JK bags ‘Saubhagya Excellence Award’ for 100% electrification

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 26: The Jammu and Kashmir today bagged ‘Saubhagya Excellence Award’ for being the first State in the country to achieve 100% household electrification under ‘Saubhagya’ scheme. The award for achieving cent percent household electrification was presented by Union Minister of Power, New and Renewable Energy, R. K. Singh to K. K. Sharma, Advisor […]
Kashmir is in danger, we as a nation should remain vigilant: JRL
SRINAGAR: The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Muhammad Umar Farooq and incarcerated Muhammad Yasin Malik while strongly condemning arrests said that raids of NIA against almost whole resistance leadership, widespread spree of arrests in nooks and corners of Kashmir valley and continued threats to tinker with state subject law are […]
India has committed an aggression and Islamabad has the right to respond, says Pak. Foreign Minister

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday said India had committed an “aggression” by violating the Line of Control (LoC) and that Islamabad had the “right to respond”. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was chairing an “important meeting” to discuss the situation, sources in Islamabad said. India’s air strikes came 12 days after the Pakistan-based […]
Security installations in JK put on high alert after air strike across LoC

Srinagar, All the vital security installations across Jammu and Kashmir have been put on high alert in view of air strike across the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan-administered-Kashmir. “This is a normal procedure and all vital installations across India including J&K have been put on alert mode,” a top security official told Greater Kashmir. India […]
IAF strike across LoC: We have no information, says Defence Ministry

New Delhi – Twelve Mirage 2000 jets of the Indian Air Force are said to have crossed the Line of Control and destroyed a major terrorist camp, the ANI news agency reported on Tuesday morning, quoting an IAF source. There has been no official confirmation of this cross-LoC air raid by the IAF or the Defence Ministry so far. Here […]
NIA raid going on at yasin malik residence
According to jklf spokesman NIA is conducting a raid on the residence of arrested jklf chief Yasin Malik at maiusama locality of Srinagar. There is heavy deployment of security forces in the area. Latest reports said that raid was still going on .Yasin Malik was recently arrested by police. More details are awaited .
Indian jets drop bombs in muzzafrabad, Pak says attack repulsed
Pakistan army’s Director General Inter services Public Relations Major General Asif Gafoor tweeted on Tuesday morning that, “ Indian Air Force violated line of control following which Pakistan Air Force immediately scrambled and Indian aircraft went back”. In another tweet he said, “ Timely and effective response from Pakistan Air Force and ended up […]
SC defers hearing of Article 35A of J&K from Feb 26-28

VOV Desk New Delhi: Supreme Court on Monday listed the hearing of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Article 35A (relating to the special rights and privileges enjoyed by Jammu and Kashmir) for this week from Feb 26-28. Petitions question the validity of Article 35 A, which is often considered critical for peace, […]
Will govt bow before separatists or hold timely polls in J&K: Omar Abdullah

VOV Desk Srinagar: Holding elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be a test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handling of Kashmir over the last five years, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said Monday. “Will the Modi government bow before those forces of separatism & terror that have always sought to disrupt/delay polls in J&K or […]
Any decision on Article 35-A, granting special status to JK, will be taken by an elected govt: Rohit Kansal

Jammu: Putting all speculation to rest, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday said its stance remained unchanged that only an elected government would be able to take a stand on Article 35-A before the Supreme Court, which is hearing a bunch of petitions challenging its validity. Addressing a press conference, senior bureaucrat Rohit Kansal, […]