After months of speculations, Shah Faesal, the IAS topper from Jammu and Kashmir, has apparently taken voluntary retirement. Faesal is likely to contest elections from Baramulla on a National Conference ticket. To protest the unabated killings in Kashmir and absence of any credible political initiative from Union Government, I have[Read More…]
In a beautiful display of religious harmony, a Sikh boy used his turban as a band-aid to help a Muslim woman who was bleeding due to hit by a truck in road accident. The quick intervention prevented in her blood loss and she survived. The humble 20-year-old Sikh boy named[Read More…]
A Srinagar court has directed Republic TV’s Managing Director, Editor-in-Chief and Co-founder Arnab Goswami to appear to the court on February 9 with regards to a criminal defamation suit filled by PDP leader Naeem Akhtar, according to reports. Akhtar had accused Goswami along with former PDP MLA Molvi Abid Ansari,[Read More…]
Srinagar: In an unusual twist to the earlier version, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) said on Tuesday that an Assistant Commandant from Jammu and Kashmir died in Jharkhand during an anti-Maoist operation. Earlier, the family of Gulam Jeelani Khan, who belonged to Manzgam village in Baramulla district, was told[Read More…]
Srinagar: The Mirwaiz Umer Farooq-led separatist Hurriyat Conference on Tuesday ridiculed former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s expression of outrage over the desecration of Jamia Masjid here. Mehbooba Mufti had on Monday telephoned Mirwaiz Umer to express her condemnation at the attempted desecration of Jamia Masjid by some[Read More…]
As sub-zero temperature sets off a biting cold wave in Kashmir with Srinagar recording season’s low at minus 3.2 degree Celsius, people are hanging warm clothes on the “Wall of Kindness” for the poor and needy on the bank of river Jhelum. A group at least 30 city youth volunteering with[Read More…]
On Saturday, a case was filed against a private firm in Jammu & Kashmir for allegedly duping people. The people were asked to invest the cryptocurrency they had in the company, according to the police. A spokesperson said that the Crime Branch received a complaint from some people that a[Read More…]
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Saturday announced ex gratia relief of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of six Kashmiri labourers who died in a landslide in Uttarakhand a day ago, an official statement said. The six belonging to Uri in Baramulla district[Read More…]
Srinagar: An army patrol party in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday detected and defused an improvised explosive device (IED), police sources said. The IED was found on the road in Shumnag area. –IANS
A day after the school education department banned the wearing of traditional Kashmiri attire, ‘Phiran’ in its zonal offices in the state, the National Conference leader, Omar Abdullah shared images of him and his father Farooq Abdullah in the attire. Abdullah tweeted, “My father & I have worn pherans to[Read More…]
Indians never fail with their creativity and ‘jugaad’ and without a doubt Sonam Wangchuk and his students ace the art. Recently, the real-life 3 Idiot’s Phunsuk Wangdu alias Sonam Wangchuk and his students from Himalayan Institute of Alternatives crafted out an old Mahindra SUV as a home ceiling, leaving Mahindra’s[Read More…]
Srinagar: Three bunkers set up by security force were removed on Tuesday near the city centre Lal Chowk in Srinagar after 30 long years. The bunkers were built in 1988 to maintain vigil following the outbreak of separatist violence in the Kashmir Valley. The bunkers were located near Hanuman Mandir[Read More…]
Srinagar: Voting was underway on Tuesday for the ninth and final phase of the panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir amid tight security. Tuesday’s polling is being held only in the Kashmir division in 452 polling stations. Polling started at 8 a.m. and will end at 2 p.m. At least[Read More…]
On Monday, Bhartiya Janata Party expelled its leader and former MLA Gagan Bhagat for anti-party activities and indiscipline. The decision followed the Supreme Court’s discarding of a petition filed by Bhagat against the dissolution of Jammu and Kashmir’s assembly by governor Satya Pal Malik. The party spokesperson, Sunil Sethi said[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a petition challenging Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik’s decision to dissolve the state assembly and impose Governor’s rule. “We are not inclined to entertain,” said a bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjay Krishan Kaul as[Read More…]
Srinagar: A Pakistani commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and two Kashmiri militants were killed and seven security men injured in an 18-hour-long gun battle that ended on Sunday here in the outskirts of the Jammu and Kashmir capital, police sources said. The exact identity of the slain militants was being[Read More…]
Bhaderwah: Hindu Majority village in Bhanderwah town of Jammu and Kashmir has set an example of communal harmony by electing a Muslim as their ‘Panch’ unopposed in the ongoing nine-phased Panchayat elections. Chowdhary Mohammad Hussain (54) is from a cattle rearers community, has been elected as the Panch of Bhelan-Kharothi[Read More…]
Srinagar: A soldier was injured on Wednesday in Pakistani firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Defence Ministry sources said the Pakistan Army violated the 2003 ceasefire on the LoC in Kamalkote area of Uri sector. “Our positions retaliated effectively and firing exchanges continued[Read More…]
Srinagar: Senior separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq on Wednesday condemned the “nocturnal raids” by police in Srinagar city during the separatist-called Human Rights Week. The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), a separatist conglomerate headed by Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, have urged people to observe the[Read More…]
Jammu/Srinagar: Polling for the 7th phase of Panchayat polls ended peacefully in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday under tight security arrangements. Voters were seen queuing outside polling stations in both Jammu and the Kashmir valley despite the morning chill. Polling started at 8 a.m and ended at 2 p.m. An[Read More…]
Srinagar: Ten associates of militants were arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday as the police busted two modules of militant outfits, officials said. “Two militant modules of Hizbul Mujahideen and Jaish-e-Muhammad were busted after 10 associates of militant outfits were arrested,” a police officer said. Police said[Read More…]
Srinagar: A youth in Jammu and Kashmir who had joined militant ranks in October was arrested by the police in Srinagar on Sunday. Family sources said Ahtisham Bilal was arrested by police from his home in Khanyar area of Srinagar. Later, the police said the youth had been reunited with[Read More…]
Srinagar: Minimum temperatures dropped further across the Kashmir Valley on Saturday with Leh in Ladakh region recording minus 9 degrees Celsius, the Met said. Kargil came a close second at minus 8.5. Minimum temperatures dropped due to a clear night sky, an India meteorological department official said. Srinagar city recorded[Read More…]
Jammu: A professor of Jammu University was suspended on Friday for his alleged terrorist remark against freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. The action came after some students complained against the professor, Mohammad Tajuddin, of the university’s political science department, on Thursday. The incident came to light after a video clip of[Read More…]
Srinagar, Minimum temperatures across the Kashmir Valley remained below freezing point on Thursday as intense cold wave conditions continued in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, the Met department said. Weather will remain cloudy and dry during the next seven days, it added. Leh at minus 8.1 was the[Read More…]
