Kartarpur Corridor Could Be ‘New Beginning’ Of Indo-Pak Reconciliation: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said the Kartarpur corridor could be a “new beginning” of reconciliation between India and Pakistan and called for facilitation of bilateral trade and people to people contact to make borders “irrelevant”. The planned corridor will connect Sikh faith’s founder Guru Nanak Dev’s final resting […]
Khrew Gunfight: Thousands attend funerals of slain militants in Pulwama
Pulwama : Thousands of people participated in the funeral prayers of two slain militants who were killed in a predawn gunfight with government forces at Sharshali village of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday. Adnan Ahmad Lone alias Uqaab, son of Ghulam Mohammad Lone resident of Braw Bandina, Awantipora and Adil Bilal Bhat alias […]
Salahuddin, Saifullah Khalid pay tributes to militants killed in Khrew, Chattergam gunfights
Srinagar : Supreme Commander Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Syed Salahuddin has paid glowing tributes to two militants killed in Khrew area of Awantipora Thursday morning, said Hizb spokesman Saleem Hashmi. In a statement e-mailed to Kashmir News Service (KNS), the Hizb spokesman Saleem Hashmi said, “Hizb Supreme Commander Salahuddin during his address to a command council meeting tribute […]
Revoke SAC order on JK Bank or face stir: PDP tells Governor
Srinagar : Senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and former minister Naeem Akhtar on Thursday led a protest rally against the State Administrative Council (SAC) order that changed Jammu and Kashmir Bank into a Public Sector Bank and asked Governor to immediately withdraw the SAC order on J&K Bank or face a mass struggle against […]
J&K Bank employees protest in Srinagar against SAC decision
Srinagar : Employees of Jammu and Kashmir Bank on Thursday staged a protest in Srinagar to demand rollback of the decision of the state administrative council (SAC) to turn the bank into a public sector undertaking (PSU). The call for protests was issued by All India J&K Bank officers Federation on Wednesday. Reports said that dozens […]
Two Hizb militants including a top commander killed in khrew gunfight : kashmir Police
Srinagar: Two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militants have been killed in a gunfight with government forces in Khrew area of south Kashmir in Pulwama district Thursday morning. A police official said that a pre-dawn cordon and search operation was launched jointly by Jammu and Kashmir police, army and paramilitary forces following “credible” inputs about the presence of militants in Sharshali area […]
JRL calls shutdown tomorrow in poll bound areas
Srinagar : Joint Resistance Leadership has called shutdown tomorrow in areas going to polls in the fifth phase of panchayat election. Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik, in a statement, has asked people to observe a complete protest shutdown in Langate, Wavoora, Sogam, Aloosa, Zainyeer, Sherabad Khore, Lalpora,Sherpathri, […]
Mehbooba speaks to Arun Jaitley over J&K Bank issue
Srinagar : PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has taken up the issue of turning J&K Bank into PSU with Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley. In a tweet Mehbooba said “Spoke with @arunjaitley ji about the intrusive and regressive move to declare J&K Bank as a PSU. This decision will add to the […]
Naveed Jatt killing: Police to ask Pakistan to take his body
Srinagar: Director General of police (DGP) Jammu and Kashmir Dilbagh Singh on Wednesday said that they will approach Pakistan to take back the body of slain Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Naveed Jatt. Jatt, one of the most wanted commander and top gun of Lashkar-e-Toiba was killed in early morning gunfight in Budgam. Addressing reporters in Srinagar, the DGP […]
Kashmir University students offer prayers in absentia to Naveed Jatt, associate
Srinagar: Dozens of students of Kashmir University (KU) on Wednesday held funeral prayers in absentia for LeT commander Naveed Jatt and his associate who were killed in a gunfight with the forces in Budgam district. Reports said that scores of the students from various departments took out the protest march from in the Varsity. The protesting […]
