SRINAGAR — Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested two militant associates of Lashker-e-Toiba outfit and recovered ready to use IEDs from their possession in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. In a statement, the police said that during joint naka by Police Pulwama, 55 RR and 182 bn CRPF at circular road Pulwama apprehended two active […]
SRINAGAR — Former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti was on Wednesday disallowed from reaching the Press Colony in Srinagar, where families of killed civilians are protesting. Since morning, families of civilians killed in alleged Srinagar gunfight on Monday are protesting and demanding justice and bodies of their loved ones. PDP on its official twitter handle said […]
SRINAGAR — Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Wednesday said hospitals in Kashmir are once again witnessing a rise in number of severe Covid-19 cases. “Hospitals are again seeing a surge in severe cases of Covid-19 infection,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “The number of Covid admissions has increased five times […]
NEW DELHI — Congress MP Manish Tewari on Wednesday targeted Rahul Gandhi and said the party leaders should not indulge in Hindutva debate, ‘which is miles away from the core ideology of the Congress’. Speaking to IANS on Phone, Tewari said, “Congress philosophically should not indulge in this debate which is miles away from its […]
NEW DELHI — Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed its dissatisfaction with the content of debates on television, on court connected matters, and said that TV debates are causing more air pollution than anything else. At the beginning of the hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted before a bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana, that […]
JAMMU — In a major setback to Congress amid speculations that the assembly elections are imminent in Jammu and Kashmir, at least 20 senior Congress leaders considered close to former Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, have resigned from their respective party positions. All those who have resigned are demanding […]
SRINAGAR — Humaira Gul, the wife of Dr Mudasir Gul, who was killed in Hyderpora encounter, Wednesday staged a protest along with other family members at press colony and stated that her two-year-old daughter has been crying, baba, baba and she had no answers to her. She said police must come up with a proof […]
SRINAGAR — Two Para-military personnel of CRPF and two civilian were injured after suspected militants lobbed a grenade in Palhalan chowk in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday. A senior police officer told that militants hurled a grenade on CRPF party. In this incident two CRPF men and two civilian recieved minor splinter injuries. All […]
SRINAGAR — The family members of building owner Altaf Ahmed, who was killed in crossfire in Hyderpora encounter Wednesday staged a protest at press enclave Srinagar demanding the body of slain back without any further delay. The protesting family members also reached out to the J&K’s mainstream camp, especially former chief ministers—Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba […]
SRINAGAR — The intense cold conditions continued unabated in Kashmir valley on Wednesday as the minimum temperature fell at most places with Srinagar recording minus 1.5°C, the coldest night so far this season. The local meteorological department also issued a revised forecast, predicting dry weather to continue till November 23 and that there will be […]