Srinagar: All constituent members of Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday asked the government to remove restrictions on offering congregational Friday prayers in central mosques of J&K in the face dip in Covid cases. In the joint statement, MMU, an amalgam of religious bodies, said that while parks, market places, shopping malls, restaurants, […]
Beijing: With India firmly conveying to China that the prolongation of the existing situation in eastern Ladakh was visibly impacting the bilateral ties in a “negative manner”, Beijing on Thursday said it is ready to seek a “mutually acceptable solution” to the issues that require “urgent treatment” through negotiation. During their hour-long in-person meeting on […]
Jammu: Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat is visiting forward areas along Line of Control (LoC) to take stock of the army’s operational preparedness and the security situation in Jammu region, officials said Thursday. He will be returning to Delhi in the evening, they said. He will be reviewing operational preparedness, security situation and […]
Srinagar: A special court here Thursday rejected the bail application of PDP leader Waheed Parra, the second time in five months, and decided to hear Friday arguments on the chargesheet filed against him, officials said. Parra is considered a close aide of former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti. The in-camera proceedings had been hearing the arguments […]
Srinagar: A high level joint meeting of Kashmir division officers of Jammu and Kashmir Police, Army and CAPFs was held at Police Headquarters on Thursday. Director General of Police Dilbag Singh chaired the meeting in which overall security scenario of Kashmir was reviewed. While addressing the officers, the DGP appreciated the role of Police and […]
Jammu: The Army fired on a Pakistani quadcopter after it tried to venture Jammu along the Line of Control (LoC) here, official sources said on Thursday. The quadcopter was spotted by the alert Army troops in Pallanwaka sector around 9 pm on Wednesday, they said. The sources said the quadcopter returned to the Pakistani side […]
Jammu: Police have seized mobile phones and SIM cards from some inmates of the high-security Kot Bhalwal Central Jail here during a surprise search operation on Thursday, officials said. The raid was conducted by a team of police and CID wing this morning after specific inputs were received that mobile phones were being used by […]
SRINAGAR: After nearly four decades, revival of water transport in Srinagar is on the cards. A Kashmir-based company has installed a 35-seater boat on the waters of the Jhelum to ferry passengers between Lasjan and Veer, a distance of over 14 kilometres. The service, which will be run by the tourism department, is currently working […]
Shopian: People in Keller, a far-flung and mostly tribal area of Shopian district, have accused the authorities at the local Primary Health Centre (PHC) of denying them health care and diagnostic facilities that are available at the hospital. A group of aggrieved local patients and their attendants told Kashmir Reader that the Block Medical Officer […]
Hajin: Two persons including a minor and elderly person drowned along the Jhelum course in Bandipora. While a minor drowned in the river at Zoonipora Asham an elderly drowned few kilometers downstream in Haajin area where performing ablution for prayers. The body of the minor boy, according to police, was retrieved from the river after […]