Bapu’s ideals of truth and non-violence are guiding light for peaceful co-existence: LG 

Pays tributes to Gandhi on his death anniversary 

Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his 75th death anniversary, saying Bapu’s life and teachings continue to guide the interdependent world in the 21st century. He was speaking at an event organised by Gandhi Global Family J&K, an official press release informed. The eternal values he (Gandhi) taught […]

Rahul Gandhi invokes Kashmiriyat, Shoonyata, Fanaa to convey his message of love & peace

“I have received two phone calls announcing violent deaths of my grandmother and father, so have Kashmiris and the families of our military and para-military jawans. The aim of the Yatra is to end such phone calls and to save liberal, secular ethos of India”

Srinagar: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the aim of his Bharat Jodo Yatra was to save the liberal and secular ethos of the country which, he claimed, was under assault from the BJP and the RSS. “I have not done this (Yatra) for myself or for the Congress but for the people of […]

Govt’s prime objective is quality grievance disposal, efficient service delivery: LG 

Interacts with people, addresses their grievances during ‘LG’s Mulaqaat’

Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha interacted with the people and heard their grievances during “LG’s Mulaqaat- Live Public Grievance Hearing” at Civil Secretariat and reviewed the action taken on the grievances of the applicants by the concerned Administrative Secretaries, Deputy Commissioners and other senior officers, an official press release informed Monday. “Our prime objective is […]

Former J&K CMs see a ray of hope in Rahul Gandhi

BJP says, yatra politically motivated, comprises of 'hatemongers'

Srinagar/New Delhi: Former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti said on Monday that they see a ray of hope in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi while as BJP described the Yatra as politically motivated, consisting of “hatemongers”. As the two leaders invoked Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary while praising Rahul Gandhi for the Bharat […]

Rahul, Priyanka’s Sheen-jung warms hearts

Srinagar: While politics, national security and talks around social harmony were in focus during the last leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Rahul Gandhi shared a fun-filled “beautiful” moment with his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as they engaged in a snowball fight at a campsite here. The Congress party shared videos and photographs of the […]

Fresh snowfall affects electricity, surface and air traffic in Kashmir

Srinagar: Life in Kashmir was disrupted on the final day of the ‘Chilla-i-Kalan’ on Monday as fresh snowfall snapped the Valley’s connections with the rest of the world, affecting surface and air traffic, besides the electricity supply, officials said. Moderate to heavy snowfall was recorded in the plains of Kashmir, while the higher reaches experienced […]

4 LeT associates arrested in Awantipora: Police

Srinagar: Police on Monday said it has arrested four associates of Lashkar-i-Toiba outfit and destroyed a hideout in south Kashmir’s Awantipora. On a specific input, police along with Army (42RR) and CRPF 180 Bn launched a cordon and search operation at Hafoo Nigeenpora forests. “During the search, a hideout used by terrorists was busted and […]

Protest against eviction drive rocks Jammu locality

Jammu: Scores of people staged a protest in Sunjwan-Bathindi on the city’s outskirts against the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s ongoing anti-encroachment drive to retrieve “illegally occupied” land. The authorities have served public notices to violators in the area and ordered them to remove illegal constructions within seven days. Carrying national flags, the protesters, including women […]

Hundreds join Sonam Wangchuk on final day of his 5-day hunger strike on issues of Ladakh

Leh: Hundreds of people on Monday joined education reformist Sonam Wangchuk on the final day of his five-day hunger strike here in support of the demand for various safeguards for Ladakh, including extension of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution to the Union territory. Prominent among those who joined Wangchuk, an engineer whose life inspired […]