JAMMU — The Aam Admi Party on Saturday expelled former MLA Udhampur, Balwant Singh Mankotia on charges of hobnobbing with other political parties and defaming the party. In a letter, the AAP has terminated the membership of Mankotia on charges of indulging in anti-party activities. In the letter, Mankotia had been charged with “engaging with […]
JAMMU — Union Home Minister Amit Shah is visiting Jammu and Kashmir for two days on October 1 and 2 during his visit he is likely to announce reservations for Pahari speaking community, BJP sources said on Friday. As per the party sources, Shah will address a public rally in Rajouri on October 1 in […]
SRINAGAR — Dry weather conditions will prevail in Jammu and Kashmir for the next 24 hours, the Meteorological (MeT) office said on Friday. “Dry weather is likely to continue in J&K during the next 24 hours,”, an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar had 13.7, Pahalgam 9.6 and Gulmarg 8.6 degrees Celsius as the […]
KARACHI — A stunning century from Babar Azam (110 not out) along with a brilliant knock (88 not out) from Mohammad Rizwan powered Pakistan to a thumping 10-wicket win in the second T20I over England and level the series 1-1 at the National Stadium, here on Thursday. After winning the toss and opting to bat […]
SRINAGAR — Cracking down on agitating Kashmiri pandits, who have been demanding their relocation to safer places outside the valley, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has issued orders to stop their salaries prompting angry reaction from the employees who threatened to intensify their agitation. The employees have been staging a dharna since May this year […]
NEW DELHI — India on Thursday said any reference to Jammu and Kashmir at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) was not useful or helpful as it needs to be resolved bilaterally in accordance with the Shimla Agreement. Addressing the ongoing UNGA in New York Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: “India and Pakistan, after […]
ANANTNAG — A soldier allegedly shot himself dead in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday evening. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the soldier posted with Army’s 1 RR shot himself dead with his service rifle at High Ground in Annatnag. He said that the reason behind soldier taking this extreme […]
JAMMU — The Jammu-Srinagar national highway will remain closed for traffic for four hours daily till September 27 to undertake repairs in various landslides prone areas, officials said. Traffic would be halted from 3 am to 7 am during the repair work, according to the direction issued by Chief Secretary A K Mehta. To carry […]
SRINAGAR — The government on Thursday terminated six doctors from services after remaining unauthorizedly absent while let off eleven others subject to them tendering an undertaking to serve J&K for at least five years. They expelled doctors include Dr Mudasir Bashir of Batamaloo Srinagar, Dr Muzaffar Mohidin Hakeem of Palhalan Pattan, Dr Shazia Kausar of […]
SRINAGAR — The Waqf Board has identified the land for the much-needed cancer hospital in Kashmir at Eidgah area of Srinagar and has urged the Union Home Minister Amit Shah to lay it’s foundation stone. Talking exclusively with the news agency Kashmir News Observer, Andrabi said that the cancer hospital was set to come up […]