Red Fort attack case: Kawa’s family protest in Lal Chowk
Srinagar: The family and friends of alleged Lashkar militant Bilal Ahmad Kawa today staged a protest in Lal Chowk’s Press Colony against his arrest. The family alleged that, he is being made a scapegoat by the Indian authorities. The Delhi Police and Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested one of the suspects at the Delhi airport on […]
Night-long cloud cover brings respite from cold wave in J&K
Srinagar: With the night-long cloud cover hovering across Jammu and Kashmir, the cold wave conditions throughout the valley were marginally broken much to the relief of the residents. “At minus 14.8 Kargil town recorded the lowest night temperature in the state while it was minus 7.7 in Leh town,” an official of the Met Department […]
India, Pak trade fire along LoC in Uri
Srinagar: India and Pakistan troops on Friday exchanged fire along the Line of Control in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir. An Indian Army official said that Pakistan army targeted the Indian positions along the Line of Control in Uri sector which was ‘effectively’ retaliated. “Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing in Kamalkote area of […]
Army man injured in mine blast along LoC in Uri
Baramulla: An Army soldier was injured in a mine blast on the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. According to official reports an army soldier of 8 Rashtriya Rifles was injured in mine blast during patrolling at Kamalkote area of Uri. He was rushed to Uri hospital where from […]
Article 370 in J&K is temporary, says RSS’s Indresh Kumar
Jaipur: The status of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir is “temporary”, RSS leader Indresh Kumar said today as he stressed that the occupation of Indian land by China and Pakistan was unconstitutional. India was suffering from Pakistan’s sponsored terrorism and secessionism and over 66,000 people had lost their lives since 1972 due to this, […]
Valley witnesses respite from cold
Srinagar: There was some respite for residents of Kashmir from intense cold as the minimum temperature rose by several degrees at most places in the valley and Ladakh region. A considerable improvement in the minimum temperature in the valley and Ladakh region was witnessed last night, a MeT official said. Srinagar, the summer capital of […]
JRL protests against killing of youth
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) leaders and activists Thursday protested against torturing of jail inmates and ‘unabated killings’. The JRL leaders and activists along with people from all walks of life gathered outside JKLF office at Abi-Guzar and marched towards the city center. Displaying placards depicting slogans against atrocities being committed on incarcerated Kashmiris and […]
Assembly again witnesses oppn walkouts, ruckus
Jammu: Noisy scenes were witnessed in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly today as Opposition NC and Congress staged walkouts to protest what they claimed was the state government’s failure to make several administrative units functional and over the strike at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science (SKIMS) in Srinagar. As the House met for the day, […]
DAK warns state-wide agitation if Dir SKIMS not reinstated
Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) led by Dr Suhail Naik Thursday expressed its solidarity with the striking resident doctors at SKIMS, who are demanding reinstatement of Director SKIMS, Dr A G Ahanger who was attached to GAD followed by a government order last week. Speaking on the occasion Dr Mir Mushtaq said that the […]
Union govt has not refused to return power projects, says Dy CM
Jammu: The government on Thursday revealed that the union government has not refused to give back the power projects demanded by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) government. The return of power projects is also a part of the ‘agenda of alliance’, the government reiterated. Replying to a question asked by MLA […]
