SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday attached property of a Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militant, who was killed last month in Pakistan, in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The property of Bashir Ahmad Pir, a resident of the Babarpora area of Kralpora in the north Kashmir district, was attached […]
NEW DELHI — Stressing that successive governments have committed the mistake of looking at Kashmir in black and white, without bothering to understand the nuances and improvise with the change in ground reality there, former RAW Chief AS Dulat feels it would do good for politicians in Delhi to realise that nothing can be taken […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department on Saturday forecast dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours. The weather was inclement during last 24 hours in the Union Territory. An official of the Meteorological Department said, partly cloudy dry weather is likely in J&K during next 24 hours. He said, Srinagar recorded 6.4 degrees […]
SRINAGAR — Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar has expressed resentment over the fact that a holy and important event like Shab-e-Baraat is not being held at Jama Masjid for the last four years because the Anjuman head Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq continues to be under illegal and arbitrary house detention since 5 August […]
SRINAGAR — The residents of Padgampora village in Awantipora town of Pulwama district on Friday evening held a candle light march in memory of a soldier. The soldier namely Sep Pawan Kumar of 55 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) was killed in an encounter with militants at Padgampora village in Awantipora on Tuesday. The local residents were […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the passport authority to take a decision within three months on issuing a fresh travel document to PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti. Justice Prathiba M Singh noted the issue has been pending for two years and, following an appeal against the rejection, it has now been […]
NEW DELHI — Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said he was told by security personnel in Jammu and Kashmir that he would have hand-grenades thrown at him, adding that a person walking next to him pointed to him that militants were present in the crowd staring at him when his Bharat Jodo Yatra passed through […]
SRINAGAR — Day after attaching property of Al Umar Mujahideen Chief Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar alias Latram in Srinagar, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday attached property of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Commander Basit Reshi in Sopore town of Baramulla district in North Kashmir. National Investigation Agency (NIA) action comes as the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) declared […]
NEW DELHI — The News Broadcasters and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) on Thursday told Delhi High Court that it has objected and “expressed strong disapproval” over a programme aired by Zee News in November 2020 against JNU Scholar Shehla Rashid, LiveLaw reported. According to the report, Advocate Nisha Bhambhani appearing for NBDSA informed Justice Purushaindra […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department on Friday forecast light rain and snow in Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours. The weather remained inclement in the Union Territory yesterday. An official of the Meteorological Department said, light rain/snow is likely to occur in J&K during the next 24 hours. He said, Srinagar recorded 6.5 degrees […]