Wake up or loose Kashmir, Farooq tells Delhi
Former chief minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has said that New Delhi could lose Kashmir valley if it doesn’t find a political solution to the dispute. In an interview with India Today on Monday evening, Abdullah said the violence and loss of lives during the Srinagar by-poll “are a tragedy and a failure […]
4 quintals of poppy seized
Police has recovered 400 kgs of poppy husk from a truck and arrested two persons on Jammu- Srinagar highway in Jammu and Kashmir. The truck was intercepted at a check point on Jammu- Srinagar highway in Banihal belt of Ramban district by the police and a search of the truck was conducted last evening, a […]
INTERNET BAN subverting institution of journalism: KEG
Taking a serious view of the continued snapping of internet broadband to the media, Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) on Tuesday said the objective of the ban is aimed at subverting an institution and preventing it from recording the history of the most crucial period. Snapping of the internet services has, off late, become more frequent. […]
UN urges India, Pakistan to find peaceful solution for Kashmir issue
Secretary-General of United Nations, Antonio Guterres has urged India and Pakistan to solve the Kashmir issue through dialogue, reports said today. The spokesperson of the Secretary General has also dismissed claims that UN chief was being reluctant to address the Kashmir issue. “I don’t brush it [Kashmir issue] off. I don’t think the Secretary General […]
ECI announces re-poll at 38 polling stations
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) J&K, Shantmanu, today reviewed the arrangements put in place for repolling at 38 polling stations in district Budgam of Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency scheduled to be held on 13 April 2017. District Election Officer (DEO) Budgam, SSP Budgam and other concerned were present at the meeting. The CEO said adequate security will […]
No strike today
There will be no shutdown on Wednesday, joint resistance leadership said. In a statement issued here, the leadership withdrew the shutdown call issued for south Kashmir after the deferment of Anantnag bypoll. The leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik had earlier called for shutdown in south Kashmir areas where polling […]
Opposition asks Mehbooba to step down after Anantang polls get deferred
ECI has decided to defer the polls, but the elections will be held on 38 polling stations on Srinagar parliamentary seat, where the elections were disrupted by the protesting youth, on April 13.
