busted in a joint operation by Army’s 55 RR and Jammu and Kashmir police at Panzgam area of Awantipora. “A lot of logistic […]
Minimum temperatures dip below freezing point across Kashmir

Srinagar: The minimum temperatures across the Kashmir Valley remained below freezing point on Saturday as a cold wave continued in the region, the weather office said. “The minimum temperatures throughout the Valley remained below the freezing point today. Same weather conditions are likely to continue during the next two to three days,” an official of the […]
Baramulla: Three percent voting till 9 am

Baramulla: IN Baramulla district in North Kashmir 3% voters exercised their franchise till 9 am on Saturday as the voting is underway for panchayat elections. According to officials in Baramulla block a total of 209 votes of 9137 voters cast their vote and in Rohama block 331 votes of 8838 voters turned to polling booths. […]
Injured in shootout on Thursday, 14-year-old Kulgam girl dies

Srinagar: A 14-year-old girl who was critically injured in a shootout in Khudwani area of Kulgam district on Thursday morning, succumbed to wounds at a hospital in Srinagar, official sources said on Saturday. They said Muskan Jan of Wangud-Qaimoh was operated upon at the SMHS hospital in Srinagar and was in coma. She was declared […]
Budgam: Youth fired upon near Army camp succumbs, internet suspended

Budgam: The 28-year-old youth, fired outside an army camp at Chattergam in central Budgam district on Friday, was declared dead by doctors at SKIMS around midnight. After being critically injured, the youth, Ishfaq Ahmad Ganie son of Nazir Ahmad Ganie, was shifted to SMHS hospital late last night and was later referred to SKIMS. “He […]
Governor acted in haste

Now that the assembly in Jammu and Kashmir stands dissolved, the reaction that followed suggests that the governor Satya Pal Malik acted in haste. Given the mandate PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti had claimed in her letter addressed to the Governor it seems that he should have given a chance to the PDP-led alliance to prove […]