Srinagar, Mar 20 (UNI) BJP leader and former MLA, Gurez Faqeer Mohammad Khan, allegedly shot himself dead at Srinagar’s high-security Tulsi Bagh area on Thursday, officials said. Khan, a senior leader of the BJP who unsuccessfully contested the assembly polls on the party ticket in 2024, had a gunshot wound. Police said initial findings suggest…
Jammu, Mar 19 (UNI) To deliberate on the budget announcements and review the activities and achievements of the department, Commissioner Secretary Youth Services and Sports, Sarmad Hafeez on Wednesday discussed the future roadmap and strategic implementation in order to make Jammu and Kashmir ready to produce international stuff and making it a sporting hub. Chairing…
New Delhi, Mar 19 (UNI) A Delhi Court will pass the order on Friday on the bail plea of Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid, arrested in a terror funding case. Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh on Wednesday said he will pronounce the order on the bail application of Rashid on March 21. Engineer…
New Delhi, Mar 19 (UNI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that today, India is maintaining a balance between its hard power and soft power amidst the prevailing uncertainties in a multipolar world. Addressing the fifth edition of Major Bob Khathing Memorial Event, jointly organised by the Indian Army, Assam Rifles and United Services…
Srinagar, Mar 16 (UNI) Security forces averted a major tragedy when they recovered and destroyed an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Sunday. Army in a post on X said that “the IED was recovered in the general area Narikut Forest Kupwara”. “ChinarWarriors and @BSF_Kashmir averted a terror incident today…
Islamabad, Mar 16 (UNI) Abu Qatal, said to be a key commander of banned terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba and a close aide of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, has been shot dead with his armed guard by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan’s Punjab province, media reports said on Sunday. Abu Qatal, whose real name was…
Srinagar, Mar 15 (UNI) The J-K Peace Forum, an organization of Kashmiri Pandits, has strongly condemned the Centre’s decision to ban the Awami Action Committee (AAC) led by Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, calling it unjust and detrimental to the peace and development of Jammu and Kashmir. Last month, Mirwaiz and Forum president Satish…
Srinagar, Mar 14 (UNI) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday lamented that certain “bigots” have transformed Holi festivities, once a symbol of Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb, into a “source of fear ” for minorities. In a post on X, Mufti said,” Holi for me has always symbolized India’s Ganga-Jamuna Tehzeeb. I fondly remember…
Srinagar, Mar 14 (UNI) Anjuman Auqaf, the managing body of Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, on Friday said that Kashmir’s chief cleric, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has been placed under house arrest, preventing him from delivering the sermon at the historic mosque. The latest restriction on Mirwaiz comes days after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) declared…
New Delhi, Mar 12 (UNI) Driven by lower food prices, India’s retail inflation fell to a seven-month low of 3.61% in February this year from 4.26% in the previous month. The decline in retail inflation has raised hopes of a further cut in repo rate by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the upcoming…
