JAMMU — Two days ahead of his party’s proposed protest in Delhi next week, senior National Conference (NC) leader Rattan Lal Gupta on Saturday urged the Centre to introduce and pass the Statehood Restoration Bill during the Monsoon session of Parliament. Jammu NC president Gupta emphasised that the demand transcends political affiliations and represents the […]
JAMMU — A partial shutdown affected normal life in the twin district headquarters of Doda and Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday as protesters demanded action over the killing of a 30-year-old man in alleged police firing in Bhaderwah a day earlier, officials said. The suspension of mobile internet services across Doda district was […]
JAMMU — In one of the biggest narcotics recoveries along the Line of Control (LoC) in recent years, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Saturday seized five kilograms of high-grade heroin smuggled from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch, officials said. The seizure was made during a meticulously planned anti-drug operation in village […]
JAMMU — A fresh batch of 3,632 pilgrims, including 877 women and 104 sadhus, left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas base camp in Jammu early on Saturday to undertake the annual Amarnath Yatra in the Kashmir Valley, officials said. The 17th batch of pilgrims left the base camp in a convoy of escorted vehicles for […]
JAMMU — Six people, including five Amarnath pilgrims, were injured after their vehicle collided with a dumper truck in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur early Saturday, officials said. The vehicle was part of a convoy carrying more than 3,600 pilgrims that had left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu for Kashmir to undertake the annual […]
JAMMU — Army troops opened fire after noticing a suspicious movement along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. The small arms firing was reported from the Tarkundi forward area around 10 pm on Friday and continued for nearly one-and-a-half hours. However, there were no […]
JAMMU — A 30-year-old man was killed and three Special Operations Group (SOG) personnel were injured during a firing incident following an alleged attempt to snatch a service rifle in the Jaie area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said. The incident triggered widespread protests in Bhaderwah, with hundreds of people taking to the […]
JAMMU — A Jammu court on Friday rejected the bail plea of Kamal Singh Jamwal, accused in the alleged attempt-to-murder case involving former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah in March. Denying the bail to 65-year-old Jamwal, Principal Sessions Judge Jammu R N Watal cited the gravity of the allegations, […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said the Jammu and Kashmir administration must act swiftly to establish facts around the killing of a civilian in Bhaderwah and ensure accountability. A youth, identified as Arif Hussain, was killed in police firing at Bhaderwah in Doda district on Thursday night after he allegedly […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Tariq Hamid Karra on Friday said the party will join the National Conference’s statehood protest in New Delhi, asserting that the movement was initiated by the grand old party. Addressing a press conference here, Karra said the NC has invited the Congress leadership, including party president Mallikarjun Kharge, […]