Art 35A rumours: Mehbooba calls Farooq, requests ‘all party meet’
Srinagar : As rumours have a field day in Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Chief Minster Mehbooba Mufti Monday said that she has called on National Conference president and parliament member Farooq Abdullah urging him to convene an “All Party meet” in order to put up a joint front against any attempt […]
Zonal SPs asked to provide list of Mosques in Srinagar
Agencies SRINAGAR: A fresh order directing the five zonal superintendents of police to provide the list of mosques in the city and its management committees has added to the speculation about some major decision in the offing regarding Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. “Please provide details of mosques and their managements falling without your respective […]
India, Pak troops exchange fire along LoC in Poonch
Srinagar : The India and Pakistan troops exchanged fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district on Monday. An army official said that Pakistan army violated ceasefire by firing small arms and mortars in Shahpur sector in Poonch district. “At about 1245 hours Pak initiated unprovoked cease fire violation by firing of […]
Army soldier injured in accidental fire in Pulwama
Srinagar: An army soldier was injured in Panzgam area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday. Reports reaching GNS said that the soldier of 55 RR sustained bullet wound in his foot at Mir Pora area of Chakoora when his service rifle went off accidentally. The injured soldier was immediately taken to army’s near by […]
Drug peddler arrested in Budgam, Charas recovered: Police
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday claimed to have arrested a drug peddler at a checkpoint in central Kashmir’s Budgam district and seized contraband substance from his possession. A police spokesman in a statement said that officers at a checkpoint established at Chahr-e-Sharif arrested a drug peddler identified as Mohammad Ayoub Mir son […]
Official: Attack at Afghan VP candidate’s office kill 20
KABUL : The death toll from an attack against the Kabul office of the Afghan president’s running mate and former chief of the intelligence service climbed to at least 20 people on Monday, an official said. Around 50 other people were wounded in Sunday’s attack against the Green Trend party headquarters, which lasted hours and […]
15-Year-Old Muslim Boy Set On Fire In UP’s Chandauli For Refusing To Chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’
Agencies A 15-year-old Muslim boy was set on fire by four people in Chandauli district when the boy refused to chant “Jai Shri Ram”. The incident took place on Sunday night and the boy has been admitted in Kabir Chaura hospital in Varanasi. The condition of the boy with 60 per cent burns is said […]
Infant injured in Cross-LoC firing in Poonch succumbs
Jammu: A 10-day-old baby, injured in heavy shelling by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC), died at a hospital on Monday in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The infant, his mother Fatima Jan (35) and another civilian Mohammad Arif (40) were injured when mortar shells fired by Pakistan hit their […]
Fresh batch of 2675 yatris leave for Amarnath cave Shrine from Jammu
Srinagar : A fresh batch of 2,675 pilgrims on Monday left for Amarnath cave in South of Himalayas from Yatri Niwas, Bhagwati Nagar base camp Jammu. Confirming the resumption of Yatra, an official said that a batch of 2,675 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in two escorted convoys for the valley. “Of these, […]
Shah and his team of 16 working on Kashmir, NRC
Agencies New Delhi : Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the Prime Minister’s most trusted lieutenant in Modi 2.0, is learnt to be focusing on vital aspects of national security with 16 key bureaucrats to fix the structural crises — the insurgency in Kashmir, the NRC, and the situation in Northeast and Maoist-affected areas. With the […]
