The annual Amarnath yatra started off today amid tight security as a total of 2,481 yatris left from Jammu to undertake the annual pilgrimage. The yatra started from both the Pahalgam and the Baltal routes with Governor, N. N. Vohra, Chairman of the Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) paying obeisance at the cave shrine. The pilgrims […]
The annual Amarnath yatra started off today amid tight security as a total of 2,481 yatris left from Jammu to undertake the annual pilgrimage. The yatra started from both the Pahalgam and the Baltal routes with Governor, N. N. Vohra, Chairman of the Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) paying obeisance at the cave shrine. The pilgrims […]
Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers (KTMF) said that if the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is extended to the state without amendments, it will shutdown business and trade units as a mark of protest. KTMF president Bashir Ahmad Rather has called for the shutdown on July 1 when the GST is rolled out across the country. […]
The second meeting of the All Party Consultative Group constituted by the Government to evolve consensus over GST implementation in J&K was convened here this evening under the chairmanship of former Deputy Chief Minister and Member Parliament, Muzaffar Hussain Beigh. The members of the Consultative Group including former finance minister and NC leader Abdul Rahim […]
A pilgrim died after he was hit by a shooting stone in Central Kashmir’s Baltal area in Ganderbal district, police sources said. They said that an Amarnath pilgrim died after being hit by a shooting stone on way to holy cave at Baltal base camp on Thursday. Sources said that 50-year-old Bhushan Kotwal, a […]
National Investigation Agency (NIA) which had launched a probe last year into alleged funding from Pakistan to Kashmiri separatists and stone pelters is “as good as closed”, a media report said today. The probe was ordered last year following the uprising triggered by July 8 killing of young militant commander Burhan Wani in an encounter […]
Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called for protests after Friday prayers against declaring Syed Salahudin, chief of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, and United Jihad Council (UJC) as Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the US Department of State. The announcement had come hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump were meeting at the White House. 71-year-old […]
National Conference Core Group met in Srinagar today in a meeting that was presided over by Party Working President Omar Abdullah. The Core Group authorized Senior Party Leader Abdul Rahim Rather to represent the party in the meeting of the Committee formed by the Government on the issue of GST extension to the State. The […]
Stating that Congress Party is committed to the stand taken in 2012-13 State Cabinet on GST, the J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) in the all party meeting held in Srinagar today reiterated that adequate safeguards should be incorporated in GST regime as was proposed by the then Cabinet in 2012-13, keeping in view the special […]
Two Indian soldiers were injured today in a ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC) by the Pakistan Army, officials said. “Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked shelling and firing along the LoC in Poonch,” Defence Ministry sources said, adding that the troops from the other side used small arms, automatic guns and mortars to target […]