NEW DELHI — In a very outspoken and often emotional and heartfelt interview, one of the Kashmir Valley’s prominent and senior politicians Sajad Lone has said that he is “ashamed” by the targeted killings of civilians in the Valley but also “scared” about what more might happen. The president of the Jammu and Kashmir People’s […]
SRINAGAR — Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Thursday said that killing of civilians and minority community members in J&K was a move to disrupt peace and to trigger a communal fissure in UT ‘but police and security forces will foil all such plans and won’t allow militants to succeed.” Addressing the police commemoration […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday said that those involved in the killing of innocent civilians and members of minority community will have to pay the heavy price for their “inhuman acts” and that the security forces along with the administration won’t rest till militancy is eradicated from J&K soil. In […]
SRINAGAR — Night temperature fell slightly across Kashmir Valley except for Srinagar and Gulmarg, officials said on Thursday. Srinagar recorded minimum temperature of 7.2°C against 6.3°C on previous night, an official of the local MeT office here told GNS. Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, recorded a low of 6.4°C against previous night’s 6.8°C, the […]
JAMMU — The massive search operation against holed-up militants continued for the tenth day on Wednesday in the dense forests of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Rajouri districts, where nine army personnel were killed in two separate attacks last week, officials said. However, there was no contact with the militants as the joint search parties […]
RAMBAN — People of Jammu and Kashmir cannot be subdued by the strong-armed measures and only a magnanimous reach-out can chart-out a new chapter of peace, prosperity and development in the Union Territory. This was stated by National Conference (NC) president Dr Farooq Abdullah while addressing back to back party conventions in Banihal and Ramban. […]
JAMMU — The Government has declared Kalij Pheasant as bird of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. An order in this regard has been issued by Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment after the approval of the Lieutenant Governor. The bird, which is also known as “Lophura Leucomelanos”, is widely found particularly in Mansar, […]
JAMMU — All India Congress Committee (AICC) leader and In-charge J&K affairs of the party, Rajni Patil (MP) has said that claims of the BJP leaders and Union Government regarding normalcy in Kashmir are proving hollow. Patil, who arrived here on Wednesday, reviewed the prevailing situation with the senior Congress leaders and frontal wings. She […]
JAMMU — Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and current Governor of Meghalaya Satya Pal Malik has said that Prime Minister Narendra had told him categorically that there can be no compromise on corruption in J&K after which he had cancelled deals worth crores involving Ambani and a senior RSS functionary in which he was […]
SRINAGAR — National Investigation Agency (NIA) Wednesday said that it conducted searches at 11 locations in Kashmir and arrested four persons. In a statement, NIA spokesman said that the investigating agency conducted searches at 11 locations in Srinagar, Pulwama, Kulgam and Baramulla districts of Jammu and Kashmir and arrested four more persons— Suhail Ahmad Thokar […]