SRINAGAR: A labourer from West Bengal who was injured in Tuesday’s attack by suspected militants that left five others dead, has been “positively responding” to treatment at SHMS Hospital here, hospital sources said. Zahoor-u-Din had received multiple injuries in the attack. “He had multiple injuries in his abdomen. His intestines which were displaced have been […]
SRINAGAR: A delegation of European Union parliamentarians which arrived on a day-long visit in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday met some panchayat members, few businessmen, youth activists and a few politicians in Srinagar briefly amid a complete shutdown in the valley. The EU office in India has distanced itself from the visit of the parliamentarians […]
SRINAGAR: People Democratic Party (PDP) leader Muzaffar Hussain Baig met the European Union (EU) delegation visiting Kashmir and suggested bilateral India and Pakistan dialogue to resolve Kashmir issue, as agreed in the Shimla agreement, Beig said. Baig met the delegation before its visit to Kashmir in New Delhi. He said he was flown to Delhi […]
SRINAGAR: The prevailing shutdown and communications lockdown in the Valley has taken a toll on numbers of Umrah pilgrims from Kashmir. Travel operators say that compared to 10,000 pilgrims who travelled to Makkah last year, the number is likely to hover around 5000 this year. General Secretary, Jammu and Kashmir Haj Umrah Tour Organiser Association, […]
SRINAGAR: Despite the major regional parties staying away from the first ever Block Development Council polls in J&K, Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) secured only 25 percent of seats, while most of seats were won by independents. According to the details sheared by the chief election office, BJP has won from 81 blocks out of the […]
Says forces ready to respond to Pulwama-like attack
Srinagar: The two-year old Ansar Gazwatul Hind (AGH) has been wiped out from Kashmir Valley after the killing of its three last surviving militants in Tuesday’s Rajpora gunfight, Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh said on Wednesday. Addressing a presser, the police chief said that the slain trio included Hameed Lone alias Hameed Lelhari. He […]
Srinagar: Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh on Wednesday said that a sizeable number of militants have managed to sneak into Kashmir Valley since August. Their number, however, cannot be known, he added “A bit of infiltration by militants has taken place,” Singh told reporters. “We feel the number is sizeable. But I don’t see […]
SRINAGAR: One such user is Muhammad Younis, whose smartphone is gathering dust at a shelf in his home. Younis cannot access his phone since he found that the password he has locked his phone with does not work anymore. “I get a message to connect to internet for unlocking it. But since internet is blocked, […]
Says false narrative being peddled on abrogation of Article 370; ‘Do politics on peace and development, return of statehood and issue of unemployment’
SRINAGAR: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary Ram Madhav on Sunday warned of sending those who try to become an “impediment in the path of peace and development” in the Valley to outside jails. “India has enough jails to accommodate those, who disturb peace and development in the state,” warned Madhav at the party […]
Six hour cut in metered areas, 8 hours in unmetered areas
SRINAGAR: Kashmir is expected to witness eight-hour long power cuts from October-end as the work on Alasteng power project is pending due to prevailing shutdown. The project conceived six-years ago would have enhanced grid capacity in the Valley making it easier for the state to purchase energy from outside states in winters, when demand for […]