CM gives documents for gas agency to pellet victim Insha 

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today handed over documents for a gas agency to Insha Mushtaq who lost her eyesight due to pellets fired by security forces in the 2016 summer agitation in Kashmir. Mehbooba handed over the documents to Insha at her official residence in Jammu, officials said. Insha, who hails […]

Dubai Ports’ chairman calls on Chief Minister

JAMMU: The Chairman & CEO of Dubai Ports’, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem called on the Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti here today. Mr. Sulayem, alongwith with his team of executives, is in the State to explore possibilities of investment in the State. During the meeting, Mr. Sulayem briefed the Chief Minister about his idea of setting […]

SMHS Hospital Attack: Govt says investigations on

JAMMU: Minister for Revenue and Parliamentary Affairs, Abdul Rehman Veeri today informed the House that FIR No: 8/28 US 302,224 RPC and 7/27 IA Act has been registered in Police Station Karan Nagar Srinagar regarding the militant attack on a police party in SMHS Hospital and investigation has been taken up. Giving details, the Minister […]

Another Kashmiri student assaulted in Haryana 

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 namely Mudasir Ahmad, a resident, of Soura Srinagar suffered injuries after a group […]

J-K situation has worsened, says Cong in Rajya Sabha

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 today, 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 Azad said […]

2 soldiers killed, 3 injured in attack by militants in Pak

Islamabad: Two Pakistan Army soldiers were killed and three others injured when militants targetted a military vehicle in northwestern tribal region in a late night attack, officials said today. The attack occurred in Idak village of North Waziristan, which is one of seven tribal districts along the volatile Afghan border. Earlier today, an IED explosion […]

JK situation has worsened, says Cong in Rajya Sabha  

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 today, 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 Azad said […]

Pak again rakes up Kashmir issue at UN

United Nations: Pakistan has again raked up the Kashmir issue at the UN Security Council and accused it of “selectively” implementating its resolution on the matter. Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, sought periodic review of the implementation of the UN Security Council’s decades-old resolution on the issue. “Nothing undermines the credibility of […]

Kashmir highway temporary blocked after landslide

Traffic was disrupted on Srinagar-Jammu highway on Wednesday after landslides hit the 300-km highway in Ramban district. According to the reports, the movement of traffic was halted after a land slide hit the road at 10 am at Anokhi fall near Battery Cheshma, 11 Kms from Ramban. Officials said that men and machinery have been […]

NIA nabs one more in connection with LeT activities probe

  New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency has arrested an alleged hawala operator from Uttarakhand in connection with its probe into the activities of Pakistan- based Lashker-e-Taiba in India, an official spokesperson said here today. Abdul Samad, the fifth person arrested in the case, was arrested in Haridwar yesterday and brought to Delhi, the spokesperson […]