Train services in Kashmir suspended
In view of the separatists call for shutdown today, train services have again been suspended in the Kashmir valley. The separatists have given a valley-wide shutdown call against alleged attempts to abrogate Article 35-A. Traders and others have also supported the strike call given by both the factions of the Hurriyat Conference (HC) and Jammu […]
India, Pak trade fire on LoC, woman killed
A woman was killed when Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged firing and shelling in Mendhar sector of the Poonch district early Saturday, reports said. “The 45-year-old woman Raqia Begum was a resident of upper Golat in Mendhar,” Mendhar Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Riyaz Tantray said. The cross border firing and shelling was going on when […]
18 hour long cordon ends in Noorpora Tral
The eighteen hour long cordon has been lifted today in the morning in the Noor Pora village of Tral sub district. Police sources said that Cordon and search operation was launched in the area yesterday afternoon by government forces after receiving inputs about the presence of militants. IGP Munir Khan while refuting the claims made […]
Militants attack army camp in Kupwara, soldier injured
An army soldier was injured after militants attack army camp in forest area of Kalaroose in frontier Kupwara district of north Kashmir on Friday late night. Official sources said that a group of militants attacked army’s 41 RR headquarter camp which is located in upper belt of Kalaroose forests along LoC. “The indiscriminate fire continued […]
Row over abrogation of Article 35A: Mehbooba claims ‘support’ from PM
Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given “100 per cent assurance” that he would back the PDP-BJP government’s Agenda of Alliance (AoA). Mufti claimed that the AoA says there will be “no fiddling” with Article 370. Mehbooba, who was in the National Capital met the Prime Minister for about 15 […]
On JRL’s call people stage protest in many areas
Protests and clashes erupted in different parts of Kashmir Valley on Friday, witnesses said. Clashes erupted in Nowhatta while peaceful protests were held at Maisuma and Hyderpora in Srinagar city. Reports said that Jammu and Kashmir Liberation (JKLF) staged a protest to denounce “killing spree” in Kashmir, particularly in south Kashmir districts. Scores of JKLF […]
Mehbooba’s words don’t matter: Omar
Former Chief Minister and National Conference (NC), working President Omar Abdullah on Friday said that Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti cannot be believed what she said after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the assurances of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. “Excuse us if we no longer believe what @MehboobaMufti says after she comes […]
Abrogate Article 35A and be ready for consequences: Mirwaiz warns political parties
Warning to initiate a ‘peoples agitation’ in case pro-India regional parties failed to protect the special status of the state, Hurriyat (M) Chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said that the attempts to abrogate Article 35-A as a “very serious and critical matter”. “Pro-India regional parties are duty bound to the people of JK […]
Changing demography of JK will threaten global peace: Pakistan
Pakistan has expressed its ‘grave concerns’ over attempts by New Delhi to “change the demography of Jammu and Kashmir State.” Addressing reporters during his weekly press briefing in Islamabad, Pakistan Foreign office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said that ‘grave human rights violations in Kashmir and ‘unprovoked’ firing on this side of the Line of Control and […]
34 PaK traders barred from carrying out LoC trade
After officials recovered 66.5 kilogram of heroin and brown sugar from a truck coming from PaK at Salamabad trade facilitation centre on July 21 last month, a total of 34 companies in Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) have been banned from carrying out any trade activity on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road. The decision comes after the trade was […]