Srinagar, Oct 22 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Tuesday visited Gagangir project site, where militants on Sunday killed seven persons, and reviewed the security measures. Militants killed seven persons including a doctor and 6 non-locals and injured several others in the attack at a construction site at the tourist resort of Sonamarg…
Srinagar, Oct 21 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Pro-tem Speaker, Mubarak Gul, administered the oath of office to the newly-elected MLAs in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, officials said. Chief Minister and Leader of the House, Omar Abdullah, was the first to take the oath. He took his oath in Kashmiri. Pro-tem Speaker Gul informed…
Srinagar, Oct 21 (UNI) Kashmiri separatist leader and Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday condemned the killing of seven employees of an infrastructure firm in a terror attack, terming it against the tenets of Islam. In one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in Kashmir in a long time, seven…
Srinagar, (UNI) Seven people, including a local doctor, were killed and four others injured in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Sunday evening, officials said. The attack occurred at a camp near Gagangeer along the Srinagar-Leh highway, where both local and non-local workers were stationed while working on the construction of…
Srinagar, Oct 19 (UNI) National Conference leader and Member Legislative Assembly (MLA) Mubarak Gul on Saturday took oath as Pro-tem Speaker of J&K Assembly. Officials said Gul was administered the oath by J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha in Srinagar. He will remain as Pro-tem Speaker til elections are held for the new Speaker. On Friday,…
Srinagar, Oct 19 (UNI) A day after a nonlocal worker was shot dead, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said these attacks are abhorrent and must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. Ashok Chouhan, hailing from the Banka district of Bihar, was shot dead by militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on…
Srinagar, Oct 19 (UNI) A day after a non- local worker was shot dead, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah condemned the attack. Ashok Chouhan, hailing from the Banka district of Bihar, was shot dead by militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday. His bullet-ridden body was…
Jammu, Oct 18 (UNI) Indian Army’s Tiger Division on Friday organized a Veterans Outreach Program cum Ex- servicemen Felicitation Ceremony here at Jammu. The event was conducted to honour and felicitate the Gallantry Awardees and Disabled Soldiers for their selfless sacrifice in service of the Nation. Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Katiyar, GOC-in-C Western Command graced…
Srinagar, Oct 17 (UNI) National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Thursday hoped that the central government will restore the statehood to Jammu and Kashmir very soon. “Talk of statehood has already been round the corner and the Supreme Court has also said that they will take up the application moved today for listing it for…
Jammu, Oct 17 (UNI) Security forces have launched a cordon and search operation (CASO) early morning on Thursday to track down the terrorists after a brief exchange of firing in the Gursai area of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir. Official sources said that following inputs about the presence of terrorists in the woods of…
