Over 380 Ladakhi-origin cops to be transferred from J&K to Ladakh

New Delhi: Over 380 police personnel belonging to Ladakh and working in different places in Kashmir and Jammu regions will soon be transferred to Ladakh and posted under the administrative control of the new Union Territory, officials said on Sunday. The new Union Territory of Ladakh will come into existence on October 31. The Ministry […]

Day 76: Restrictions eased but normal life remains affected

Day 76: Restrictions eased but normal life remains affected

Srinagar: Restrictions imposed in parts of Srinagar in view of Friday prayers were lifted on Saturday, but normal life remained affected across the valley for the 76th consecutive day following the abrogation of provisions of Article 370, officials said. They said the curbs, under Section 144 of the CrPC, were imposed in Anchar area under […]

Cross-LoC fire in Kathua

Cross-LoC fire in Kathua

Jammu:  Pakistani Rangers targeted forward posts and villages with small arms firing along the International Border (IB) in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. The firing from across the border in Manyari-Chorgali area in Hiranagar sector was unprovoked and started around 7.30 pm on Friday and continued intermittently throughout the night, […]

India hits at Pak for raising Kashmir issue at UN

India hits at Pak for raising Kashmir issue at UN

United Nations: India has slammed Pakistan for raising the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at a forum of the UN, saying the country employs “empty rhetoric” to serve its “distorted agenda” and continues to engage in spreading unsubstantiated allegations. Minister in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN Deepak Misra did not name Pakistan but his […]

No separate flag, constitution for Nagas: Ravi

No separate flag, constitution for Nagas: Ravi

New Delhi: The Government of India has ruled out a separate flag and Constitution for the Nagas as demanded by the NSCN-IM, and made it clear that the endless negotiations with the insurgent group under the shadow of guns was not acceptable. Interlocutor for the Naga talks and Nagaland Governor R N Ravi also said […]

Tassaduq Mufti meets Mehbooba

Tassaduq Mufti meets Mehbooba

Srinagar:  Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti’s brother Tassaduq Hussain Mufti on Friday met her at the guest house where she has been kept under detention, party sources said. The meeting lasted for about 20 minutes, they said, without giving any further details. The former chief minister has been detained […]

Snowfall in upper reaches

Snowfall in upper reaches

Srinagar:  Gulmarg and other areas in the higher regions of Kashmir received snowfall on Friday and rains lashed the plains, plummeting the temperature across the valley, a meteorological department official said. The high altitude areas of Kashmir, including the higher regions of the skiing resort Gulmarg in Baramulla district in the north, received snowfall that […]

Modi’s steps up offensive against Congress

Art 370 dominates poll campaign

Modi’s steps up offensive against Congress

Ellenabad: On the last day of campaigning for the Haryana assembly polls here, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sharpened his attack on the opposition Congress over issues of Article 370 and the Kartarpur corridor, accusing it of “destroying the country” with wrong policies and strategy. Raising the issue of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir […]

Cong questions delay in notification abolishing Legislative Council

Jammu:  The Congress on Friday questioned the ‘delay’ in issuing the notification abolishing the Legislative Council under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, citing reports that constituency development fund was allegedly released partly in violation of law to “please BJP members”. The 62-year-old state Legislative Council came to an end with the state administration issuing […]