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 […]
LG launches QR-code-based labels of 13 handicrafts of J&K
Says move aimed at preserving and promoting priceless genuineness of J&K’s artistic, cultural heritage
Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha launched QR-Code-based labels of 13 different GI and non-GI registered crafts of J&K today at Raj Bhawan. Congratulating the artisan community, Handicrafts department, and other stakeholders, the LG, according to an official press release said the QR-code labels will help to authenticate the origin and quality of the crafts, improve […]
In his ‘Man Ki Baat’, PM Modi talks of snow cricket held in Pulwama
Says apart from natural beauty, there is much more to enjoy in Kashmir
Srinagar: Prime Minister Narinder Modi today spoke about snow cricket held at Syedabad, Pulwama in his ‘Man Ki Baat’. In the programme, PM Modi said that apart from snow-capped mountains and natural beauty, there is much more to know and admire about Kashmir, an official press release informed. The PM said that in Syedabad, Pulwama […]
Amid tight security Rahul Gandhi hoists tricolour at Lal Chowk
Says, nobody is happy in J&K and Ladakh; insists, restoration of democratic process and statehood is imperative fundamental right of the people here
Srinagar: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday unfurled the national flag at the historic clock tower of Lal Chowk in the heart of Srinagar as part of the Kanyakumari-Kashmir ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ and said a “promise” made to India has been fulfilled. The security for the 10-minute event was at its peak as all roads […]
Bharat Jodo Yatra spread message of love across the country: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Srinagar: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday said the Rahul Gnadhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra has spread the message of love to every corner of the country and urged the party’s supporters to unite to take the nation forward. Rahul Gandhi unfurled the national flag at the historic clock tower of Lal Chowk in […]
PM Modi made it possible for Rahul Gandhi to hoist tiranga at Lal Chowk: BJP
New Delhi/Jammu: The BJP on Sunday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s “uncalled for and unwarranted” attack on the government and the RSS and asked him to acknowledge that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led dispensation created the conditions that allowed him to unfurl the national flag in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk. Senior BJP leader and former Union minister […]
Nearly 23,000 hectares of encroached land retrieved in Jammu region
Jammu: Nearly 23,000 hectares of state and ‘kahcharai’ land were retrieved during the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in different districts of the Jammu division, officials said on Sunday. The major chunk of 13,793 hectares of land was retrieved from encroachers in Rajouri, followed by over 6,100 hectares in Poonch, over 2,300 in Kishtwar, 15.9 hectares in […]
NIA attaches Hurriyat Conference office in Srinagar
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday attached the separatist Hurriyat Conference’s office in the Rajbagh area here on the orders of a Delhi court in a “terror funding” case, officials said. A team of the federal agency arrived at the Hurriyat office and pasted an attachment notice on the building’s outer wall, they […]
