Farooq Abdullah (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference supremo Farooq Abdullah on Thursday joined a group of singers to perform the devotional song, “Tune Mujhe Bulaya Sherawaliye, Main Aaya Main Aaya Sherawaliye.”The NC leader was attending a religious event at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine at Jammu’s Katra. He…
JAMMU: Alert Army personnel opened fire at a Pakistani drone spotted hovering in Indian airspace along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district early Wednesday, forcing it to return. A search operation was launched in the area later in the day to trace drone-dropped narcotics or weapons, if any.“Army troops noticed…
JAMMU: Kishtwar Police have released posters featuring four active terrorists in the district, offering a reward of Rs 5 lakh for any information leading to their arrest.A police spokesperson urged residents to come forward in case they had any credible information about the four ultras — Saifullah, Farman, Adil and an unidentified terrorist (probably Basha)…
JAMMU: Test reports have dispelled the suspicion that a mysterious viral, bacterial, or microbial infection caused 14 deaths in three families in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district since Dec 7.“All the test reports, including from Pune’s ICMR, Delhi’s National Centre for Disease Control, Defence Research and Development Establishment in Gwalior, and…
SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI: The unusual bonhomie stood out in the numbing cold of Sonamarg. J&K CM Omar Abdullah lauded PM Narendra Modi saying he enjoyed high trust among people for keeping his word to hold free and fair elections in the state even as he urged the PM to make good his commitment to restore the…
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah with his father and National Conference President Farooq Abdullah. (PTI) JAMMU: Amid the rumblings in INDIA bloc over AAP and Congress contesting Delhi assembly elections separately, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and his son and J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah are speaking in different voices over the issue.While…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that Article 370 had “sown the seeds of separatism in the valley”, which ultimately evolved into terrorism. Praising the Modi government’s “strong resolution” that led to the abrogation of the article, Shah described the decision as the catalyst for establishing a “Naya Kashmir“.Speaking at the…
JAMMU: Expressing concern over the ongoing shutdown in the holy town of Katra against the proposed ropeway project, J&K’s deputy chief minister, Surinder Choudhary, said the project is ill-advised and, that, development can’t come at the cost of employment.Katra, base camp for the Vaishno Devi pilgrimage in Jammu, remained shut for the fifth consecutive day…
Image credit: Simran Singh’s Instagram NEW DELHI: Simran Singh, a social media influencer and a radio jockey from Jammu and Kashmir died by suicide in Gurugram, the police informed on Thursday.Her body was discovered hanging in her room on Wednesday night. No suicide note was found at the scene, authorities said.The family said that Simran…
NEW DELHI: An encounter between security forces and terrorists broke out on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Kulgam.According to the J&K Police, Security forces had launched a cordon-and-search operation at Kadder in the Behibagh area of the district on Wednesday night following information about the presence of suspected terrorists there.“Encounter started in Kadder area of…
