Hopeful that summer this year in Kashmir will be peaceful: DGP Dilbag Singh
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said on Wednesday he was hopeful that the summer this year in the Valley will be peaceful. “We are hopeful that the situation will remain peaceful,” he told reporters here. Singh was responding to a question about any possibility of disturbance during the summer in […]
Two mainstream political leaders released from detention in JK
Srinagar: Senior politician and People’s Conference chairman Sajjad Lone and PDP leader Waheed Parra, close aide of detained former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, were released from preventive detention here on Wednesday, officials said. After the release of Lone and Parra, 13 political leaders now remain detained at the MLA hostel here which has been temporarily […]
Abrogation of Art 370 was a ‘historical blunder’: NC
New Delhi: The National Conference on Tuesday attacked the government in Lok Sabha for abrogation of special status of Jammu and Kashmir saying it was a historical blunder and has not brought down militancy. Speaking on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address in Lok Sabha, NC member Hasnain Masoodi said despite the Centre […]
U-19 World Cup: Yashasvi, bowlers help India crush Pakistan by 10 wickets, enter 7th final
Potchefstroom (South Africa): Yashasvi Jaiswal batted like a man among boys while Kartik Tyagi reminded Pakistan of Waqar Younis’ toe-crushing yorkers as defending champions India walloped their arch-rivals by 10 wickets to enter their seventh ICC U-19 World Cup final here on Tuesday. The gulf in class between the two sides was evident as Indian […]
Two dead as truck falls into gorge in Doda district
Bhaderwah/ Jammu: Two people were killed and another was seriously injured on Tuesday when the truck they were travelling in skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said. The truck was on its way from Doda to Bharath, when the accident occurred near Army checkpoint […]
Gulmarg, in south Kashmir, records lowest temperature in Valley
Srinagar: There was some respite from cold wave conditions in Kashmir on Tuesday as the minimum temperature climbed a few notches but stayed below the freezing point. The Gulmarg skiing resort in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 10.1 degrees Celsius and was the coldest place in the Valley, an official of the Meteorological […]