Power shutdown in Jammu areas
JAMMU: To carry out work of erection, testing and commissioning of 66 kV Circuit Breaker of Grid Station Hiranagar, the power supply to Hiranagar, Billawar, Samba, Dayalachak, Chadwal, Marheen, Paharpur, Chann Arorian and part of Ghagwal adjoining areas shall remain affected on May 05 from 07 am to 12 noon. Similarly, to carry out dismantling […]
HM commander Lateef ‘Tiger’ killed in Shopian encounter
‘Tiger’ was a close aide of Hizb Commander Burhan Wani
‘Tiger’ was a close aide of Hizb Commander Burhan Wani
Only a strong government can carry out strikes across LoC: Modi
Bikaner: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said a strong government is needed for taking decisions like carrying out strikes across the Line of Control and implementing the Enemy Property Act. Addressing an election rally here, Modi said property worth Rs 1,800 crore which belonged to people who moved to Pakistan during Partition had been acquired […]
Budgam admin assures action
Budgam: The District Development Commissioner (DDC), Budgam Dr Syed Sehrish Asgar on Friday urged the concerned officials to ensure that the ban on illegal brick kilns, stone crushers and mining of earth, sand and boulders across district Budgam is made operational. The DDC stressed on taking strict action against the offenders found involved in illegal […]
Detention of youth in south Kashmir part of election exercise: DGP
Srinagar: The crackdown on youth in south Kashmir is “purely a precautionary measure” and “part of an election exercise undertaken to ensure free and fair polls in south Kashmir” Director General of Police, Dilbagh Singh said on Friday. Government forces have arrested scores of youth in a massive crackdown in south Kashmir, where Lok Sabha […]
Exercise ‘maximum restraint’ while dealing with protesters: Mir after Shopian encounter
Jammu: Expressing concern over the “volatile situation” in Jammu and Kashmir’s poll-bound Shopian district after an encounter between security forces and militants, Congress leader G A Mir Friday asked law enforcing agencies to exercise “maximum restraint” while dealing with protesters. Three unidentified militants were Friday killed in the encounter, following which clashes broke out between […]
World Press Freedom Day: KWJA calls for unconditional release of journalist Aasif Sultan
Srinagar: On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on Friday, Kashmir Working Journalist Association (KWJA) joined the chorus from local and international journalist bodies for release of incarcerated Kashmiri journalist, Aasif Sultan, who has been behind bars for around nine months now. Aasif is currently detained at the Central Jail in Srinagar. A statement […]
‘23-hour curtailment’ triggers protest in Handwara village
Residents block highway, demand adequate electricity
Srinagar: Residents from Chowgul village of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday staged a protest against the Power Development Department (PDD) for failing to provide them electricity most of the times. They blocked the Kupwara-Srinagar highway at Braripora in protest against the Power Development Department. The locals said that they had been compelled […]
People set to teach PDP a lesson in south Kashmir: Hasnain Masoodi
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Friday said that PDP has lost the faith of people for all the times to come, saying that the people of Kashmir, in particular, the people of south Kashmir have made it a point to teach them a lesson for betraying their mandate. While addressing a series of […]
