BJP’s Bashir Ahmad Mir elected Srinagar MC corporator
Srinagar: BJP candidate Bashir Ahmad Mir from Shankarpora was Saturday elected as a corporator of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) by a slender margin of seven votes.
Interestingly, only nine votes were polled in Shankarpora ward…
Woman dies of electric shock in Budgam village
Budgam: A woman died of electric shock in Khansahib village of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Sunday morning.
Sources said that the woman identified as Shafeeqa Bano wife of Fayaz Ahmad Najar, a resident of Hokhlitri village received…
Germany demands action against those responsible of khashoggi’s killing
Germany has strongly denounced the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and called on Saudi Arabia to hold those responsible to account. "We condemn this act in the strongest terms," Chancellor…
Afghanistan: 67 killed, 126 injured in polling day violence
At least 67 people were killed including 27 civilians, nine members of security forces and 31 insurgents and 126 injured in 193 attacks carried out throughout Afghanistan by the Taliban, who had threatened to target Saturday’s parliamentary…
Three militants killed in Kulgam gunfight: Police
Srinagar: Three militants have been killed in the ongoing encounter at Laroo village of Kulgam in southern Kashmir.
Police sources confirmed the killing of three militants. They said that the identity of the slain militants is being…
Restoration of high-speed internet service in South Kashmir a security related matter
Srinagar: District authorities in South Kashmir Saturday admitted that they are helpless in restoring the high-speed internet service across the four districts viz; Pulwama, Shopian, Kulgam and Anatnag.
From past couple of weeks the four…
Police books four family members of woman for “abetting suicide
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police have booked four family members (in-laws) of a woman, Rehana, 35, for “abetting suicide and subjecting her to cruelty”.
All the four have been booked under FIR No. 140/2018/under section 498-A and 306…
Municipal bodies’ elections in J&K were ‘sham’ : Soz
SRINAGAR: Former Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Saifuddin Soz on Saturday said the municipal bodies’ elections in Jammu and Kashmir were ‘sham’ as the state’s premier party, National Conference boycotted the polls.
“It was tragic that…
Traffic mismanagement continues to hassle people in Srinagar
SRINAGAR: Traffic mismanagement continues to hassle people in Srinagar as in the absence of traffic police, locals volunteer in the evenings to get off the gridlocks.
People in Srinagar are up in arms against the authorities for failing to…
Pakistan will continue to voice for struggle of Kashmiris : Pak minister
SRINAGAR: Pakistani Information Minister Chaudhary Fawad Hussain has said that Pakistan will continue to voice for the struggle of Kashmiris and Indian atrocities in Kashmir at every international forum.
He was talking to delegation of…