India test fires Agni-V missile
Bhubaneshwar : India successfully test fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-V off the Odisha coast on Monday. The surface-to-surface missile having a strike range of 5,000 km was launched at 1.30 p.m. from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Abdul Kalam Island in Bhadrak district, said Defence Ministry sources. The sources said […]
Pak will continue to lend full support to people of Kashmir: Imran Khan
Islamabad : Pakistan would continue to lend full diplomatic, political and moral support to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Imran Khan said Monday. Khan’s remarks came in a message on the Human Rights Day which is observed every year on December 10. This year, the Human Rights Day marks the 70th anniversary of […]
JRL calls for shutdown on Tuesday in poll bound areas
Srinagar : Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and Mohammad Yasin Malik on Monday asked people to observe a complete protest shutdown in Natnussa, Drugmulla,Magam,Banakoot, Tujjar Sharief,Hardaboora,Tangmarg,Wakura,Chadoora,Pakherpora,Kakapora,Awantipora,Zainpora,Kulgam, Pahalgam, areas going to polls in the 9th phase of “sham panchayat elections” thrust on them by the authoritarian state. The spokesman said that JRL […]
Indian diplomat walks out of SAARC meeting in Pakistan over PaK minister’s presence
Islamabad : An official of the Indian High Commission in Pakistan staged a walkout of a SAARC meeting over the presence of a minister from Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) at the event, according to source here. Diplomat Shubham Singh, left the meeting to register India’s protest over the presence of PaK minister Chaudhary Muhammad Saeed at the […]
Kashmir observes shutdown on JRL call against against HR violations
Srinagar, A shutdown is being observed in Kashmir valley on Monday against the human rights violations. The strike is called by the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) to highlight the human rights violations in the valley. All shops, business establishments and private offices are closed in Srinagar and parts of the valley, while public transport is off […]
SC dismisses PIL challenging dissolution of JK Assembly
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL challenging the dissolution of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly by Governor Satya Pal Malik. “We are not inclined to interfere (with the decision of the Governor),” a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul said. The bench was hearing a PIL filed by BJP leader Gagan Bhagat, who was an MLA before […]
JRL calls for shutdown on December 10, asks people to observe it as ‘black day’
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called for a shutdown in Kashmir on Monday, December 10 and urged people to observe it as a ‘black day’. December 10 is celebrated globally as Human Rights Day. In a statement Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik urged people to observe complete shutdown to highlight […]
Governor expresses grief over loss of lives in Poonch road accident
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has expressed grief and anguish over the loss of precious lives in a tragic road accident in Mandi Tehsil of Poonch district today morning. 12 people died and eighteen others were injured, four of them critically, in the accident that took place after a bus skidded […]
Panchayat polls 8th phase: Till noon Budgam records lowest turnout, Baramulla highest
Srinagar : Central Kashmir’s Budgam district recorded a voter turnout of 6.5% while north Kashmir’s Barmulla recorded the highest turnout till 12 noon – 43.6%. The overall voting percentage across the 14 districts of the state was recorded 34.3 % percent. Here are the polling figures recorded till 12 PM: Kupwara 33.7%, Bandipora 10.8%, Baramulla […]
Muslim man elected as Panch in Hindu-majority Bhaderwah village
Bhaderwah : Setting an example of communal harmony and brotherhood, a Hindu-majority village in Bhaderwah town elected unopposed the head of its only Muslim family as their Panch in the ongoing nine-phased Panchayat polls. Chowdhary Mohammad Hussain (54), a Gujjar from a family of cattle rearers, has become the Panch of Bhelan-Kharothi village of Hanga Panchayat. […]
