SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone, Vijay Kumar Wednesday said that police will come down heavily upon drug addicts in coming days. He said even girls are involved in drug menace and it is not a good sign for the society. Speaking on the sidelines of a sports event- “Taekwondo Championship” at Indoor […]
SRINAGAR — Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) Jammu and Kashmir, headed by the incarcerated Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has sternly warned elements trying to ‘harm communal amity and unity in Jammu and Kashmir by stoking sectarian tensions here.’ All the leading constituents of the MMU in a joint statement said that it has come to their notice that […]
NEW DELHI — India on Wednesday hit out at Pakistan as well as the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for raising the Kashmir issue at the UN Human Rights Commission and said the grouping has “helplessly” allowed itself to be held “hostage” by Islamabad. At the 48th session of the human rights council, India said […]
POONCH — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday alleged that the BJP government has made people miserable and asked the Centre to show concern about the problems faced by the country’s citizens rather than deflecting through Afghanistan. Speaking to the media persons during her visit to Poonch, the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister further […]
KARACHI — Pakistan on Tuesday opened the Torkham border crossing with its neighbour Afghanistan, in order to allow pedestrian movement. Earlier on Monday, the Torkham border was closed by the Taliban, after Islamabad had rejected the demand of Afghan nationals to enter inside Pakistan. Hundreds of people had gathered at the Torkham border crossing on […]
SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar Wednesday said that four militants are still active in Srinagar and police are trying to either arrest them or to eliminate them in the encounters. Speaking on the sidelines of a sports event—Taekwondo Championship at Indoor Sports Hall, Polo-ground Srinagar, the IGP Kashmir said. “There […]
KISHTWAR — Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested Ex- militant who was absconding since 12 years in Kishtwar district of Jammu division. In a statement, the police said that Kishtwar Police have apprehended another absconder,(ex militant) who was evading arrest from the last 12 years. On a specific information received through reliable sources a […]
SRINAGAR — The Union Territory administration would soon set up the first industrial estate for women entrepreneurs. “The Women Industrial Estate will come up at Udhampur Industrial Estate in Jammu region. It will further strengthen the women entrepreneurs ecosystem in J&K,” Lt Governor Manoj Sinha announced while launching Mission ‘One Gram Panchayat-One DIGI-Pay Sakhi’ in […]
SRINAGAR — India’s leaders are anxiously watching the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, fearing that it will benefit their bitter rival Pakistan and feed a long-simmering insurgency in the disputed region of Kashmir, where pro-independence forces already have a foothold. Lt. Gen. Deependra Singh Hooda, former military commander for northern India between 2014-2016, said groups based […]
JAMMU — A Jammu native allegedly involved in the murder of a 67-year-old National Conference leader, whose highly decomposed body was found in a flat at Moti Nagar in West Delhi, has been arrested, PTI reported. Identifying the arrested accused as Rajender Chaudhary alias Raju Ganja, a driver by profession, the police said he is […]