Haq Khan likely to join Congress
SRINAGAR: The disgruntled Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and former minister Abdul Haq Khan is likely to join Congress.
Highly placed sources said Khan had a detailed meeting with senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister…
Reliance Jio to enter 5G Network, Data cost to dip down
NEW DELHI: Reliance Jio to enter 5G Network, Data cost to dip down Mukesh-Ambani-led Reliance Jio has disrupted the market with unlimited voice plans bundled with free high-speed 4G data. The data prices have come down by a steep 90 per…
JRL calls for shutdown on Thursday
SRINAGAR: Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik has called for a complete strike on Thursday against the continued civilian killings in the valley which has witnessed a spike…
End of PDP, BJP Alliance victory of Kashmiris: Er. Rasheed
SRINAGAR: Claiming that end of PDP BJP alliance has exposed New Delhi’s failures and its flawed policies, AIP Supremo and MLA Langate Er. Rasheed has said that unless New Delhi doesn’t delink governance with the larger political issue all…
Muscular security policy will not work in J&K: Mehbooba after resignation
SRINAGAR, JUNE 19 (PTK): PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti addressed a press conference in Srinagar moments after she submitted her resignation to Governor NN Vohra on Tuesday.
She resigned as J&K Chief Minister after the Bharatiya Janata…
3 JeM militants killed, 4 army soldiers among 5 injured in Tral gunfight
Qayoom Khan
SRINAGAR: Two locals were among three Jaish-e-Mohammad militants killed and four army soldiers and a CRPF trooper were injured in a gunfight at Tral in south Kashmir's Pulwama district on Tuesday.
A police officer said a joint…
Omar seeks early elections in Jammu and Kashmir
SRINAGAR: After the BJP-PDP breakup, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Monday appealed Election Commission of India to hold early elections in Jammu and Kashmir. He said they will not offer support to any party in government…
BJP dumped PDP to raise Kashmir, Pakistan boggy in coming Parliament elections: Yashwant Sinha
SRINAGAR: While reacting over the BJP pulling out of Alliance with PDP, India’s former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said that BJP pursued Chanakiyan policy and dumped PDP to enhance their vote bank in 2019 Parliament elections.
“BJP…
Mehbooba’s honeymoon with BJP ends at ‘surprising’ note
‘Will not enter into any alliance: Mehbooba
SRINAGAR: In a surprising move, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday pulled out of Alliance with coalition it had formed with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir in 2014.…
Army, militants exchange brief gunfire in Kupwara forests
SRINAGAR: Army and militants on Monday evening exchanged a brief gunfire in Dedikote forest area of north Kashmir's Kupwara district.
A police officer told GNS that militants attacked army's patrolling party of 4 VIKAS, sub-unit of 47 RR…