HC dismisses plea challenging detention of Mian Qayoom under PSA
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the detention under the Public Safety Act (PSA) of Kashmir Bar Association president Mian Abdul Qayoom and held that preventive detention was not a punitive measure. Justice Tashi Rabstan, while dismissing the petition, said it was sans merit. “A law of preventive […]
Kashmir continues to reel under sub-zero temperatures
Srinagar: Kashmir continued to reel under sub-zero temperatures on Thursday, with Gulmarg recording a low of minus 9.0 degrees Celsius, a MeT department official said. Mercury in Pahalgam, the south Kashmir resort that serves as the base camp for annual Amaranth Yatra, dropped to minus 7.4 degrees Celsius from 9.3 degrees Celsius a night earlier, […]
Body recovered from encounter site in Pulwama, likely of militant: Police
Srinagar: Body of an unidentified man, believed to be a militant, was recovered on Thursday from the encounter site in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama where one ultra was killed last month, officials said. The body was recovered by locals in the Khrew area where an encounter had taken place between militants and security forces on […]
Move beyond rhetoric, allow democratic and political process to resume in JK: PDP to Centre
Jammu: Asserting that all sections of society in Jammu and Kashmir were feeling “betrayed”, the PDP on Thursday said the Centre must move beyond “rhetoric” and allow democratic and political process to resume in the union territory. “The affirmation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Jammu and Kashmir is crown jewel of India and the […]
JK: Elevated Light Rail System to be set up in Jammu, Srinagar
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday approved a proposal to set up the Elevated Light Rail System (ELRS) in the twin capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar. The approval to the Rs 10,559 crore project was granted by the Administrative Council, which met under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor G C Murmu here, […]
Three JK leaders in detention since August booked under PSA
Srinagar: Three Jammu and Kashmir leaders, who have been in preventive detention since August last year, were on Thursday booked under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), officials here said. The three are senior National Conference leader and former minister Ali Mohammed Sagar, former NC legislator Bashir Ahmed Veeri, and Sartaj Madani, the maternal uncle […]
India slams Kashmir reference in Pak-Malaysia joint statement
New Delhi: India on Thursday reacted sharply to the reference to Jammu and Kashmir in a Pakistan-Malaysia joint statement, saying the Malaysian leadership should develop a better understanding of facts and acknowledge that Pakistan remains an epicentre of global terrorism. Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said India completely rejects the references made with […]
