Will ask Pak for claiming Jhutt’s body: DGP
Srinagar: LeT militant Naveed Jhutt, who was killed in an encounter on Wednesday, was a Pakistani national, Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh said, adding that they will write to the Union Home ministry to inform Islamabad to take his body. Jhutt, who was wanted in connection with the assassination of journalist Shujaat Bukhari and […]
Militant escapes from encounter site
Srinagar: A suspected militant on Wednesday survived the fierce gunfight and emerged unharmed from the rubble of a house which was badly damaged by explosives in Chattergam area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Top Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Naveed Jatt was killed along with an associate who is yet to be identified in the gunfight that broke […]
SAC rescinds controversial Roshni scheme
JAMMU: In a major decision that is bound to raise a political storm in the state, the State Administrative Council (SAC) approved repeal of the Jammu and Kashmir State Lands (Vesting of Ownership to the Occupants) Act, 2001, (commonly known as Roshni scheme). The decision was taken on Wednesday during a meeting of the SAC […]
Dineshwar Sharma meets Governor
Jammu: Centre’s special representative for Kashmir Dineshwar Sharma Wednesday met Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik at Raj Bhavan here. They discussed about the political and developmental aspirations of the people and a range of issues relating to the internal security situation and initiatives required for protecting and promoting the educational and career interests […]
Treating JK Bank as PSU will add to alienation: Mehbooba
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said that treating J&K bank as a public sector undertaking will lead to further alienation in Jammu and Kashmir. Taking to Twitter, Mehbooba said that she spoke to finance minister Arun Jaitley and told him that the decision will lead to further alienation. “Spoke […]
Reopen all closed roads between two sides of Kashmir: Er Rasheed
Asks New Delhi to respond positively to Pak Govt’s talk offers
Srinagar: Welcoming proposed Kartarpur corridor, Awami Itehaad Party (AIP) President, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Wednesday sought reopening of all closed roads between two sides of divided Kashmir. In a statement issued here, Er Rasheed said, “Kartarpur corridor has been long time demand of Sikh community, while its construction should be welcomed by all but […]
Open Kargil-Skardu road, demand speakers at round table conference
LAHDC will take up issue seriously at all platforms: CEC
Sajjad Hussain Kargil: In a wake of Kartarpur Corridor Opening Ceremony, a round table conference was on Wednesday organised by People’s Forum for Peace across LOC in collaboration with Ladakh Autonomous Hill development Council (LAHDC) at conference hall in TFC Kargil. During the conference, various speakers, intellectuals and representatives of influential religious organizations of Kargil […]
Bulldozing properties, carrying genocide won’t help in silencing Kashmiris: Sehrai
Srinagar: Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai on Wednesday demanded release of political prisoners who according to him continued to remain under ‘illegal incarceration’ saying that shifting of political prisoners outside jails is ‘inhuman and outrageous act of repression’, which needs to be condemned across the spectrum. “The whole of Kashmir valley has been likened […]
Prevailing uncertainty in JK basic cause of this human tragedy: Geelani
Says sacred blood of militants has indebted whole nation
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani on Wednesday paid tributes to the slain militants killed in Chattergam Chadoora. Geelani in a statement issued here blamed authorities, saying that “their insensitivity and unconcern is the sole reason for this unabated bloodshed”. “This sacred blood of these martyrs throughout the state of Jammu and Kashmir […]
