Fire damages two structures
A residential house and a shop was damaged in two different fire incidents in Anantnag and Srinagar. In Anantnag, fire broke out in a joint residential house belonging to Farooq Ahmad Bhat, Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat, Mohammad Talib Bhat, Aijaz Ahmad Bhat at Mattan Chowk Anantnag, resulting in partial damage to the house. Fire was brought […]
Troopers injured
The situation across the valley remained peaceful and under control, a police spokesman said. He said that minor incidents of stone pelting were reported from Keller Chowk in Shopian and Court Road, Pinglish in Tral. At Pinglish Tral, miscreants heavily pelted stones on police and security forces deployment in which some police and security forces […]
JRL condemns govt for foiling Tral march
The Joint Resistance Leadership, Tuesday condemned the imposition of curfew and restrictions in Srinagar, Tral and other parts of Kashmir to foil the Tral Chalo march. In a statement issued here Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik castigated the state administration for putting curbs on political activists, imposition of curfew and […]
Army kills two Pak soldiers
Army on Monday evening killed two Pakistani soldiers in a strike on the Line of Control in Uri to foil a Border Action Team (BAT) attack from the Pakistani side. According to defense officials Special Forces of the army targeted the Pakistani troops along the Uri LoC (Line of Control) yesterday. Inflicting casualties a convoy […]
Centre ready for talks on JK ‘development’ with all stakeholders: Naidu
Stating that the situation in the Valley was better than what it was during the tenure of UPA government, Union Minister, M Venkaiah Naidu has said that the government is ready for talks on ‘development’ with all stakeholders except pro-freedom leaders. The union minister claimed that the problem in the Valley is limited to just […]
Class work to remain suspended
According to District Administrations, the class work in various districts of Kashmir shall remain suspended on May 31 (Wednesday) as a precautionary measure. The colleges and schools in Srinagar city with remain closed on Wednesday, officials said. Deputy magistrate Srinagar Dr Farooq Ahmad Lone said that the schools and colleges will be closed tomorrow (Wednesday). […]
New maternity hospitals coming up at Sgr, Jammu: Mehbooba
Two Maternity Hospitals of 200 bed capacity each would be made functional in the two capital cities of Srinagar and Jammu within a year or so even as work is apace on the three Medical colleges of Anantnag, Baramulla and Rajouri which is expected to be completed in two years. This was disclosed in a […]
Telecommunication Clampdown: Students studying outside seek end to telecom gag
With continuous telecommunication gag, Kashmiri students studying outside are facing troubles while getting in touch with their families, back home. Some students are running short of money, while others are worried about the well-being of their families. The students whose families live in south Kashmir are the worth hit due to the telecommunication gag that […]
Loc trade suspended as India, Pak relations worsen
The cross LoC trade on the Srinagar-Muzafarabad road was suspended today following the strained relations between India and Pakistan after the escalation of tension along the de-facto border as the troops from both the sides have engaged in heavy firing. The authorities from this side were trying to ensure that the trade was not suspended, […]
Srinagar-Jammu highway closed
The Srinagar-Jammu Highway, only road link between Kashmir and the rest of the parts of India, was closed for traffic in view of the pro-freedom leader’s call for a march to Tral. The highway was closed and no movement of any sort of traffic on either side was allowed, officials said, adding that the […]
