2 PDP leaders released, 2 more to follow
Srinagar : The Government today released two mainstream leaders from house arrest and equal numbers of them will be released tomorrow while daughter of former Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, was today detained at her residence. Two leaders of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Rafi Ahmad Mir and Abdul Majeed Paddar were released today from house arrest […]
Advisor Khan greets people on New Year
JAMMU,: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, on Tuesday, extended his good wishes on the New Year and hoped that the year 2020 would bring peace, progress and prosperity in the lives of people of J&K. In his message, Advisor Khan said that this New Year will bring a new dawn of development and growth […]
SMS FACILITY, BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICES IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS IN KASHMIR STARTING TODAY
Short message service (SMS) on all mobile phones in Kashmir and broadband internet services were restored in state hospitals from midnight on Tuesday, exactly 150 days after the government imposed restrictions in the valley. A senior official announced the resumption of these facilities on Tuesday. On August 4, one day before the center’s special status […]
‘War-like situation’: Separatist Syed Ali Geelani on tension in Kashmir
Appealing to people, particularly the youth, the separatist leader asked them to be “ready for a long and tough struggle”. Jammu and Kashmir-based separatist Syed Ali Geelani has cautioned New Delhi that any change in special status of Jammu and Kashmir will be resisted to maximum. He asked people to be ready for a “long […]
Any tinkering with article 370 would be aggression on people of J&K, says Farooq after all party meeting
By Muzamil Ahmad Bhat Srinagar: An emergency all party meeting was held at the residence of Farooq Abdullah and it was unanimously decided that there would be a united response to any attempt by New Delhi to dilute special status of J&K State. Farooq Abdullah in a press conference after the meeting read the all […]
Pakistan Army denies Indian claim of cross-LoC incursion
Islamabad: The Pakistan Army has denied the Indian claim about action by Pakistani army regulars and militants across the Line of Control and that their bodies were lying on the Indian side. The Indian Army Saturday said that it has foiled an attack by Pakistan’s Border Action Team (BAT) on a forward post along the […]
ACB asks Mehbooba to clarify position on J-K Bank appointments
Jammu and Kashmir’s Anti-Corruption Bureau has asked former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti to clarify if she had endorsed some controversial appointments made to the J&K Bank. In a letter addressed to Mufti, chief of Peoples Democratic Party whose party was in power from 2015 until its collapse last year, the Anti-Corruption Bureau […]
Kashmir turmoil LIVE Updates: Mehbooba Mufti slams Centre, to hold meeting with political leaders at 6 pm
Panic gripped the Kashmir Valley after the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) government’s security advisory on Friday for tourists and pilgrims of Amarnath Yatra to curtail their pilgrimage. The tourists and the Amarnath Yatra pilgrims started leaving the Kashmir Valley on Saturday, even as J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik said there was no need to panic. […]
Amit Shah meets NSA Ajit Doval amid terror threat in Kashmir
Home minister Amit Shah held a meeting with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Sunday days after security was reinforced across theKashmir valley after a terror threat, ANI reported. The Jammu and Kashmir administration had cut short the Amarnath Yatra on Friday and asked pilgrims and vacationers to leave the […]
Mehbooba Mufti under house arrest, says reports
By our reporter: Former Chief Minister and PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti have been placed under house arrest from Saturday evening, reports said. A Senior PDP leader told this reporter that she has been under house arrest and has been barred from going to Rajouri and Poonch as she was scheduled to move out. Earlier Mehbooba […]
