14-year-old boy found dead in Baramulla
Srinagar;A 14-year-old boy was found dead in north Kashmir’s Baramulla on early Friday. Reports said a dead body of a 14-year-old local resident identified as Mubashir Ahmed Dar alias (Chotu) son of Mohammad Ashraf Dar was spotted this morning by some locals at Gani Hamaam area of old town Baramulla. SSP Baramulla Abdul Qayoom also […]
10 cops injured in Baramulla road mishap
Srinagar;At least ten Jammu and Kashmir policemen sustained serious injuries after the vehicle in which they were travelling in met with an accident in north Kashmir’s Baramulla village on early Friday. Reports said a private vehicle on election duty was on its way to Srinagar from Dangiwacha when the driver of the Vehicle lost Control […]
India, Pakistan armies trade fire along LoC in Poonch
Srinagar;Armies of Indian and Pakistan on Friday exchanged shells along the Line of control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. Reports said that Pakistani troops today morning fired towards forward posts and villages along the Line of Control in Poonch. The mortar shelling and small arms firing from across the border started in Sawjiyan […]
LoK Sabha polls : Sopore’s Brath , Handwara’s Babgund witness complete boycott
Srinagar : As voting for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections begun today for two seats in Jammu and Baramulla in Kashmir, two villages in the north region of Kashmir witnessed complete boycott. Reports reaching here said that Brath village in Sopore town of Baramulla district and Bab-gund village in Handwara town of Kupwara […]
Train service remains suspended in Kashmir on poll day
Agencies Train service was suspended for “security reasons” in the Kashmir valley, where Joint Resistance Leadership had called for a general strike on Thursday when polling was held in Baramulla Parliamentary constituency. “We have suspended train service in the Kashmir valley after an advisory was received from authorities, including police,” a railway official said. He […]
I am not made of wood that burns easily, Mehbooba on BJP’s demand for her arrest
Agencies Reacting to BJP’s demand that the PDP president be arrested for allegedly instigating people to defy a ban of civilian traffic movement on Kashmir-Jammu national highway, Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said ‘such tactics and threats won’t scare her as she is not made of a wood that burns easily’. “BJP wants me arrested for […]
BSF accused of coercing voters in Poonch: PDP and NC
Agencies The National Conference and the PDP on Thursday alleged that uniformed personnel coerced people to vote for the BJP and EVMs malfunctioned in some places with the Congress button not working during the first phase of polling in Jammu’s Poonch area. PDP president Mehbooba Mufti tweeted a video showing voters raising anti-BJP slogans after […]
Hurriyat strike disrupts life in Kashmir on polling day
Srinagar : Life in Kashmir was disrupted Thursday due to a strike called by separatists to protest against polling for first phase of Lok Sabha elections in the Valley and NIA action against Hurriyat Conference leaders and their kin. Shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed due to the strike while attendance in government […]
BJP demands Mehbooba’s arrest for ‘instigating’ Kashmiris
Agencies Jumma : Lashing out at PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti for allegedly instigating people to defy a ban of vehicular movement on the national highway connecting Jammu with Srinagar, the BJP Wednesday demanded that she be arrested for trying to create law and order problem. “FIR should been registered against former CM Mehbooba […]
Kashmir issue has to be settled: Imran Khan
Agencies Islamabad : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to resolve the Kashmir issue and that the two nuclear-armed neighbours could only settle their differences with dialogue, the BBC reported on Wednesday. His comments came as India goes to vote in the general election on Thursday. The cricketer-turned-politician told the British broadcaster that peace with India over Kashmir would be “tremendous” for the wider region. “The number […]
