Centre approves Baramulla-Kupwara rail link
JAMMU, NOVEMBER 29: In a significant initiative to expand connectivity in J&K, the Government of India has approved extension of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link upto Kupwara in north Kashmir. “I am glad to inform you that Railways has prioritized the extension of rail link from Baramulla to Kupwara and has sanctioned an updated survey for the […]
Panchayat Polls-2018: JK witnesses 71.1% voting in Phase-V
JAMMU,: In the Phase-V of Panchayat Polls held today, overall poll percentage of 71.1% was witnessed across the State. According to the Chief Electoral Officer J&K, Shaleen Kabra, an overwhelming 85.2% polling was witnessed in Jammu division and 33.7% in Kashmir division. Giving district-wise details, Kabra said that Kupwara witnessed 42.5% polling, Bandipora 34.6%, Baramulla […]
Omar Abdullah inspires youth, only NC can retrieve the state back on the path of development: NC
Srinagar,: Jammu and Kashmir National conference general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar Thursday said only National Conference can bring J&K back on the path of development. While welcoming scores of prominent political functionaries from Zadibal into party fold he said, “It’s a welcome development and a clear cut message to those forces hell bent to attack […]
Election Commission likely to club Lok Sabha, J&K Assembly polls next year: Sources
New Delhi: The Election Commission, which has to hold fresh assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir before May 21 next, is likely to club it with the Lok Sabha elections due next year, highly-placed sources in the poll panel said Thursday. The state assembly was dissolved by Governor Satya Pal Malik on November 21 citing the […]
Kartarpur Corridor Could Be ‘New Beginning’ Of Indo-Pak Reconciliation: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said the Kartarpur corridor could be a “new beginning” of reconciliation between India and Pakistan and called for facilitation of bilateral trade and people to people contact to make borders “irrelevant”. The planned corridor will connect Sikh faith’s founder Guru Nanak Dev’s final resting […]
Khrew Gunfight: Thousands attend funerals of slain militants in Pulwama
Pulwama : Thousands of people participated in the funeral prayers of two slain militants who were killed in a predawn gunfight with government forces at Sharshali village of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday. Adnan Ahmad Lone alias Uqaab, son of Ghulam Mohammad Lone resident of Braw Bandina, Awantipora and Adil Bilal Bhat alias […]
Salahuddin, Saifullah Khalid pay tributes to militants killed in Khrew, Chattergam gunfights
Srinagar : Supreme Commander Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Syed Salahuddin has paid glowing tributes to two militants killed in Khrew area of Awantipora Thursday morning, said Hizb spokesman Saleem Hashmi. In a statement e-mailed to Kashmir News Service (KNS), the Hizb spokesman Saleem Hashmi said, “Hizb Supreme Commander Salahuddin during his address to a command council meeting tribute […]
Revoke SAC order on JK Bank or face stir: PDP tells Governor
Srinagar : Senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and former minister Naeem Akhtar on Thursday led a protest rally against the State Administrative Council (SAC) order that changed Jammu and Kashmir Bank into a Public Sector Bank and asked Governor to immediately withdraw the SAC order on J&K Bank or face a mass struggle against […]
J&K Bank employees protest in Srinagar against SAC decision
Srinagar : Employees of Jammu and Kashmir Bank on Thursday staged a protest in Srinagar to demand rollback of the decision of the state administrative council (SAC) to turn the bank into a public sector undertaking (PSU). The call for protests was issued by All India J&K Bank officers Federation on Wednesday. Reports said that dozens […]
Two Hizb militants including a top commander killed in khrew gunfight : kashmir Police
Srinagar: Two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militants have been killed in a gunfight with government forces in Khrew area of south Kashmir in Pulwama district Thursday morning. A police official said that a pre-dawn cordon and search operation was launched jointly by Jammu and Kashmir police, army and paramilitary forces following “credible” inputs about the presence of militants in Sharshali area […]
