SRINAGAR — Four residential houses were partially damaged in a fire incident in Nundresh Colony A in Bemina area of Srinagar this afternoon. Reports said that four residential houses belonging to Ghulam Qadir Sheikh, Mohd Maqbool Bala and Tariq Ahmad Bala, Nasir Ahmad Farooqi, Abdul Ahad Lone and Parveena Akhtar were partially damaged after fire […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference chief Dr Farooq Abdullah Monday said that the leaders who participated in the All Party Meet( APM) at his Gupkar residence unanimously decided to oppose the recent announcement of Election Commission about giving voting rights to non-J&K residents. Senior Abdullah said the decision of voting rights to outsiders was “totally unacceptable […]
JAMMU — A rusted grenade was defused by a bomb disposal squad in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. The grenade was found lying in a dried up stream by some farmers working in their fields nearby at Swankha village in Vijaypur, they said. They informed police and the explosive device […]
JAMMU — Hundreds of protesters on Monday blocked the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway in Samba district after a college student from Jammu and Kashmir was found dead in Punjab, officials said. Twenty-year-old Vaishali, a resident of Madkoli village of Sumb block, went missing on Saturday while returning from Government Degree College in Samba. Her body was […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offence Wing of Crime Branch on Monday produced a charge sheet against a man in case pertaining to cheating and grabbing money of a man on pretext of providing admission to his daughter in PG course outside J&K According to a statement, the Economic Offence Wing produced Challan against Wiqar Manzoor […]
SRINAGAR — J&K unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said that no demographic change would be made by special summary revision of voters. “Anyone living in Jammu and Kashmir from two, three or four years has the right to vote here. If leaders from Jammu and Kashmir can contest elections from outside J&K, […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone on Monday said they will sit on hunger strike before the Parliament and other constitutional bodies if there is an attempt by the Government to change the electoral demography of Jammu & Kashmir. Addressing a news conference here, Lone said that they will sit on a hunger-strike […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained mainly dry in J&K during the last 24 hours as the MeT office said on Monday that partly cloudy weather with light rain at isolated places is likely in the Union Territory in the next 24 hours. ‘Partly cloudy weather with chances of light rain at isolated places in J&K during […]
ISLAMABAD — An FIR has been filed against former Pakistan PM Imran Khan under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). Imran Khan was booked for threatening a judge and two top officials while addressing a rally in Islamabad. Earlier, Pakistan’s electronic media watchdog banned satellite television channels from broadcasting live speeches of ousted prime minister Imran Khan, […]
JAMMU — An intruding militant nabbed on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district was sent as ‘Fidayeen’ (suicide bomber) by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Army soldiers noticed suspicious movement in the Sehar Makri area of Nowshera sector Sunday evening. ‘After being challenged, the militant started running back towards the Pakistani side […]