Family of arrested militant stages protest, demands info about him
Srinagar: The family of Zahoor Ahmad Rather, who was arrested in connection with the killing of three BJP workers and a policeman in south Kashmir last year, staged a protest here on Monday, claiming he had nothing to do with militancy after he had surrendered in 2006. Police had said Rather alias Sahil alias Khalid […]
Tarigami asks Amit Shah to define what’s “appropriate time” for restoring J&K’s statehood
Srinagar: CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami on Monday asked the Union Home Minister Amit Shah to explain when would the “appropriate time” for restoring the statehood to Hammu and Kashmir come about. K “Home minister Amit Shah needs to make it clearer as what it means when he said in the Parliament that Jammu and […]
J&K Cong attacks govt over rise in fuel prices
Jammu: The Congress’ Jammu and Kashmir unit on Monday slammed the Centre over the rise in prices of petrol and diesel, saying the government is “profiteering” at the expense of people. Members of the party also staged a protest at the Tallab Tillo Chowk here against the BJP-led central government over the issue and demanded […]
One way traffic from Srinagar on Jmu-Sgr highway Tuesday
Srinagar: Authorities on Monday informed that one way traffic from Srinagar shall be allowed towards Jammu on the Srinagar- Jammu highway Tuesday subject to fair weather and better road condition. A communiqué by the J&K Traffic Police asked Traffic Control Unit Srinagar to liaise with that in Ramban to release the LMVs from 0700 hours […]
Couple injured in leopard attack in Handwara
Srinagar: A couple was injured after a leopard attacked them in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday. Panic gripped Waderbala village of Zacheldara Rajwar in Handwara after a leopard attacked the husband-wife duo, Abdul Rashid Mir and Raja Begum. Both were shifted to district hospital Handwara, reports reaching here said. A wildlife […]
Budgam man dies in road accident in Saudi Arabia
Srinagar: A 32-year-old man from Dooniwara village of Chadoora in central Kashmir’s Budgam district died in a road accident in Saudi Arabia on Monday. News agency KNO quoted an official saying that the one Syed Asrar, son of Syed Nazir Ahmad, died after the car he was travelling in met with an accident this morning. […]
Deport us to Pakistan if we are ‘illegal immigrants’: say Pak spouses of ex-Kashmiri militants
Srinagar, Feb 15: Pakistani spouses of ex-Kashmiri militants on Monday once again appealed the government to either issue travel documents to them or deport them to their native country, if they are living as ‘illegal immigrants’ in India. Addressing a press conference at Kashmir Press Club here, the Pakistani women who had crossed over to […]
Minimum temp settles below freezing point across Kashmir
Srinagar: The minimum temperature across the Valley settled below the freezing point on Monday even though the mercury went up a bit at a few places in the region, officials said. Summer recorded a low of minus 0.3 degrees Celsius Sunday night, slightly up from the previous night’s minus 0.4 degrees Celsius, they said. Qazigund […]
3 shops demolished, 12 others sealed in Jammu
Jammu: Acting against alleged unauthorised constructions in the city, the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) on Monday demolished three shops and sealed 12 others, an official said. The three shops were razed to the ground by the enforcement staff of the JMC in Paloura in a special drive, while 11 shops were sealed in Channi Rama […]
Tragedy averted: 7 kg IED recovered near Jammu bus stand; 4 held
Jammu: A major plan to set off an explosion at a crowded place here on the second anniversary of the Pulwama attack was scuttled with the recovery of a powerful IED from a nursing student who was arrested along with three others, a top police officer said on Sunday. Inspector General of Police, Jammu Range, […]
