SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) leaders Devendra Singh Rana and Surjit Singh Salathia joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday, a day after quitting the NC. Addressing the media after joining the party at its headquarters, Rana said he believed in a political narrative from Jammu for Jammu and Kashmir. […]
SRINAGAR — The Srinagar district administration on Monday dismissed claims that no financial assistance was provided to the family of the street vendor from Bihar killed by militants at Lal Bazar, and said that apart from Rs 6.25 lakh of immediate assistance, the Jammu and Kashmir government had offered to airlifts his mortal remains. The […]
SRINAGAR — After facing frequent snags in its mpay application, Jammu Kashmir Bank faced an outage in almost every branch on Monday leaving customers huff and puff. Customers were unable to make payments or access their accounts. A bank official said that it became aware of the outage shortly after the branches opened for normal […]
SRINAGAR — Upper reaches in Jammu and Kashmir received snowfall while rains lashed plains, officials said on Monday. They said reports about snowfall were received from Kongdoori in Gulmarg , Zojila pass, Mawer Langate including Puthwari, Nowgam and Bangus, Sadnah-Top in Karnah, Z-Gali Machil (in Kupwara district) besides Razdan top in Bandipora. There are reports […]
JAMMU — A man from Uttar Pradesh suspected to have shared information of vital installations including through videos with Pakistan-based operatives was arrested here on Sunday, officials said. He was nabbed by the Special Operations Group of the Jammu & Kashmir Police from the Gandhi Nagar area, they said. A case under relevant sections of […]
JAMMU — A prominent lawyer joined the Congress on Sunday in the presence of party leader Rajni Patil who welcomed her into the party fold and appreciated her decision to fight BJP’s “communal and divisive” politics. Deepika Singh Rajawat joined the Congress along with her supporters at a workers’ rally in the border village of […]
SRINAGAR — Noted artist and graphic designer and Kashmir University staffer, Akhter Rasool died of a cardiac arrest at his home in Babapora area of Habba Kadal in downtown Srinagar on Sunday morning. Sources said that Akhtar had been complaining of breathlessness for the past few days. Akhter, an alumnus of the Institute of Music […]
JAMMU — The National Conference suffered a major setback in Jammu as two prominent leaders Devender Rana and Surjit Singh Slathia resigned from the party on Sunday. They are likely to join the BJP in Delhi on Monday. “Dr Farooq Abdullah has received & accepted the resignations of Mr Salathia & Mr Rana. No further […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police claimed to have solved the Shahgund, Bandipora killing conspiracy case by busting a module and arrested four OGWs LeT (TRF) involved in the killing of Muhammad Shafi Lone alias Sonu “The killing was carried out at the behest and instruction of LeT(TRF) handler Lala Umar, a resident of Pakistan. […]
SRINAGAR — Indian armed forces have detained over 700 people in Jammu and Kashmir in response to the killing of seven civilians, including those from the Kashmiri Pandit, Sikh and Muslim communities, in six days. Among those detained are around 500 residents with suspected links to banned religious and militant groups, news agency AFP reported […]