SRINAGAR — In Jammu and Kashmir, Masarat Alam Bhat has been appointed as the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference. The announcement is made by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference at meeting in Srinagar, APHC said in a statement issued on Tuesday. The All Parties Hurriyat Conference announced Shabbir Ahmad Shah and Ghulam Ahmad Gulzar […]
SRINAGAR — A mosque also housing a seminary besides several other shops were damaged in a blaze erupting this morning in Akalmir locality in Khanyar area of central-Kashmir’s Srinagar district. Eyewitnesses told that soon after the fire broke out, locals rushed to the spot bring the flames under control. However the raging flames could not […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday claimed to have recovered over Rs one crore during searches at Saryah village of Rajouri district. Officials told that based on credible inputs, District Police Rajouri and Army launched a joint search operation at village Saryah today. During the search, two bags were detected from which currency […]
NEW DELHI — Several news channels including India Today, Republic TV, Times Now Navbharat, and Zee News ran footage of what they claimed to be visuals of Pakistan army’s support for the Taliban in Panjshir in Afghanistan. Republic TV aired ‘exclusive’ footage from ‘Hasti TV’ of airstrikes, claiming that the “Pakistani air force has attacked Panjshir valley” and that […]
BANDIPORA — The Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday claimed to have busted an extortionist gang, who were threatening people in the name of militants in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. In a statement, a spokesperson said that Bandipora police received an information that some unknown persons carrying knives were extorting money from people during evening […]
SRINAGAR — Social Activist and President of Global Students Union Peer Tehleel Manzoor expressed his gratitude to Khalsa Aid India and their administrator Mr Gurpreet Singh for their intervention and solving all the problems faced by Afganistan students in Punjab. Tehleel on Monday wrote a letter to Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amrinder Singh to help […]
SRINAGAR — The Gupkar Alliance of six J&K parties said the dil ki doori and disillusionment have only increased in Jammu and Kashmir after the June 24 All Party Meeting (APM) convened and chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. “We were there to bridge the gap between New Delhi and Srinagar, the […]
NEW DELHI — Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Monday expressed exasperation over the way the government was testing the patience of the Supreme Court by not just delaying appointments to various understaffed tribunals but also flouting the top court’s judgments. A special bench that included justices D Y Chandrachud and L Nageswara […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Monday said that his country was fully cognisant of the developments in its neighbourhood and prepared to thwart any plot hatched to hamper peace in the region. Alvi, in his message to the country on the occasion of Defence Day, pledged to continue supporting the people of Kashmir. […]
SRINAGAR — Despite several assurances and promises, scores of 2014 flood victims in Srinagar are yet to receive the financial aid released by the government of India under the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund in 2015. The aggrieved who spoke to Greater Kashmir said that they had taken loans from banks for reconstruction or repair of […]