PDP expels 8 party leaders for going ‘against will of people’ by engaging in parleys with govt

Srinagar: The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday expelled eight party leaders for going “against the will of the people” by engaging in parleys with the government. “PDP expels leaders for going against the will of the people,” the party said in a press release posted on its official Twitter handle. The leaders who have […]
Article 370: SC verdict Friday on pleas challenging curbs in JK

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver on Friday its verdict on a batch of pleas including that of Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad challenging the restrictions imposed in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir following abrogation of provisions of Article 370. A bench of Justice N V Ramana, Justice R Subhash […]
Internet blockade in Kashmir: Class 10 students make frantic efforts to get their results checked

Srinagar: Results for Class 10 board examinations were announced on Thursday but thousands of students were making frantic efforts to know their result by calling their relatives and friends outside Kashmir in the wake of the internet blockade in the Valley. Hundreds of students visited the office of the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School […]
Mehbooba’s provocative, threatening statements resulted in downgrading of JK into UTs: Baig
Jammu: Senior PDP leader Muzaffar Hussain Baig on Thursday accused incarcerated party chief Mehbooba Mufti of being responsible for downgrading of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories by making “provocative” and “threatening” statements over Article 370. Baig, a former deputy chief minister, met reporters here on a day when envoys from 15 countries were in […]
Students booked on sedition charges over “Free Kashmir” placard at protest in Karnataka

Bengalur: A sedition case has been registered against a group of students in connection with alleged display of a Free Kashmir placard during a protest in a campus of the Mysuru university against the attack on JNU students, police said on Thursday. The case has been registered against Maridevaiah and others under Indian Penal Code […]
Khan directs Qureshi to visit Iran, Saudi, US as part of Pak’s efforts to defuse tensions in Gulf

Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to visit Iran, Saudi Arabia and the US as part of Pakistan’s efforts to defuse the tensions in the Gulf region following the killing of a top Iranian general in a US drone strike. Khan also asked Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa […]
Objective of visit by envoys to Kashmir is to display measures taken to bring back normalcy: MEA

New Delhi: The government on Thursday said the objective of taking envoys of 15 countries to Kashmir was to help them see the efforts to bring back normalcy in the Valley after abrogation of Article 370 and rejected criticism that the visit is like a guided tour. The envoys from 15 nations including from the US […]
Won’t contest polls till JK’s special status restored: NC MP

Srinagar: National Conference MP Mohammad Akbar Lone on Wednesday said his party will not contest any election till the special status and statehood of Jammu and Kashmir is restored. “The National Conference will not take part in any election till the pre-August 5 position of Jammu and Kashmir is restored,” Lone told reporters after a […]
Kashmir remains freezing cold though sun shines after 3 days

Srinagar:The night temperature in Kashmir stayed close to freezing point on Wednesday due to recent snowfall, as sun shone on the Valley after three days. Srinagar recorded a low of minus 0.4 degrees Celsius last night, almost same as previous night, an official of the MET department said. The official said the ski-resort of Gulmarg […]
Former militant detained for questioning in JK’s Samba
Jammu: A former militant has been detained for questioning during an operation in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police officer said on Wednesday. Parvaiz Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Srinagar, was picked up from Parmandal area Tuesday night, the officer said. He said Bhat was active in Kashmir in the early 1990’s before […]