Wake up or loose Kashmir, Farooq tells Delhi

Former chief minister and Na­tional Conference president Farooq Abdullah has said that New Delhi could lose Kashmir valley if it doesn’t find a political solution to the dispute. In an interview with India Today on Monday eve­ning, Abdullah said the violence and loss of lives during the Srinagar by-poll “are a tragedy and a failure […]

4 quintals of poppy seized

Police has recovered 400 kgs of poppy husk from a truck and arrested two per­sons on Jammu- Sri­nagar highway in Jammu and Kashmir. The truck was in­tercepted at a check point on Jammu- Sri­nagar highway in Banihal belt of Ramban district by the police and a search of the truck was conducted last evening, a […]

INTERNET BAN subverting institution of journalism: KEG

Taking a serious view of the continued snapping of in­ternet broadband to the media, Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) on Tuesday said the objective of the ban is aimed at subverting an in­stitution and preventing it from recording the history of the most crucial period. Snapping of the internet services has, off late, be­come more frequent. […]

UN urges India, Pakistan to find peaceful solution for Kashmir issue

Secretary-General of United Nations, Antonio Guterres has urged India and Pakistan to solve the Kashmir issue through dialogue, reports said today. The spokesperson of the Secretary General has also dismissed claims that UN chief was being reluctant to address the Kashmir issue. “I don’t brush it [Kashmir issue] off. I don’t think the Secretary General […]

ECI announces re-poll at 38 polling stations

Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) J&K, Shantmanu, today reviewed the arrangements put in place for repolling at 38 polling stations in district Budgam of Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency scheduled to be held on 13 April 2017. District Election Officer (DEO) Budgam, SSP Budgam and other concerned were present at the meeting. The CEO said adequate security will […]

No strike today

There will be no shutdown on Wednesday, joint resistance leadership said. In a statement issued here, the leadership withdrew the shutdown call issued for south Kashmir after the deferment of Anantnag bypoll. The leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik had earlier called for shutdown in south Kashmir areas where polling […]

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