South Kashmir youth found dead in Rajasthan

Srinagar: Body of a 19-year-old youth from south Kashmir was found hanging from a ceiling of a room in Rajasthan’s capital Jaipur on Saturday. A police officer Sub-Inspector Baneer Singh, who has been tasked to investigate the case told Srinagar-based news agency Global News Service (GNS) over phone that police recovered the body of Zahid Ahmad Bhat […]

Rahul Gandhi takes charge as Congress president

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi Saturday took charge as the president of Congress in the presence of the party’s top brass and his family members. The Congress’ central election authority (CEA) handed him over the certificate of his elevation to the top post during a grand event held at the lawns of the All India Congress […]

Train service resumes in Kashmir

Srinagar: Train service resumed on Saturday after remaining suspended for a day in Kashmir. “After remaining suspended for security reasons, we have resumed all trains in the Kashmir valley,” said a railway official Pertinently the service was suspended yesterday in the wake a public rally call in Anantnag by the Joint Resistance Leadership. .   […]

Cordon and Search Operation in Bijbehara area

Anantnag: Government forces on Saturday started a cordon and search operation (CASO) in Bijebehara area of Anantnag district of south Kashmir. An official said that CASO was launched after receiving “specific inputs” about the presence of militants in the area. Forces in large numbers have been deployed in and around the Small Scale Industries Corporation […]

Court seeks NIA’s reply on alleged stone pelter’s bail

New Delhi: An alleged stone pelter, arrested by the NIA in connection with its probe into the ‘funding of terror’ and separatist activities in Kashmir Valley, today moved a court here seeking bail. District judge Poonam A Bamba sought a response from the National Investigating Agency (NIA) by January 18 on the application moved by […]

At 5.1 deg C, Jammu records coldest night of season

  Jammu: Jammu woke up to a chilly morning as the night temperature settled at 5.1 degrees Celsius, the lowest this season, the meteorological department said today. The night temperature recorded in the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir was four notches below normal, it added. The city had recorded a high of 18.1 degrees […]

One-way traffic on Srinagar-Jammu highway today

Srinagar: The strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway will remain operational for one-way traffic for the second consecutive day on Saturday. “Keeping in view the overall condition of road, especially between Jawahar Tunnel  and Ramban coupled with narrow width of the NHW at some places, only one way movement of traffic shall be permitted on NHW today and […]

Dead body of Jaish militant found in Tral: Police

Srinagar: Police on Saturday said that it have recovered a body of Pakistani militant from Eid Gah area of Tral in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. A senior police official said that some locals informed the police about the body lying in Eid Gah, Tral. Immediately a police team was rushed to the spot and recovered the body […]

Restrictions, curbs put in place to halt JRL’s public rally

  Srinagar: Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar as well as Anantnag town to foil a proposed march by separatists to the south Kashmir district on Friday. A police official said restrictions have been imposed in seven police station areas of Srinagar and Anantnag town as a precautionary measure. While restrictions under Section 144 […]

JRL denounces curbs to foil ‘rally’

Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) Friday denounced the ruling regime for once again resorting to use of unbridled force to bar the leadership and people from marching to Islamabad and convening a peaceful rally at Lal Chowk. The rally was meant to express solidarity with the people of South Kashmir. JRL comprising of Syed Ali […]