Panchayat polls 8th phase: Till noon Budgam records lowest turnout, Baramulla highest
Srinagar : Central Kashmir’s Budgam district recorded a voter turnout of 6.5% while north Kashmir’s Barmulla recorded the highest turnout till 12 noon – 43.6%. The overall voting percentage across the 14 districts of the state was recorded 34.3 % percent. Here are the polling figures recorded till 12 PM: Kupwara 33.7%, Bandipora 10.8%, Baramulla […]
Muslim man elected as Panch in Hindu-majority Bhaderwah village
Bhaderwah : Setting an example of communal harmony and brotherhood, a Hindu-majority village in Bhaderwah town elected unopposed the head of its only Muslim family as their Panch in the ongoing nine-phased Panchayat polls. Chowdhary Mohammad Hussain (54), a Gujjar from a family of cattle rearers, has become the Panch of Bhelan-Kharothi village of Hanga Panchayat. […]
Transporters protest against Kashmir human rights violations
Srinagar : A transporters’ body in Kashmir on Saturday held a protest demonstration in Srinagar to protest the human rights violations. The protest was organized by Kashmir Transporters Welfare Federation on Joint resistance leadership call. Raising anti-government slogans and held banners which read “Stop Killing Kashmiris”, “Stop genocide of Kashmiris” and “Kashmiryun ka qatal aam […]
Mehbooba condoles loss of lives in Poonch road accident
Srinagar : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has expressed shock and grief over the loss of lives in a tragic road accident in Mandi area in Poonch district today. In a statement issued to KNS, the PDP president described the deaths in the accident as unfortunate and tragic. She also […]
Met predicts light rain, snow in next 48 hours
Srinagar : The light rain and snowfall is likely to occur in the next 48 hours in Jammu and Kashmir, while an unabated cold wave continued in the Valley on Saturday, a Met department official said. The weather official said that the minimum temperatures marginally increased due to cloud cover on Saturday. Kargil in Ladakh region […]
12 killed, 18 others injured in Poonch road accident
At least 12 passengers died and eighteen others were injured, four of them critically, in a road accident in Mandi tehsil of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. An official said that a passenger bus (registration number JK02W0445) heading towards Poonch from Loran skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge […]
NIA court issues production warrant against Aasiya Andrabi, two other Dukhtaran-e-Millat activists
Srinagar : A special court of National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday issued a production warrant against Aasiya Andrabi, Sofi Fehmeeda, and Naheeda Nasreen of Dukhtaran-e-Millat, after taking cognisance of recent charge sheet against them. The NIA court has issued the production warrant against the three accused women for December 12. The production warrant is an […]
Cross LoC trade suspended due to border tension
Srinagar : Cross-LoC trade between between Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) via Srinagar-Muzaffarabad route has been suspended on Thursday due to border tension, officials said. The trade authorities in Uri said they have decided to stop the movement of goods between the two parts of Kashmir today. “Since the area of shelling is […]
Governor congratulates Sahitya Akademi Award winners
Jammu: Governor Satya Pal Malik has congratulated Sh. Inderjeet Kesar and Sh. Mushtaq Ahmad Mushtaq on being conferred with the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Annual Awards for 2018. Kesar has received the Award for his Dogri novel “ Bhagirath” while Sh. Mushtaq has got the Award for his collection of short stories “Aakh” in Kashmiri language. Governor has greeted the […]
Zakir Mousa in turban, punjab on high alert
Many news agencies have reported that Zakir Mousa was spotted by intelligence agencies in turban. Reports said that this intelligence input has lead to high alert in punjab, after the recent grenade attack in Amritsar, security agencies are looking for the link up between kashmir based militants and punjab rising militancy.
