Centres approves new tourist, trekking routes in Ladakh
New Delhi: The Home Ministry has approved new tourist and trekking routes in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir to promote adventure tourism and enhance economic activities. The Home Ministry, in a statement, said the decision has been taken buoyed by the success of many tourism initiatives announced under the Prime Minister’s Development Package-2015. […]
Leopard kills 3-year-old boy in Reasi
Jammu: In a second such incident this month, a leopard has killed a three-year-old boy in a remote hilly village in Mahore area of Jammu division’s Reasi district, officials said Tuesday. A massive search operation has been launched to track down the beast which had earlier struck in Kansoli village of Mahore belt on December […]
Mirwaiz, Malik detained
Srinagar: Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was taken into preventive custody after he tried take out a march here on Monday against the killing of seven civilians during an encounter in Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said. The action was taken as Farooq tried to defy house arrest and take out the march to […]
Militants, protestors can’t be dealt with the same yardstick: NC
Seeks use of non-lethal weapons to quell protests
Srinagar: Demanding a time-bound probe into civilian killings in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Monday asked the governor-led administration to use non-lethal weapons like water cannons to quell the protests in the valley. NC General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar said it was unfortunate and criminal that militants and protestors were being dealt with […]
Justice delayed but not denied: Omar
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said Monday that justice to victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots was delayed but not denied. “Justice delayed but not denied. #84riots,” Abdullah tweeted after the Delhi High Court convicted six persons, including Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, in an anti-Sikh riots case. The riots, in which […]
Guv Malik, his Advisors have become mouth pieces of security agencies: Er Rasheed
Says coming days will be tough for Kashmiris
Srinagar: Awami Itehaad Party (AIP) on Monday condemned the continuous detention of its president Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh at Kothi Bagh Police Station. AIP president was detained during a protest march on Sunday against the civilian killings in Pulwama on last Saturday. AIP spokesman Advocate Maajid Banday as per a statement issued here said that […]
Geelani’s proposed march to Badami Bagh foiled: Hurriyat (G)
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani was on Monday disallowed to lead a protest rally towards Badami Bagh Army cantonment, a spokesman said on Monday. The amalgam spokesman according to a statement issued here said that Geelani was scheduled to move towards Badami Bagh as per the JRL program, but police did not […]
Probe ordered into Pulwama killings ‘farce’: Sehrai
Says ‘Kashmir conflict leaves Indonesian girl widowed’
Srinagar: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Chairman, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai on Monday termed the probe ordered into the killing of civilians in Pulwama as ‘farce’, saying that the outcome of such probes is already known to all. He also said Kashmir conflict that claimed the lives of thousands of people and has even left an Indonesian girl widowed. According […]
Blood of innocents will soon destroy ‘castles of oppression’: DFP
Srinagar: Strongly condemning the imposition of curfew in Srinagar and south Kashmir areas, Jammu Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP) on Monday said that authorities and their local supporters don’t allow people even to mourn. The JKDFP spokesperson in a statement issued here said caging people after every killing has become a norm in Kashmir and […]
