Cordon and search operation in Pulwama Village
Forces have cordoned off Banderpora village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district after receiving inputs about the presence of militants in the area. Heavy forces have been deployed. Gunshots were heard when the last repotrs came in. More details awaited.
2,22,619 paid obeisance at Holy Cave till today
Today, on the 21st day of the Yatra 6,064 Yatris paid obeisance at the Holy Cave. With this cumulatively since the beginning of the pilgrimage, 2,22,619 Yatris had darshan at the Holy Cave.
Asiea Naqash for making JK open-defecation free
Minister of State for Housing & Urban Development Department, Social Welfare and Health & Medical Education, Asiea Naqash today said that the Government is making efforts to make Jammu and Kashmir free from open-defecation to ensure health and hygiene. The Minister made these remarks while inaugurating one-day workshop, ‘Open Defecation Free (ODF) Certification’ organized by […]
Dy CM anguished over death of JCO, Jawan
Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh today expressed grief over the killing of JCO, Shishi Kumar and jawan Jaspreet Singh, who were killed during the cross border shelling at Nowshera tehsil in Rajouri district. Dr Singh while expressing sympathies with the family of the martyrs said that the sacrifices rendered by the jawans would […]
First Hajj flight to operate from Srinagar Airport on July 25
The first batch of pilgrims will depart on July 25 and that two flights carrying 420 Hajj pilgrims each would fly directly to Saudi Arabia every day, Minister of State for Hajj & Auqaf Farooq Ahmad Andrabi said gtoday. The Minister made these remarks at an interaction with Khuddam-ul-Hujaj at Hajj House here. During the […]
Water shortage sparks protest in Sopore village
Residents of Amargrah area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday staged protest demonstration and kept Srinagar-Sopore National Highway blocked for long time over water scarcity in the area. A large number of locals, especially women, raised slogans against Public Health Engineering (PHE) department and also blocked road for traffic movement and alleged that they […]
Joint Resistance Leadership calls for UN march on Friday
Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL)comprising Syed ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yaseen Malik, on Wednesday have called for a shutdown and march to the UN office on Friday, July 21 to protest against the “killings of Kashmiris, especially the genocide of our youth by government forces”. While appealing the people from all walks of […]
Congress attacks government over lynchings in name of cow
The Leader of Opposition in the Upper House and former JK Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday attacked the government over incidents of lynching in the name of cow protection. While taking part in a discussion in the Rajya Sabha on the issue of mob lynching , Azad alleged that those attacking Dalits and […]
Tral returns to normalcy after four consecutive days of shutdown
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Pakistan lodges protest with India over ‘ceasefire violations’
Pakistan Foreign Office on Wednesday lodged protest with India over the killing of two civilians in “intense unprovoked shelling by Indian troops” from across the Line of Control (LoC) in the sectors of Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK), Pak media reports said. Pakistan Foreign Office summoned Indian Deputy High Commission JP Singh and condemned the “unrelenting, […]