Deliberate attempts being made to divide people in Kashmir and Jammu, says MP Masoodi Jammu: A committee formed by opposition parties against the inclusion of non-locals in the electoral rolls in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday decided to hold protests to mobilise public support on the issue. The panel, which included all the five constituents […]
Lashes out at BJP over normalcy claims Jammu: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday lashed out at BJP over its claims of normalcy post abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and said the killings will never stop until “justice” is served. Abdullah, who is a Member of Parliament from Srinagar, said had […]
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah on Monday said the situation on ground zero in Jammu and Kashmir is “contrary” to the claims of the incumbent administration. Abdullah’s remarks came at a meeting of the NC’s provincial committee, Kashmir, which was presided over by him at the party headquarters, Nawa-e-Subha, here. “The situation on […]
Srinagar: A group of people, including social activists, staged a protest outside the Hurriyat Conference office here on Monday against the killing of Kashmiri Pandit farmer Puran Krishan Bhat by militants last week, officials said. The protesters assembled outside the office of the Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led Hurriyat at Rajbagh here and held a protest. They […]
Says all liquor licences issued to domiciles of J&K Jammu: Dismissing accusations about the liquor mafia having taken control of the trade in Jammu and Kashmir after the introduction of e-auction, a top excise official said 100 per cent of the liquor licences for wine shops have been issued to domiciles of the Union Territory […]
Demands immediate roll back Srinagar: Expressing serious concern over the hike in power tariff by the administration, CPI(M) leader Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami on Monday said the electricity woes continue unabated in the region while the electricity tariffs have been hiked arbitrarily. The administration has hiked electricity tariff at a time when the people in the […]
Jammu: Emotions ran high as the mortal remains of a slain Kashmiri pandit were consigned to flames here on Sunday with the grief-stricken community expressing anger against the alleged failure of the government to stop selective killings by terrorists in the Valley. Puran Krishan Bhat was gunned down by militants on Saturday outside his ancestral […]
Jammu: “It is very unfortunate that one more Kashmiri pandit fell to the bullets of terrorists, exposing the false claims of the government about improvement in security situation. He is the 18th minority community member shot dead over the past two years,” Satish Kumar, a relative of the deceased, said. He said a police post […]
Jammu: A large group of Congress activists led by working president Raman Bhalla also staged a protest here against the unabated target killings by the terrorists in the valley. Reacting to the killing of Puran Krishan Bhat in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday, Bhalla alleged that the government has failed on all fronts. “There […]
Slain leaves behind wife, two minor kids Anantnag: A Kashmiri Pandit was shot at and killed, Saturday afternoon, by militants in Shopian district of South Kashmir. The slain has been identified as Pooran Kishan Bhat, son of Tarakh Nath Bhat, a resident of Chowdhrygund village in the Shopian district. The 48-year-old was a farmer by […]