Centre recommends President’s Rule in JK after December 19: Report
Agencies New Delhi/Jammu : The centre is learnt to have recommended imposition of President’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir after the expiry of six-months of Governor’s rule on December 19. The decision has been taken after Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik sent a report to the central government recommending imposition of President’s rule […]
Former PDP leaders Basharat Bukhari, Peer Hussain join National Conference
Srinagar: Former senior Peoples Democratic Party leaders Syed Basharat Bukhari and Peer Muhammad Hussain on Wednesday joined the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference. Bukhari, a senior PDP leader and a former cabinet minister in Mehbooba Mufti led PDP-BJP government and Hussain, an ex-Wakf Board chairman were expelled by PDP on Tuesday for their ‘anti-party activities’ Bukhari […]
Pulwama parts shut for 4th successive day against civilian killings
Srinagar: Parts of Pulwama district in south Kashmir are shut for the fourth consecutive day against civilian killings in Sirnoo village of the district on Saturday. Witnesses said that all shops and other business establishments are shut while transport remained off the roads in major towns of the district. The colleges, coaching centres and other government offices […]
Life in Kashmir limping to normalcy after three-day shutdown over Pulwama civilian killings
Srinagar : Life in some parts of Kashmir started limping back to normalcy after remaining paralyzed for three days due to strikes and protests following the killings of seven civilians in south Kashmir’s Pulwama. The commercial hub of Srinagar city witnessed the normal rush of shoppers today. Similar reports were received from other district headquarters of […]
PDP protests inside Civil Secretariat demands an end to unabated civilian killings
Srinagar : First time in the recent history, a protest demonstration carried out inside Civil Secretariat, housing the seat of government. The protest demonstration was carried by People’s Democratic Party (PDP) members led by senior PDP leaders Firdous Tak, Aijaz Mir and Yawar Mir. The protesters assembled in the canteen of the Secretrait and marched in […]
Mirwaiz attempts march towards Badami Bagh army cantonment, arrested
Srinagar : Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was detained on Monday after he tried to defy his house arrest to march towards Badami Bagh army base in Srinagar. A spokesperson of Mirwaiz said that Mirwaiz, who was under house detention, defied the house detention and tried to march towards Badami Bagh Army Cantonment against the […]
Police Foils JKLF’s Badami Bagh March, Yasin Malik Detained
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik was detained on Monday after he tried to march towards Badami Bagh army base in Srinagar. Malik along with the scores of JKLF leaders and activists’ including women assembled at Gaw Kadal and started a march towards the Badam Bagh army base, but as soon […]
Seven dead, three injured in Reasi road accident
Jammu: Seven people, including three children, were killed and three others injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, police said Friday. The accident took place in the Tamasgali area of the district late Thursday night when the four-wheeler was returning from a marriage […]
India, Pakistan armies trade fire along LoC in Poonch
Srinagar : The armies of India and Pakistan on Thursday exchanged heavy fire, shelling on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, officials said “Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire and targetted forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC) at village Bandichechian village Gulpur tehsil Havali in Poonch district,” officials said. “Indian troops guarding the […]
Two militants killed in Sopore encounter
Srinagar : Two militants were killed in an overnight gunfight with the government forces in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Quoting a senior police official, news agency GNS reported that two militants were killed in the gunfight that broke out last night in Gund Brath village of Sopore. The operation, he said, was […]
