Daily Archives: April 18, 2019
Downtown Srinagar sticks to boycott tradition, uptown areas register thin voting
Srinagar: While as all the polling stations in downtown Srinagar wore a deserted look with majority of them witnessed zero percent polling...
Kashmir pellet guns injure eyes and minds: Study
SRINAGAR: At least 85% of the people blinded by Security forces’ pellet guns in Kashmir also suffer psychiatric problems, according to a...
PM Modi blames Nehru for Kashmir Problem
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday alleged that India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru kept Sardar Patel away from the...
Voting fervour continues for 2nd phase of polls in J&K
JAMMU: Brimming with enthusiasm senior citizens and first-time voters turned up en-mass at polling stations to exercise their franchise as Jammu...
Farooq Abdullah a strong voice to be sent to parliament: Altaf Bukhari
SRINAGAR: Former finance minister Altaf Bukharo today said it was time to rise above the party system and vote for a strong...
Used as ‘human shield’ last time, Dar now on poll duty
Srinagar: Nearly two years ago, when Srinagar voted in a Lok Sabha bypoll, Farooq Ahmed Dar was used as a ‘human shield’...
Woman hit by pellets as clashes mark polling in Budgam village
Budgam: Government forces opened fire on protesters in Hafroo in Chadoora area of Budgam district on Thursday afternoon resulting...
‘Release youth who threw stones on my cavalcade’
SRINAGAR: Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday appealed to the police to release youth who had pelted her cavalcade with stones...