Geelani’s lifelong comrade and anointed heir was not allowed to see his family in his last days SRINAGAR: Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai, the man who was seen as the political heir of ailing veteran leader Syed Ali Geelani, died on Wednesday. Sehrai, the devout ideological ally of Geelani, died at a Jammu […]
United Nations: President of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir has encouraged India and Pakistan to resolve the issue of Kashmir through peaceful means and said that he supports dialogue and diplomacy, recalling the 1972 Simla Agreement between the two countries. Bozkir, in response to a question on Kashmir during a press conference here on […]
Srinagar: Clashes broke out in Srinagar’s Nowhatta area on Friday as supporters of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq pelted stones at security forces to protest the separatist leader’s continued house arrest, even though it was expected that he would be allowed to come to Jamia today. Officials said police and other security personnel deployed in the area […]
Ceasefire already effective from Wednesday midnight Islamabad: Pakistan and India have agreed to strictly observe all agreements on ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) and address each other’s core issues and concerns, the Pakistan Army said on Thursday. An agreement was reached between the two countries after the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) […]
Shopian: After a week’s break, the illegal import of Iranian apple in Delhi’s Azadpur fruit mandi has resumed, according to Kashmiri traders based in Delhi. A lot of hue and cry was raised by Kashmiri apple traders against what they described as illegal import of Iranian apple that was being brought to Delhi in the […]
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday denied that civilians, including a journalist, were privy to information related to the abrogation of Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The Central government got the approval of Parliament on August 5, 2019 for the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state […]
New Delhi: Questioning the ruling NDA on whether it wanted permanent UT status for Jammu and Kashmir, Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday batted for restoration of its statehood, saying development had halted, there was an increase in unemployment and industries were closing, making survival difficult in the region. […]
Jammu: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to restore 4G mobile internet services in Jammu and Kashmir as he highlighted various problems due to lack of the facility and the harsh winter in the Union Territory. He prayed for the success of the COVID-19 vaccine and urged people […]
Shopian: A policeman from Shopian who had buried many militants at the government-designated graveyard in Sonamarg this year was unaware that today he had to bury his own younger brother in the same graveyard. Zubair Ahmad Lone, a resident of Turkwagam village of Shopian, was killed along with two other youths in an encounter which […]
Srinagar: Underhand means are being used to compel winning candidates of Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) to join the Altaf Bukhari-led Apni Party, National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah said on Saturday at a press conference here. He corroborated his claim by playing before reporters a voice recording in which a PAGD candidate was […]