No room for ‘jihadi outfits’ in Pakistan, announces Imran Khan
Islamabad: There was no room for “jihadi outfits and jihadi culture” in Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said amidst intense global pressure on his government to rein in various outfits operating from its soil. Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated after a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) killed 40 CRPF personnel […]
Valley shuts in protest against ‘custodial killing’
Srinagar: Normal life in Kashmir was affected Wednesday due to a strike called by separatists to protest against the custodial death of a youth. Schools, colleges and universities remained closed due to the strike called by the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), an amalgam of separatist groups, to protest against the death of Rizwan Pandit in […]
JK is not NC’s personal estate, says Mehbooba
Says news political parties have every right to emerge
Jammu: In a blistering attack at former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for dubbing emergence of new parties in Kashmir as a New Delhi ploy to divide Kashmiri mandate, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday said J&K is not a personal property of the National Conference. Mehbooba’s attack followed Peoples Conference chief Sajjad Gani Lone’s diatribe against […]
BJP to hit campaign trail in JK from Friday
Modi, Shah to be star campaigners
Jammu: The BJP in Jammu and Kashmir is banking on its star campaigners Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah to leave a mark in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls, with the party planning to start its hectic campaigning from Friday. The voting for the 17th Lok Sabha will be held over seven […]
Fresh snowfall, rains brings down temperature in Kashmir
Jammu-Srinagar highway witnesses closure, reopens later
Srinagar: Kashmir, including Srinagar city, Wednesday received a fresh spell of snowfall– a rare occurrence in the month of March in recent years– as overnight rainfall caused water logging in many parts of the capital besides bringing down the temperature. Heavy rainfall in plains and snowfall in higher reaches began during the night and continued […]
Lok Sabha polls: Alliance between NC-Congress sealed in JK
Cong gets 2, NC 1; friendly contest on 3 LS seats
Jammu: Sealing an alliance after days of hectic parleys, the Congress and National Conference Wednesday announced they will fight two and one Lok Sabha seats respectively, while agreeing on a “friendly contest” on the rest three constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir. In a joint press conference here, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and NC patron […]
