Governor calls to engaging JK’s youth effectively
SRINAGAR: Governor Satya Pal Malik today said that the most important stakeholders in the peace process is JK’s youth and it is essential to engage them regularly and effectively to give impetus to peace and development in Jammu and Kashmir. The Governor said this while speaking with the youth during an interactive session ‘Kashmir Youth […]
Five lakh free insurance cover for pilgrims visiting Vaishno Devi shrine
Jammu: The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) has approved enhancement of free accident insurance cover for pilgrims visiting the shrine to Rs 5 lakh besides free treatment to trauma victims from nearby areas. The decisions were taken at the 63rd meeting of board which was held at the Raj Bhavan here Saturday under […]
Indian, Pakistan Armies trade fire on LoC
Jammu: The Indian and Pakistan Armies traded fire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, defence sources said. The Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions at the Digwar sector in Poonch district. “They used small arms and automatics to target Indian positions. Our troops retaliated strongly and […]
M J Akbar returns home, says there will be statement later
New Delhi: Union minister M J Akbar, who is facing allegations of sexual harassment by a number of women journalists, returned here Sunday from a foreign tour. Replying to a volley of questions from reporters at the airport, the Minister of State for External Affairs said he would issue a statement later. “There will be […]
Voting begins for by-election in 35 constituencies in Pak
By Sajjad Hussain Islamabad: Voting opened Sunday for the by-election in 35 national and provincial assemblies in Pakistan amid heightened security, with over 600 candidates, including some political bigwigs, in the running. The polling started at 8 AM and will continue until 5 PM. The counting will start soon after closure of voting and result […]
Rajnath to celebrate Dussehra along Indo-Pak border; to perform ‘Shastra puja’
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh will celebrate Dussehra and perform ‘shastra puja’ in Bikaner along the highly sensitive Indo-Pak border, officials said Sunday. Perhaps this is for the first time that a senior minister of the central government will conduct ‘shastra puja’ or worship of weapons along India’s border with Pakistan, with whom India […]
Man arrested for committing bank fraud in Delhi
New Delhi: A 30-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly impersonating an account holder of a Cental Bank of India branch in Dwarka and committing a fraud of Rs 11 lakh, police said. Koshi Kumar, a native of Chandole village in Jharkhand’s Giridih district, has been taken into police custody, they said. Based on a […]
Shutdown affects life in poll bound areas
Srinagar: Shops were closed in poll-bound areas in Kashmir valley Saturday due to strike called by separatists against the conduct of the third phase of the four-phased municipal elections in the state. The government had also declared a holiday in the poll-bound areas so as to enable the voters to cast their vote. Shops, fuel […]
Hizbul militant killed in Pulwama encounter
Another militant sustains injuries, admitted in a hospital
Srinagar: A Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militant was Saturday killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Babgund area of the south Kashmir district during the night after inputs of the presence of militants in the area, a police official […]
Elections, a ‘delusive cosmetic attempt’: JRL
Kashmiris want to get out of political uncertainty
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Saturday termed the elections as a ‘futile exercise’, saying that people rejected it yet again as there was a near total boycott of it. JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik in a statement issued here said that “people see this delusive cosmetic attempt […]
