J&K Polls: Banned JeI leader files nomination for Bandipora seat

  Bandipora,: Former district president of the banned Jamat-e-Islami, Hafiz Mohammad Sikander Malik Thursday filed nomination papers for Bandipora constituency as independent candidate for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly election.   Malik, a resident of Gundpora, Bandipora has served as district president of JeI until organisation was banned.   He was arrested in 2019 […]

Chris Gayle, Ian Bell among 124 legends to land in Kashmir for Legends League Cricket

      Srinagar:Cricketer enthusiasts are quite excited in the Valley as 124 legends are set to land in Kashmir on October 9 to play the last leg of Legends League Cricket (LLC) in Srinagar.   Co-founder LLC, Raman Raheja while addressing media persons said that the final leg of LLC will be held at […]

NSA Doval holds talks with Russian counterpart

    NEW DELHI: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has held wide-ranging talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu in St Petersburg and discussed important issues of “mutual interests” amid fresh calls for India’s possible role in finding a solution to the Ukraine conflict.   The Doval-Shoigu meeting on Wednesday evening took place on the […]

Tribunal upholds ban on 6 J&K separatist groups

  NEW DELHI: A judicial tribunal of the Delhi High Court has upheld the Centre’s ban on two factions of the separatist group Muslim Conference Jammu and Kashmir and four factions of another secessionist organisation, Jammu and Kashmir People’s League (JKPL), for threatening India’s integrity by promoting, aiding and abetting the secession of Jammu and […]

Farooq Abdullah accuses BJP of using those ‘released from jail’ as proxies

  Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said the people of Jammu and Kashmir should unite to defeat the BJP and those who are “being released from jails” to take part in elections. Addressing an election rally, he said the alliance with the Congress was not easy but was necessary to save J-K’s […]

BJP should stop making efforts to break alliances: Kharge in J&K

    SRINAGAR: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said the BJP should stop making efforts to break alliances and political parties opposed to it as they have a minority government at the Centre which depends on TDP and JD-U for survival.   “The Congress and National Conference are contesting the (Jammu and Kashmir) elections […]

J&K BJP chief terms ‘fake’ an order asking supporters to welcome Engineer Rashid in Kashmir

    JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Wednesday described as “fake” an order on the party’s letterhead asking the party workers in the valley to attend the welcome rally of Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid.   Rashid walked out of Delhi’s Tihar Jail on Wednesday, a day after he was granted interim […]

2 Militants Killed In Udhampur, Search Operation On

        Udhampur: Two unidentified militant have been killed in ongoing encounter in Khandara top area of Udhampur.   Officials said  that two militants have been killed in ongoing operation, Their identity is being ascertained.   Meanwhile, Search Operation is still underway in the area, he said.   Earlier, a fierce gunfight erupted […]

I  will fight Modi’s Narrative of Naya Kashmir, peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue till my last breath: Er Rashid after his release from Tihar

            Srinagar: Awami Itehad Party (AIP) patron Engineer Sheikh Abdur Rashid Wednesday said that he will fight against the Prime Minister Narendera Modi’s narrative of Naya Kashmir and the peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue till his last breath.   Talking to reporters in New Delhi, soon after walking free from […]

Delhi court to pass order on LS MP Engineer Rashid’s regular bail plea on Oct 5

    NEW DELHI: A Delhi court is likely to pronounce on October 5 its order on the regular bail plea of Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid in a terror funding case.   Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh, who on Tuesday granted interim bail to Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, on […]