SRINAGAR — A 40-year-old man allegedly committed suicide after consuming poison in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Official sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a man (name withheld) son of Asadullah Bhat of YK Pora Kulgam died on spot after consuming poison at his home. They said even after succumbing to poison, family members […]
SRINAGAR — Four days after the All Party Meeting (APM), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) will hold a meeting tomorrow at conglomerate’s president, Dr Farooq Abdullah’s residence. Sources informed that the constituents of the conglomerate will hold a meeting tomorrow at Farooq Abdullah’s residence. […]
ISLAMABAD — One year after Prime Minister Imran Khan described slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as a “shaheed” (martyr), Pakistan’s information minister on Sunday clarified that it was a “slip of the tongue” by his boss. Speaking in Parliament on June 25 last year, Khan said the American forces entered Pakistan and killed […]
NEW DELHI — India has redirected at least 50,000 additional troops to its border with China in a historic shift toward an offensive military posture against the world’s second-biggest economy. Although the two countries battled in the Himalayas in 1962, India’s strategic focus has primarily been Pakistan since the British left the subcontinent, with the […]
TRAL — Family of three including a couple and their daughter were killed in a suspected militant attack in Hariparigam area of Tral town in Pulwama district in South Kashmir on Sunday late evening. Reports said, unknown gunmen fired upon and critically injured a cop along with his wife and daughter at their residence in […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir government has initiated the first enumeration and survey of migratory tribal population in higher reaches with an aim to formulate a plan for extending benefits to the migratory population for their socio-economic upliftment. The survey will serve as a baseline for the allocation of funds for different schemes planned to […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference President and sitting MP Dr Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said that people need to wait to see if the central government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes concrete steps to remove the mistrust existing on the ground in Jammu and Kashmir. Dr Abdullah and Omar Abdullah were talking to media […]
JAMMU — Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Sunday held a review meeting over the twin blasts that took place inside the Air Force base in Jammu earlier today. The meeting was attended by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), National Security Guard (NSG), Indian Air Force (IAF), Central Reserve Police […]
PULWAMA — The first ever election of Pulwama Journalists Federation (PJF) was held on Sunday in Pulwama in which 24 Journalists working with different organizations participated. During election, senior Journalist Nisar Allaie, working with Rising Kashmir was elected as president of the federation while as Jahangeer Ahmad Ganaie, working as South head at Kashmir News […]
NEW DELHI — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said on Sunday the dialogue process initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Jammu and Kashmir’s mainstream leadership can gain credibility by ending what she called an “era of oppression and suppression” in the union territory and understanding that a dissenting voice is not a criminal act. “Give […]