Time has come to review Art 370 in JK: Rajnath Singh
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh says there is a need to review Article 370 and 35-A that grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir to establish whether these Constitutional provisions have benefited or done damage to the militancy-hit state. Singh’s remark comes against the backdrop of the BJP’s stand […]
Curfew continued in Bhaderwah for second day
Jammu: Curfew remained clamped in Bhaderwah valley of Doda district for the second day on Friday following violent protests by members of a community against killing of a person. The Doda district administration refuted media reports that “cow vigilantism” was the reason behind the murder and said some people were trying to give communal colour […]
Militant, civilian killed in Shopian laid to rest
Shopian: Two militants and a civilian who were killed in a brief encounter at Handew area of Imamsahib belt in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday evening were laid to rest on Friday amid massive pro freedom sloganeering. Eyewitnesses said that thousands of people participated in the funeral of prayers of slain Yawer Mushtaq at […]
Shutdown call by separatists disrupts normal life
Friday prayers disallowed in Jamia Masjid Srinagar
Srinagar: Normal life was affected in Kashmir Friday due to a strike called by separatists to protest the killing of a civilian following an encounter between militants and security forces in Pulwama district. Most of the shops, fuel stations and other business establishments were shut in Srinagar — the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, […]
Optimism: Century old trout farming beacons hope for entrepreneurs in JK
Jammu: Introduced by a Scotsman in the Kashmir valley 118 years ago, Trout farming has become a major economic activity with the establishment of 533 units in the private sector apart from trout beats set up in 142 rivers, streams and lakes of the state. Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has recorded nearly 600 tonnes of […]
