Anna Hazare likely to visit JK ahead of Delhi rally next month: NGO
Jammu: Social activist Anna Hazare is likely to visit Jammu and Kashmir before launching an agitation over Jan Lokpal and farmers issues in New Delhi next month, an NGO said today. “We have invited him (Hazare) to visit Jammu and he has accepted the invite. We are expecting him to address a public meeting here before […]
Er Rasheed, Jablipora residents protest in Srinagar
Srinagar: Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) chief and MLA Langate, Engineer Rasheed on Saturday joined a group of Jablipora residents who had traveled from their village in south Kashmir to Srinagar to demand removal of an army camp from a playground there. Taking a jibe at the Chief Minister Mehboooba Mufti, Rasheed asked her to act […]
Communalization, politicization of Aasifa murder deplorable: NC
Jammu: Opposition National Conference (NC) today decried “communalisation and politicisation” of a rape-and-murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua district, saying it was highly deplorable and against civilised behaviour. NC provincial president Devender Singh Rana urged the administration to take all necessary steps to instill confidence among the people to sternly dealt with criminals and […]
Massive search operation in 07 villages of Pulwama district
Pulwama: A Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) has been launched by government forces in seven villages of Tral area in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday afternoon. Official sources said that the operation was launched by the 42 RR and Tral police after militant movement was detected in the area. He added that operation has […]
JK spends Rs 2,000 cr annually on import of meat, poultry
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir is spending about Rs 2,000 crore annually to import meat and poultry, Governor N N Vohra has said and called for concerted efforts to make the state a net exporter of these products. The states import bill for meat, poultry and eggs is approximately Rs 2,000 crore per annum and both […]
One dead in Pahalgam road accident
Anantnag: A car driver was killed near Katsoo village on Bijbehara- Pahalgam road when his car skidded off the road leaving him critically injured. Sources said that an Alto Car bearing Registration Number JK03A-8369 skidded off the road at Katsoo village on Bijbehara- Pahalgam road due to which driver of the said vehicle was critically […]
Naseer Pandith’s brother among five arrested in Pulwama
Pulwama: At least five persons including the elder brother of slain Hizb commander Naseer Pandith, were arrested and several others beaten by government forces during a cordon and search operation in Karimabad village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. As per locals cordon-and-search-operation was launched in Kareemabad village during wee hours today and the forces barged […]
Cloud cover pulls up minimum temperatures in JK
Srinagar: With cloud cover hovering, the minimum temperatures throughout Jammu and Kashmir showed improvement on Saturday, according to the weather office. The MeT office has said that there would be further improvement in the weather during the next 24 hours In Srinagar, the minimum temperature was 4.5 degrees Celsius while in Pahalgam and Gulmarg it […]
Restrictions imposed in Srinagar to prevent separatist-called protests
Srinagar: Authorities on Saturday imposed strict restrictions in parts of Srinagar city to prevent a separatist-called protest. Pertinently, the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called for protest shutdown against shifting of local detainees to jails outside, murder of a separatist activist by unidentified gunmen and deteriorating rights situation in Kashmir. An associate of Hurriyat(G) Muhammad […]