2 militants from Pulwama arrested in Surankote
Hunt on to arrest 5 more
Poonch: Police and army on Wednesday arrested two “militants” from Pulwama in Sarknkote area in Poonch district of Jammu region. “Based on a specific information one Tavera (JK01R-5936) which was coming from Mendhar and going to Sarknkote was intercepted by SOG Poonch headed by DSP and 25RR of the army near Jaranwali Gali Surankote,” a police […]
3 missing Punjab residents found dead under landslide debris
Banihal: Three Punjab residents, including a father-son duo, who had gone missing last week following a landslide on Jammu-Srinagar national highway, were found dead under the debris Wednesday, police said. Search teams recovered the bodies from the landslide site at Battery Cheshma along Banihal-Ramban stretch after a hectic 10-day search, a police official said. He identified […]
India-Pakistan trade fire along LoC
Srinagar: The armies of India and Pakistan on Wednesday exchanged gunfire at two locations along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. Reports said that the armies of both the countries exchanged fire with small and heavy arms in Kalal and Deeing forward locations in Nowshera tehsil near the LoC […]
Social media users express ire against Basanth Rath’s transfer
Srinagar: Social media users in Kashmir expressed their anger against the transfer of IGP Traffic Basant Kumar Rath and blamed Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Junaid Mattu for government’s decision to remove the highly popular IPS officer. Rath, who is credited with streamlining the traffic system in Jammu and Kashmir in less than one […]
No plans to grant MFN status to India: Pak
Lahore: Pakistan has “no immediate plans” to grant Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India, a senior aide to Prime Minister Imran Khan has said, amid the chill in bilateral ties. Asked whether the government was considering granting MFN status to India and that Prime Minister Khan was keen to hold peace talks with the […]
CAG ‘deliberately delaying’ report on Rafale deal, demonetisation: Former officials
New Delhi: Sixty retired bureaucrats have written to the CAG expressing concern over audit reports on demonetisation and the Rafale deal being “deliberately” delayed to not “embarrass” the NDA government till next year’s general elections. In a letter, they said there was concern over the “unconscionable” and “unwarranted delay” in bringing out the audit reports […]
OP Shah meets Geelani, Sehrai
Gets rebuff over offering Musharaf's4-point proposal
Gets rebuff over offering Musharaf’s4-point proposal
Cutting down on uncertainties
Uncertainty in many sectors in the state of Jammu and Kashmir has become a hallmark and the new sector that has been added to this list is the agriculture and horticulture sector. These sectors have been witnessing huge loses primarily due to the disturbed conditions and now the weather is also playing its role to […]
Canonical World of AlamaIqbal (R.A)
Mudasir Ahmad Gori Every year 9th November is celebrated as Iqbal Day around the entire literary world more so in the sub-continental countries. I assume it my duty to share my understanding of this literary giant with my viewers. I am sure at some point of time he influences our lives if not to […]
SHRC issues notice to Chief Engineer, PDD
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to Chief Engineer Power Development Department for resorting to unscheduled power cuts both in metered and non-metered areas and for irregular power supply as winter has set in. The SHRC has sought a report from the Chief Engineer within a week’s time. […]
