Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti came out in support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday saying that, he is the only hope to end the 70-year-old Kashmir issue once and for all. Mufti while speaking at the inauguration of a flyover in Jammu said, PM Modi alone[Read More…]
After a surge in the cases of bank robberies by alleged terrorists, the J&K government has issued an advisory to the bank to instantly stop cash transactions in at least 40 branches placed in Pulwama and Shopian districts of South Kashmir. The advisory has been issued in the backdrop of[Read More…]
In a latest development, the Election Commission has cancelled the Anantnag Lok Sabha bypoll, saying that the ground situation is not favorable to hold free and fair elections in the valley state. Earlier, the bypoll was slated to be held on April 12. However, it was postponed for May 25[Read More…]
On Sunday, normal life in Kashmir was affected due to a strike called by separatists to protest the killing of a civilian in firing by security forces after militants attacked an army camp in Kupwara district on Thursday. Marking the strike, most local businesses, and fuel stations remained shut in[Read More…]
Addressing the Kashmir crisis, the government on Friday told the Apex Court that it was ready to talk to only accepted political parties in Jammu and Kashmir but not with the separatists. It was clearly expressed by Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi that the government will only negotiate or go into[Read More…]
Separatist leader Asiya Andrabi has been arrested by Jammu and Kashmir police under the public safety act, on late Wednesday night. Andrabi is the chief of the radical women’s outfit Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM). Reportedly, she was arrested from her home in Soura. Andrabi, allegedly is the key separatist leader who provoked[Read More…]
After being shot by suspected terrorists at south Kashmir’s Pinglan area of Pulwama district, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) district President for Pulwama Abdul Gani Dar has succumbed to his injuries. Reportedly, Gani was shot in the chest. “Gani was heading towards Srinagar when suspected terrorists opened fire on him between[Read More…]
After a week’s closure of all educational centres, the authorities on Monday ordered the opening of universities, colleges and higher secondary schools in Jammu and Kashmir. This was declared after an official statement issued in summer capital Srinagar by the provincial administration said all universities, colleges and higher secondary Class[Read More…]
Soon after the unrest in the valley Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti will call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday to discuss the situation and possibly formulate a solution. The CM is also scheduled to meet Union Minister Rajnath Singh. Considering the brutality on Kashmiri students in[Read More…]
National Conference leader, former chief minister Farooq Abdullah won Srinagar Lok Sabha by-election. The supporters in huge numbers congratulated the leader at party headquarters in Srinagar. Counting of votes for Srinagar-Budgam parliamentary by-election began on Saturday morning. The State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Shantmanu who visited the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention[Read More…]
Counting of votes for Srinagar-Budgam parliamentary by-election began on Saturday morning. The State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Shantmanu who visited the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar on Friday, said counting of votes would begin simultaneously in Jammu, Udhampur and New Delhi where Kashmiri migrants had voted. Notably, there[Read More…]
As repolling takes place in 38 polling stations in Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency where the bypolls on Sunday was disrupted by violence; the voter turnout in the first three hours of voting has been only one per cent. Counting of votes will be held on Saturday and the result would[Read More…]
The repoll instructed by Election Commission of India in 38 polling stations of Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency began on Thursday morning amidst tight security arrangements. The bypoll on April 9 was marred by violence that killed around 8 people and injured many. The polling that began at 7 am in[Read More…]
The Election Commission ordered repoll in 38 polling stations of the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency that saw significant violence during the April 10 by-election. In a letter to the state Chief Electoral Officer, the EC said it is ordering repoll based on the reports of the officers and observers. The[Read More…]
The Congress-led Opposition raised the issue of former Indian Navy Officer Kulbhushan Jadhav’s death sentence by Pakistan, in the Parliament on Tuesday. Following the previous reports, Congress also tossed the matter of Kashmir unrest on Tuesday in the Lok Sabha. The Congress leaders on Tuesday passed an adjournment motion notice[Read More…]
After much speculations, the Election Commission finally postponed the Anantnag Lok Sabha bypoll to May 25 following a violent public protests spoiled voting in the Srinagar by-elections, leaving eight people dead and hundreds injured. The Jammu and Kashmir administration maintained that the law and order situation is not favorable to[Read More…]
On the polling day in Srinagar on Sunday, more than 100 civilians severely injured with bullets and pellet guns were admitted for treatment at Srinagar hospitals. At least three youth with “critical injuries” were being treated in the hospitals across the city while 11 youth were being treated for bullet[Read More…]
After repeated violence in Srinagar during the by-poll for Lok Sabha seat on Sunday Jammu and Kashmir’s ruling party asked the Election Commission on Monday to postpone the bypoll in Anantnag until April 12. Although the security was tightened in Srinagar as separatists called for a boycott of the by-election[Read More…]
Nearly 8 people were killed in Srinagar in a dispute with security forces during the by-poll for Lok Sabha seat on Sunday. Notably, the constituency witnessed a record low with 6.5 per cent voter turnout. It is the lowest in last 30 years. Annoyed crowds took to streets in huge[Read More…]
Voting for the bypolls to the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency of Kashmir began on Sunday. Security was tightened in Srinagar as separatists called for a boycott of the by-election. The bypoll was required as the former PDP leader Tariq Hamid Karra resigned from PDP and Lok Sabha in protest last[Read More…]