Govt ready for dialogue with anyone who shun violence: Prez
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind today said that the government was ready for a dialogue with anyone who shunned violence and reposed faith in the Constitution.In his maiden address to the joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament, Kovind also said terrorist violence in the interiors of Jammu and Kashmir is directly related to […]
Fire incident disrupts flight operations at Srinagar Airport
Srinagar: Flight operations were disrupted for a brief period at Srinagar Airport after a fire incident occurred near Air Traffic Control (ATC), of the airport. The fire tenders of Airforce rushed to the spot and doused the flames. “Small fire near IAF ATC has taken place, now under control, slight disruption in flight movements,” […]
Will take the investigation on Shopian killings to logical conclusion: CM Mufti
Jammu: Following the adjournment motion on Shopian killings moved by the opposition National Conference today, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti during her participation in the debate assured the house that the investigation started with the registrations of a murder case will be taken to logical conclusion. Chief Minister informed the house that after telephonic talk with […]
Yatra attack: Police files chargesheet against 11 accused
Srinagar: Police on Monday filed a charge sheet against eleven persons in connection with attack on bus carrying Amarnath Yatra last year. Those charge sheeted including four militants of Lashker-e-Toiba, killed in separate encounters last year, as well as juvenile. Eight pilgrims were killed in the attack on 10 July last year and subsequently police registered a case […]
Respite from cold wave in Srinagar as night temperature rises
Srinagar: Residents of Srinagar got much needed reprieve from cold wave conditions as the night temperature rose by three degrees but the minimum temperature stayed below the freezing point across the valley and Ladakh region. Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 1.6 degrees Celsius last night, up from minus 4.8 degrees Celsius the previous […]
No politics, these killings must stop: Omar
Jammu: Former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said the unabated killings in Kashmir should stop. “This continuous cycle of killings must end. We all have to end this bloodshed,” Omar said in the assembly. “We don’t want to play politics over it.” He said on one side, the magisterial inquiry has been ordered and […]
Shopian civilian killings: BJP demands withdrawal of FIR against army
Jammu: The coalition partner of the state government, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded the withdrawal of an FIR lodged against the army men in the killing of two civilians in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. BJP’s RS Pathania said while speaking in the Assembly said that the government should withdraw the FIR against the Army personnel […]
Shopian killings: Arrest soldiers named in FIR, demands NC
Jammu: National Conference on Monday demanded the accused soldiers named in the FIR in connection with the killing of two civilians should be arrested immediately. According to the GNS correspondent, senior NC leader and former minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Ali Mohammad Sagar said that with regard to the civilian killings by army in the Shopian, […]
Uproar in House as opposition demands discussion on Shopian civilian killings
Jammu: The opposition parties created the ruckus in the Legislative Assembly on Monday over killing of two civilians by the army in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. As soon as the House assembled this morning after a long break, the National Conference (NC) and Congress legislators stood up and demanded a discussion over the killing of […]
Gunmen attack Kabul military academy: officials
Kabul: Gunmen launched a pre-dawn attack on a military academy in Kabul today, security officials and sources said, in an ongoing assault that marks the latest violence to strike the Afghan capital. Some of the attackers at the Marshal Fahim Military Academy have been killed, an Afghan security source said, in the third major attack in […]
