LoK Sabha polls : Sopore’s Brath , Handwara’s Babgund witness complete boycott
Srinagar : As voting for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections begun today for two seats in Jammu and Baramulla in Kashmir, two villages in the north region of Kashmir witnessed complete boycott. Reports reaching here said that Brath village in Sopore town of Baramulla district and Bab-gund village in Handwara town of Kupwara […]
Train service remains suspended in Kashmir on poll day
Agencies Train service was suspended for “security reasons” in the Kashmir valley, where Joint Resistance Leadership had called for a general strike on Thursday when polling was held in Baramulla Parliamentary constituency. “We have suspended train service in the Kashmir valley after an advisory was received from authorities, including police,” a railway official said. He […]
I am not made of wood that burns easily, Mehbooba on BJP’s demand for her arrest
Agencies Reacting to BJP’s demand that the PDP president be arrested for allegedly instigating people to defy a ban of civilian traffic movement on Kashmir-Jammu national highway, Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said ‘such tactics and threats won’t scare her as she is not made of a wood that burns easily’. “BJP wants me arrested for […]
BSF accused of coercing voters in Poonch: PDP and NC
Agencies The National Conference and the PDP on Thursday alleged that uniformed personnel coerced people to vote for the BJP and EVMs malfunctioned in some places with the Congress button not working during the first phase of polling in Jammu’s Poonch area. PDP president Mehbooba Mufti tweeted a video showing voters raising anti-BJP slogans after […]
Hurriyat strike disrupts life in Kashmir on polling day
Srinagar : Life in Kashmir was disrupted Thursday due to a strike called by separatists to protest against polling for first phase of Lok Sabha elections in the Valley and NIA action against Hurriyat Conference leaders and their kin. Shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed due to the strike while attendance in government […]
BJP demands Mehbooba’s arrest for ‘instigating’ Kashmiris
Agencies Jumma : Lashing out at PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti for allegedly instigating people to defy a ban of vehicular movement on the national highway connecting Jammu with Srinagar, the BJP Wednesday demanded that she be arrested for trying to create law and order problem. “FIR should been registered against former CM Mehbooba […]
Kashmir issue has to be settled: Imran Khan
Agencies Islamabad : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to resolve the Kashmir issue and that the two nuclear-armed neighbours could only settle their differences with dialogue, the BBC reported on Wednesday. His comments came as India goes to vote in the general election on Thursday. The cricketer-turned-politician told the British broadcaster that peace with India over Kashmir would be “tremendous” for the wider region. “The number […]
Complaint lodged against Farooq, Mehbooba at Bihar court
Agencies A case has been lodged at a court here against former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti over their remarks that abrogating Article 370 and 35A, that grant special status to the state, will lead to its freedom from the country. Advocate Rajesh Chandra Sharma filed the complaint Tuesday before […]
JRL calls for valleywide shutdown tomorrow, on polling days in respective areas
Srinagar Joint Resistance leadership (JRL) comprising of Hurriyat (G) led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Hurriyat (M) led by Mirwaiz Muhammad Umer Farooq and Jammu Kashmir liberation front (JKLF) has called for a complete shut down on Thursday, April 11, 2019. The spokesman said that tomorrow’s complete shutdown (Hartal) is against the parliamentary elections that […]
ITBP trooper injured in accidental fire in Poonch
Srinagar : An Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) soldier was injured when his service rifle went off accidentally on board a bus in Mendhar area of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Station House Officer (SHO) Gursai, Sanjay Gupta told GNS that ITBP personnel were on board a bus and were returning after inspection of […]
