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Srinagar: Two days after declaring normalcy in the region, Ladakh UT administration late Friday reimposed restrictions on gatherings of five or more people, and banned processions, rallies, and marches without prior permission in Leh, hours after Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) announced a judicial probe — under a retired Supreme Court judge — into…
Mehbooba Muft, Farooq Abdullah (PTI file photos) SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah reached out Thursday to PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti ahead of Rajya Sabha (RS) elections in J&K next week, seeking support for the governing party’s candidate for one of four seats that his ally Congress chose not to contest, terming it “weak”….
SRINAGAR: Leh Apex Body (LAB), an umbrella group of political and religious organisations in Leh, announced a silent march and “blackout” on Saturday in solidarity with those killed, injured, and arrested during a September 24 firing on protesters demanding statehood and autonomy for the Union territory (UT). Among those held are environment activist and LAB…
Violence in Ladakh (AP file photo) SRINAGAR: A court in Leh granted bail Tuesday evening to Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council’s (LAHDC-Leh) Congress councillor Stanzin Tsepag and six others, including Ladakh Buddhist Association president Dolma, who had been arrested over alleged involvement in the Sept 24 violence that left four people dead.BJP has accused Tsepag…
Mumbai batter Siddhesh Lad scored a feisty 116 vs Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar:Siddhesh Lad was bowled off a no-ball early in his innings, but it didn’t waver his focus. The 33-year-old tightened his defence and hardly played a loose shot thereafter to bring up his 11th First-Class century, playing a crucial role in Mumbai ending…
SRINAGAR: Off-roading has hit its first legal hump in Kashmir just as its popularity was accelerating, with a case filed against a social media influencer amid public and political outrage over use of high-powered 4×4 vehicles through the region’s lush meadows and forests.Off-roading refers to driving vehicles through unpaved and unfamiliar routes in remote areas,…
SRINAGAR: Security forces Tuesday foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district’s Keran sector, about 130km from Srinagar, and gunned down two terrorists. A large cache of weapons and equipment was seized from the site of the encounter.On October 13 evening, a joint team of the Army and J&K Police…
Sajad Gani Lone, Omar Abdulaah (PTI file photos) SRINAGAR: Peoples Conference (PC) chairman Sajad Gani Lone Tuesday said he would abstain from voting in next week’s Rajya Sabha elections in J&K, accusing CM Omar Abdullah of pushing Congress out of the contest at the behest of BJP.Alleging that Omar denied a safe ticket to Congress…
NEW DELHI: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah was admitted to a hospital in Srinagar After he was not keeping well for the past few days.National Conference leaders told news agency PTI that Abdullah had developed infection in the abdomen earlier this week and was taken to a private hospital for treatment.“He (Abdullah)…
LEH: Protests rocked Leh region of Ladakh Union Territory on Wednesday as agitators pelted stones at the BJP office and clashed with police.A police van was set ablaze during the chaos, marking a sharp escalation in the agitation that has been gaining momentum over the past weeks.The protest call was given by the youth wing…
