Karnah road reopens after two months
(Agencies) Srinagar : Traffic on Kupwara road to Karnah, a border town in north Kashmir, was resumed on Monday after remaining closed from over two months due to accumulation of several feet of snow. Meanwhile, snow clearance operation was going on war footing to restore traffic to dozens of far-flung and remote areas, including those […]
Officers in favour of early polls in J&K being harassed: Omar
Srinagar: Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah alleged on Monday that officers of Jammu and Kashmir favouring early Assembly elections were being harassed by a lobby of senior officers who oppose such a move. “I’m shocked to hear how officers who have supported early Assembly elections are being browbeaten and threatened using their performance appraisals against them […]
Notification for first phase of Lok Sabha polls issued
(Agencies) New Delhi : Notification for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections was issued on Monday, setting in motion the high-voltage electoral battle where the BJP seeks to return to power amid opposition’s efforts to present a united fight to unseat it. Polling would be held in 91 parliamentary constituencies spread across 20 […]
Musharraf Shifted To Dubai Hospital After ‘Reaction’ From Rare Disease
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Islamabad: Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has been shifted to a hospital in Dubai after suffering a reaction from a rare disease that has weakened his nervous system, his party has said. General (retd) Musharraf, 75, who has been living in Dubai since March 2016, is facing the treason case […]
Govt forces cordon Sopore village, launch search operation
Sopore: Government forces Monday launched a cordon and search operation in Tujjar village of northern Kashmir’s Sopore. Police sources said that acting on a credible input about presence of militants in the area, the joint teams of Army’s 22 RR, Special Operation Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police and paramilitary CRPF personnel cordoned off thevillage and […]
Sopore family seeks help in tracing missing boy
SRINAGAR : A teenage boy from Hathlangoo village of north Kashmir’s Sopore town has gone missing after he left his home to attend tuition. Danish Bashir Khan,13, son of Bashir Ahmad Khan left home on Sunday morning to attend tution in Sopore, according to family. “He told us not to worry and he will come […]
Clashes erupt as forces cordon Pulwama village
Srinagar: Intense clashes erupted in Drubgam village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district after government forces launched a cordon and search operation in the village. Reports said that a joint team of government forces including army’s 44 RR, Special Operations Group pf Jammu and Kashmir police and paramilitary forces launched a search operation in the area. As […]
Army man dead, three wounded in cross LoC shelling in Rajouri
Srinagar : An army man has been killed and three others wounded in cross-LoC firing in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. Reports said that the armies of India and Pakistan exchanged heavy fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Keri Battal of Sunderbani sector. Officials said that at about 5:30 in […]
NIA summons Mirwaiz: Don’t make this matter of prestige, says NC
Srinagar: The National Conference (NC) Saturday asked New Delhi not to make it a point of prestige to summon moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to New Delhi. Party general secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar said that the Valley’s chief cleric should be questioned in the Valley. “Government should not make it a point of […]
Shah Faesal to launch political party on Saturday
(Agencies) Srinagar: Former IAS officer Shah Faesal will launch his political outfit ‘Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement’ at a function in Rajbagh area of the city on Sunday. He said the function will be held at Gindun Ground in Rajbagh. The 2010 batch UPSC topper resigned from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in January this year […]
