Historic Mughal road re-opens after 3 days for one-way traffic

The historic Mughal road, linking Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region, reopened Monday after remaining closed for three days due to fresh snowfall. A traffic police official said that traffic on 86-km-long Mughal road was resumed at 0900 hrs this morning for one-way only. “Vehicles were plying from Shopian to Rajouri and […]

New Delhi is pitching Kashmiris against each other, says Er. Rasheed

Coming down heavily on Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, Omer Abdullah and Indian Media, Er Rasheed today asked them not to shed crocodile tears over the recent killings of five policemen and two bank employees in Kulgam and death of soldiers at LOC. AIP Supremo and MLA Langate Er. Rasheed has said that every killing is […]

Masked gunmen loot Rs 65,000 from bank in South Kashmir

Unknown masked gunmen Tuesday barged into the premises of a bank in southern part of Kashmir’s Kulgam district and looted Rs 65,000. Sources said that two masked gunmen barged inside Ellaquai Dehati Bank in Kader Yaripora area and looted the cash from the bank. The forces have cordnerd the area and search operation is going […]

NN Vohra meets Rajnath Singh,discusses Kashmir situation

Amid the detoriating situation in the valley, Governor NN Vohra today met Home Minister Rajnath Singh at his residence in New Delhi. Sources said, during the 40 minute long meeting Singh and Vohra discussed the ground situation in the valley.  Issues like students protest, separatist activities and militant attacks were discussed at the meeting, officials […]

J&K Bank expresses grief  

  J&K Bank Chairman and CEO Parvez Ahmad today expressed grief over the killing of security personnel guarding the bank’s cash van. He said, “We at J&K Bank are pained over the killings of these security personnel who were on way back to Kulgam after delivering cash remittance at the Bank’s Manzgam, Aharbal branch. My […]

Youth escapes from police custody

A youth, detained under Public Safety Act, fled from police custody in Keegam village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Monday, sources said. They said that Zubair Ahmad Turray, arrested in 2015 for his alleged involvement in stone-pelting protests, escaped from police post today. He is a resident of Bonbazar area of Shopian. Guest