99pc Muslims want review of SC judgment on Ayodhya dispute: AIMPLB
Lucknow: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Sunday asserted that 99 per cent of Muslims in the country want a review of the unanimous Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya dispute. The AIMPLB, which was not a party to the law suit, has previously said a review petition will be filed by December […]
Cold tightens grip on most parts of J&K, Ladakh
Jammu: Night temperature across the two union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh plummeted below the season’s average on Sunday with Leh town recording the coldest night of the season at minus 13.2 degrees Celsius, the MET office said. Srinagar and other places in Kashmir also recorded sub-zero temperature, while the minimum temperature in Jammu […]
Looked at situation in Kashmir carefully; hope for peaceful resolution: Japan
New Delhi: Japan on Sunday said it looked at the situation in Kashmir “very carefully” and hoped that a peaceful resolution to the issue will be found through dialogue. The comments by a spokesperson of the Japanese Foreign Ministry came a day after India and Japan held their first foreign and defence ministerial dialogue under […]
Gas cylinder blast: Two more succumbed, toll rises to six
Ramban/Jammu: Two critically injured minor siblings Saturday succumbed to burn injuries at a hospital, raising the death toll in a gas cylinder blast at a house in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir to six, officials said. With their death, Bishan Dass had lost his wife and five children — four daughters and a son — […]
Centre determined to implement all Central Acts in J&K and Ladakh: Singh
Jammu: The “prophets of doom” predicting “volcanos” in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 have “fallen silent” and the Centre is committed to implement all central laws in the Union territories of J&K and Ladakh, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Saturday. Urging people to cooperate with the government in the implementation of […]
Cold wave intensifies in Ladakh, parts of Kashmir record sub-zero temp
Jammu: Cold wave intensified in the Ladakh while parts of Kashmir, including the famous hill resort of Gulmarg and Pahalgam, also reeled under sub-zero temperatures after the recent snowfall, the MeT office said on Saturday. At a low of minus 9.2 degrees Celsius, Kargil town was the coldest recorded place in Ladakh region followed by […]
ACB files chargesheet against govt official in disproportionate assets case
Jammu: The J&K Anti-Corruption Bureau on Saturday chargesheeted an official official of the Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Department (CA&PD), indicting him in a corruption case of owning disproportionate assets. The chargesheet against CA&PDa storekeeper Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din was filed in the anti-corruption court of special judge after the the competent authority granted sanction to prosecute the […]
Article 370: SC reserves verdict on pleas challenging curbs in J&K
New Delhi: The Supreme Court reserved on Wednesday its verdict on a batch of pleas including that of Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad challenging the restriction 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 Reddy and Justice […]
J&K pushed into ‘unprecedented’ crisis: NC
Jammu: The National Conference on Wednesday expressed concern over the continued detention of political leaders and said “the worrisome political stalemate for over 111 days speaks volumes about the lack of understanding and insensitivity of the ruling dispensation that has pushed Jammu and Kashmir into an unprecedented crisis”. It sought immediate restoration of political activity […]
Over 5,000 preventive arrests in J-K since August 5, 609 still in custody: Govt
New Delhi: Over 5,000 preventive arrests have been made in Jammu and Kashmir since August 5 when the Centre announced abrogation of Article 370 provisions, and 609 of them are still in custody, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Nobody has died in police firing since August 5, but 197 […]