SRINAGAR — Police on Friday carried out coordinated searches at the residences of several Jammu and Kashmir Nationals Operating from Pakistan (JKNOP) in Baramulla district. As part of sustained efforts to maintain peace, strengthen security, and curb activities inimical to public order, police in Baramulla conducted coordinated searches at the residential houses of JKNOPs, their […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat on Friday directed security forces to intensify anti-terror operations across the Valley and maintain relentless pressure on terrorist networks and their support structures. The DGP chaired a security review meeting at the Police Control Room, Kashmir, with senior officers from the Army, including the […]
JAMMU — Three passenger trains operating on the Banihal-Baramulla rail section in the Kashmir valley will remain cancelled from July 11 to 25 due to scheduled track maintenance work aimed at ensuring safe railway operations during the summer season, officials said on Friday. The Jammu division of Northern Railway said the maintenance work is being […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said his National Conference (NC) party is seeking permission for a protest at Jantar Mantar, but alleged that some people were trying to “sabotage” their plan. The NC had announced a sit-in protest in the national capital on July 20, the opening day of […]
JAMMU — The fifth edition of the Jammu Film Festival has received an overwhelming response from filmmakers worldwide, with 180 entries from 35 countries submitted ahead of the July 31 deadline, the organisers said on Friday. The submissions include 130 short films, 35 documentaries and 17 feature films representing diverse cultures, languages and cinematic traditions […]
JAMMU — Six Amarnath pilgrims were injured, one of them critically, when a vehicle carrying them overturned on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Udhampur district on Friday, officials said. The accident took place near Toldi Nallah on the Udhampur-Chenani stretch of the highway when the vehicle carrying the pilgrims to the Pahalgam base camp skidded […]
SRINAGAR — Leader of Opposition in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Sunil Sharma on Friday dubbed the ruling National Conference’s proposed protest at Jantar Mantar over the statehood issue as an “eye-wash”, saying the government was trying to “hide its failures” through such “theatrics”. The National Conference (NC) has written to 52 leaders of political […]
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed charge sheets against six separatist leaders of the Hurriyat Conference, including Shabir Ahmad Shah, in connection with a 1996 case of mob violence and firing on police personnel in Srinagar. Besides Shah, the charge sheet filed before the NIA Special Court, Jammu, has named […]
JAMMU — A ninth batch of 8,796 pilgrims, including 33 foreigners, left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here on Wednesday for the annual Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district amid multi-tier security, officials said. More than 1.73 lakh pilgrims have had ‘darshan’ of the naturally formed ice ‘lingam’ of Lord Shiva at the […]
JAMMU — A 61-year-old Amarnath Yatra pilgrim from Nepal died after falling seriously ill in Banihal while on his return journey from the cave shrine, officials said. The deceased, identified as Krishan Dev Thakur, a resident of Mohatri in Kathmandu, became unconscious near the Navyuga Tunnel in Banihal while returning through the Baltal route, they […]