Blaze in Aero India parking area guts 300 cars, no casualties; event goes on as scheduled
Bengaluru, (PTI) A major fire swept through the parking area of the Aero India event at the Yelahanka Air Force station here gutting about 300 cars on Saturday, the penultimate day of Asia’s premier air show, official sources said. No casualties were reported in the blaze suspected to have been caused by dry grass fire aided […]
JRl calls for shutdown on Feb 24
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leaders have called for complete shutdown on Feb 24 against arbitrary arrest spree of Jamat e Islami leaders, detention of Yasin Malik and attempts to tamper with Article 35A According to the statement issued by the JRL the arbitrary arrest of JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik and the mass crackdown and illegal detention […]
Desist from decisions having far reaching consequences: Sajad Lone to Guv SP Malik
Srinagar: Peoples Conference on Saturday ‘objected’ to Governor J&K SP Malik’s ‘tinkering with the Constitutional provisions applicable to the state of J&K’ while cautioning him to desist from taking any ‘decision of having far reaching consequences’. In a statement, Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone said that Governor’s or President’s rule is a temporary measure […]
Pak Hindu MP calls for peace with India
New Delhi, (PTI): A Hindu parliamentarian from Pakistan Saturday made a fervent appeal to the governments of India and Pakistan to defuse tension in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack, saying New Delhi will benefit the most if the two neighbours joined hands. Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, a member of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), offered […]
Pak writes to UN rights chief over alleged violations in Kashmir
Islamabad (PTI) Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has written a letter to the UN rights chief over alleged human rights violations in Kashmir. Qureshi said his letter to UN High Commissioner for the Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday was a follow up on his letter dated December 16, 2018 over “the deteriorating human rights […]
Omar thanks PM Modi for speaking against attacks on Kashmiris
Srinagar,(PTI): National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Saturday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for breaking his silence on attacks against Kashmiris in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack and expressed hope that such incidents would not recur. “Thank you @narendramodi Sahib. Aaj aap ne hamaray dil ki baat keh di (you have conveyed the feelings of our […]
Four CRPF men, five civilians Injured in road mishap in Baramulla
Baramulla: At least four Central Reserve Police Force personnel (CRPF) and five civilians were injured in a road mishap in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday afternoon. Reports reaching GNS said that a CRPF vehicle collided with a four wheeler (Tata Sumo) near Pandit Colony in north Kashmir’s Baramulla this afternoon. In the mishap four […]
Modi denounces harassment of Kashmiris says Valley youth are victims of terror
Srinagar: Breaking his silence over the hounding and harassment of Kashmiris in mainland Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the youth should not be targetted and ‘Kashmir is with us in our fight against terror’. Modi was speaking at a public rally in Rajasthan’s Tonk. “Our fight is against terror, the enemies […]
NC activists protest against harassment of Kashmiris outside valley
Srinagar, (PTI) The National Conference Saturday took out a protest march here against the intimidation and harassment of the people of Kashmir outside the valley and demanded such attacks be immediately stopped. Scores of NC activists, led by party general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar, assembled at the party headquarters ‘Nawai-Subah’ here and took out a protest […]
Day 2: Sopore shuts to mourn militants killing
Bilal Ahmad Sopore: A Complete shutdown is being observed on second consecutive day in Sopore town and Zaingeer belt of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday against the killing of two militants in Warpora area of Sopore on Friday. All the shops and other business establishments are closed in the town,while as thin movement […]
