New Delhi: The issue of the daring escape of an arrested Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant from a Srinagar hospital was raised in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, with the Congress saying the situation in Jammu and Kashmir has worsened. Raising the issue during the Zero Hour, Leader of Opposition and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi […]
Jammu: Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh today said that the water transport facility in the Jhelum river was suspended due to a drop in the water level. He said this in the Legislative Assembly in a reply to a question by PDP MLA Mohammad Ashraf Mir. The services would be resumed once the level increases, […]
Jammu: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday said that 12 militants in Kashmir had shunned the path of violence and returned to the mainstream in the last three years. She said this in the Legislative Council in reply to questions of several members, including Qaiser Jamsheed Lone and Ali Mohammad Dar of the National Conference […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Tourism department today said the two-day ‘Pahalgam Festival’ later this month would be an important event to attract tourists to the south Kashmir resort. “The festival will start on February 17 and it will showcase our ethnic cuisine, street food and handicrafts, it will have village walks, forest walks […]
Jammu: The Assembly was rocked by opposition members alleging malpractice in the opening of new ration depots as they pressed for taking into confidence concerned legislators in the allotting of new fair price shops. The government has opened 1085 new fair price shops during the past two years across the state, out of the […]
Jammu: The J&K government on Wednesday informed the Legislative Assembly (LA) that it has spent an amount of Rs 32.40 lacs on at least 20 non-government organizations (NGOs) in the state. This was revealed in a written reply to a query raised by independent MLA Er Abdul Rashid during the question Hour of the Legislative […]
Srinagar: A court in New Delhi Wednesday granted bail to a Kashmiri businessman arrested for his alleged involvement in the Red Fort attack case of 2000. Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma granted bail to businessman Bilal Ahmad Kawa, 37, asking him to furnish a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and a surety of like […]
Sopore: Inhabitants of Rampora and Rajpora villages of Sopore’s Zaingeer belt in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district here have expressed resentment against the Public Health Engineering (PHE) for failing to provide adequate potable water to them. The villagers said that they are facing acute shortage of drinking water since the last 15 days, resulting in […]
Srinagar: A Kashmiri student was assaulted by a group of locals at Ambala area of Haryana on Wednesday, barely four days after two students from Rajouri district were beaten to pulp in the north Indian state. Reports said that a student of B.Sc Radiology, identified as Mudasir Ahmad, a resident, of Soura Srinagar suffered injuries […]
Srinagar: Awami Itehaad party (AIP) president and MLA Langate, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Wednesday said that it would have been quite impossible to take the freedom struggle of India to its logical end without the support of Muslims. Reacting over the ‘threatening’ statement of BJP MP, Vinay Katiyar to Indian Muslims, he said […]