ISLAMABAD — Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Monday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s apparent change of statements on Kashmir was ”not a U-turn” as he could judge better considering the ”evolving situation”. Prime Minister Khan had last month said that Pakistan normalising relations with India unless it restored Kashmir’s semi-autonomy would be a major […]
SRINAGAR — CPI(M) leader Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami Tuesday termed the incident in which a resident from central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district was jailed for just saying that he had “more expectations from local officers”, as unwarranted, uncalled for and brazen violation of the fundamental rights of people. Tarigami in a statement issued to Kashmir Independent Media […]
KISHTWAR — In a first, remote Warwan village of Kishtwar district will get mobile connectivity, much to surprise and relief of the local residents, officials said here on Tuesday. Officials told that the private mobile service provider Jio will start its services in the Warwan block of Marwah sub-division in Kishtwar. Meanwhile, deputy commissioner Kishtwar, […]
SRINAGAR — A family from Hajin Sonawara area Tuesday staged a protest demanding exhumation and post-mortem of a woman who died in the house of her in-laws at Gund Jahangir Sumbal area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. The family from Khumna Baharabad area of Bandipora emerged here in Press Enclave Srinagar and staged protest. “My […]
SRINAGAR — Weatherman on Tuesday forecast “light to moderate thunderstorm with rain” for next few days at scattered places in Jammu and Kashmir. “Brief spell of light to moderate thunderstorm with rain will occur at scattered places of Kashmir like Gulmarg, Kupwara, Sopore, Baramulla, Srinagar and scattered places of Jammu and South Kashmir today,” Director […]
SRINAGAR — A man in Kashmir Valley has been jailed for “promoting enmity” after he told the J&K Lieutenant Governor’s advisor that he has no expectations from officers who are not locals, reportedly displeasing the Ganderbal deputy commissioner who is from Uttar Pradesh. Fifty-year-old Sajad Rashid Sofi of Wani Mohalla at Safapora in Ganderbal has […]
Locals heave sigh of relief BUDGAM — Eleven days after mauling a 4-year-old girl to death, the Leopard was caught alive by Wildlife authorities on Tuesday at DC office complex in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. An official told that the Leopard was spotted near nursery of DC office, and the searches were intensified accordingly in […]
SRINAGAR — Riyaz Ahmad was standing outside his kirana shop in north Kashmir’s Sopore town on Saturday, 12 June, when a group of J&K policemen attempted to whisk away his salesman, Manzoor Ahmad, for violating the COVID-19 lockdown rules. Despite the lockdown, Riyaz had opened his shop to handle a customer. “He (Manzoor) kept asking […]
PULWAMA — A 23-year-old youth has gone missing from his home in Karimabad area in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Suhail Ahmad Bhat son of Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat, as per his family members, went missing on June 8, and since then his whereabouts are unknown despite their efforts to locate him. “He was with us on […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan has called upon the world leaders to crack down on online hate speech and Islamophobia following the deadly truck attack in London, Ontario, Canada. “Everyone is shocked in [Pakistan], because we saw the family picture, and so a family being targeted like that has had a deep impact […]