Pakharpora shuts against nocturnal raids, arrests
Budgam: Troops arrested at least seven youth during nocturnal raids in Pakharpora area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district, sparking spontaneous shutdown on Saturday. Locals informed that government forces conducted nocturnal raids in Pakharpora town and arrested seven youth. The raids came after recent stone-pelting incidents on Army during two encounters. On Friday, army fired in […]
Valley Weekends aimed at providing entertainment to tourists: Dir Tourism
Srinagar: Amid chill of the autumn, Valley’s noted singer Rashid Jahangir warmed up the atmosphere with his melodious voice in the middle of Dal Lake at Nehru Park attracting large gathering of locals as well as tourists. As part of its tourism promotional pragramme under the campaign ‘Valley Weekends’, the department of tourism Kashmir this […]
Rambagh flyover construction: Traffic Police issues diversion plan
Srinagar: Traffic Police, City Srinagar today issued a traffic diversion plan in view of the ongoing construction of Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh flyover. “Executing agency has to do some construction work on the flyover near Rambagh Bridge, as a precautionary measure the traffic plying from Jawahar Nagar Bund towards Rambagh Bridge shall be diverted via-a- Bailey Bridge […]
Police detains HR activist ahead of proposed protest
Srinagar: The Human shield victim from Budgam, Farooq Ahmad Dar and other victims and their families Saturday staged a protest at Srinagar’s Pratap Park against what they termed as the ‘gross Human Rights violations’ in Kashmir. The human shield victim from Budgam district, Nasrullah Khan, 36, the victim of ‘army torture’ in Lolab area of […]
JKLF condemns police raids aimed to arrest Malik
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) on Saturday said that police is continuing its nocturnal raids to arrest its chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik who has gone in hiding to lead a protest rally towards UN observers’ office at Srinagar today on Dec 10, the international human rights day. “Police last night raided the residences […]
Er Rasheed appeals for unity among Muslims
Srinagar: Awami Itehaad Party (AIP) president and MLA Langate, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Saturday stressed for unity between various sectarian groups. Er Rasheed as per a statement issued here said that the religious preachers have to play the vital role to expose the propaganda against Muslim Ummah by those who want to deprive Muslims […]
Three critically injured in road mishap
Baramulla: Three persons were critically injured in a road mishap that occurred at Bandi near Nadya Kasi road in northern region of Uri on Satutday. Officials confirmed that accident took place at Bandi area of Uri when a driver of speedy four wheeler vehicle Winger lost control and skidded off the road, resulting in critical […]
Shops damaged in blaze at Bagi Mehtab
Srinagar: At least three commercial structures were gutted in a mysterious blaze on Saturday in the city outskirts at Bagh-e-Mehtab. Officials said that three commercial structures which house shops were damaged after the fire broke out in one of the commercial structure in the wee hours of this morning. They informed that the fire later […]
Forces lay seige to Chitragam Kalan village in Shopian
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JK Pilgrims likely to travel via Sea to perform Hajj next year
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Government is holding hectic talks with the GOI to revive the option of sending pilgrims to Hajj via the sea route to Jeddah, after the gap of more than 23 years. Minister for Hajj and Auqaf, Farooq Andrabi told KNS that the government is holding meetings with the central government […]
