CM should helm all-party meet on panchayat polls: JK Cong

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief G A Mir today demanded that Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti should helm the proposed all-party meet ahead of the panchayat polls, two days after the state government decided to hold such a meet. “If the government is sincere about the discussion regarding holding of panchayat elections, we propose that […]

Fire breaks out in Reasi forest

Jammu: A major fire broke out at a forest in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir today and efforts are on the douse the blaze, the police said. The fire broke out in the upper reaches of Reasi this afternoon, they said. Authorities are making efforts to put out the blaze, the police said. Guest

Shopian civilian killings: Army files counter FIR against protesters

Srinagar: Hours after third civilian lost life to his injuries at SKIMS in Srinagar, the Army has filed a counter First Information Report, (FIR) over the ‘attack on its soldiers’ in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday last week. The Army said its men were attacked by the people with stones and forced them to […]

Mehbooba denounces call for separate state for Muslims

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today denounced a demand to have a separate state for Muslims, in an apparent reference to a top cleric’s suggestion made yesterday. “J&K was neither a party to the partition of our country nor did we support division on religious lines. We as a state opted for […]

India slips to 42nd place on EIU Democracy Index

New Delhi: India has slipped to 42nd place on an annual Global Democracy Index amid “rise of conservative religious ideologies” and increase in vigilantism and violence against minorities as well as other dissenting voices. While Norway has again topped the list, followed by Iceland and Sweden, compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), India has […]

KCC&I express concern over transfer of HMT Factory land to police

  Srinagar: The president of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCC&I) today expressed concerns over the proposal of handing over the transfer of industrial land retrieved from HMT Watch Factory, Zainakot to the Police Department for housing colony. In a statement issued here, the President, KCC&I Javid Ahmad Tenga has expressed resentment and said […]

2 labourers buried in landslide in Samba; rescued

Jammu: Two labourers were trapped when a landslide took place during digging to lay cables along the Mansar road in the mountainous belt of Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district and were rescued later, police said today. The labourers, of a private company, were digging a 5- feet deep canal to lay cables, suddenly there was […]

Avalanche warning in Kashmir districts

Srinagar: A government agency today issued an avalanche warning in several districts of Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours, shortly after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake on the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region jolted parts of north India. The Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment has “informed that medium danger avalanche warning of level-3 exists in higher reaches […]

Two killed in road accident in Samba

Jammu: Two persons, including a woman, riding on a motorcycle were killed today after being hit by a truck on the Jammu-Pathankot national highway in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police official said. The driver of the truck, bearing a registration number of Punjab, abandoned the vehicle after the accident. Efforts were on […]

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