Jammu, Feb 7 (IANS) Heated exchanges took place on Saturday in the Legislative Assembly between the ruling National Conference and Opposition BJP members over the issue of Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) special status.Chaos broke out in the House when National Conference MLA, Javid Baig started speaking about special status for J&K.Leader of Opposition (LoP) and BJP MLA, Sunil Sharma countered him by asserting that there is no such thing as a special status.“I am ready to face any punishm…
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Srinagar, Jan 31 (IANS) Night temperature dropped below the freezing point in the Valley in the wee hours of Saturday and the ski resort of Gulmarg was the coldest at minus 6.5 degrees Celsius.However, the day temperatures improved in J&K after the 40-day period of harsh winter cold known locally as the ‘Chillai Kalan’ ended on January 30.Srinagar city had 10 and Jammu 22.1 as the maximum temperature on Friday.Today, the minimum temperature was minus 0.1 in Srinagar, minus 2.6 in Pahalga…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi reiterated that Operation Sindoor remains ongoing, and a future misadventure will be resolutely responded to, while adding that the military action was “the best example of tri-services synergy under clear-cut political directive and full freedom to act or respond”.He also acknowledged the “proactive role” of all stakeholders involved in Operation Sindoor.Addressing the annual press conference of the Indian Army here, Gen Dwivedi…
Jammu, Jan 11 (IANS) A section of traders and businessmen in Jammu on Sunday rejected the demand for a separate state for Jammu and instead demanded statehood for J&K.The group was reacting to the recently made demands by members of some right-wing organisations, including the RSS and Bajrang Dal, for a separate state of Jammu. These groups alleged that the interests of the Jammu region have been compromised by the ruling parties belonging to the Valley.The trading community group said that …
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The political heat escalated on Wednesday as Bihar Minister Dilip Jaiswal launched a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her opposition to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, saying that she has lost her mind.Responding to Banerjee’s threat to gherao the Election Commission (EC) office in Delhi, Jaiswal said, “Mamata Banerjee has lost her mind. The people of Bengal will never accept the way she has supported illegal…
Srinagar, Dec 29 (IANS) Due to heavy nightlong cloud cover, night temperatures rose above the freezing point throughout the Kashmir Valley on Monday except the ski resort of Gulmarg, weather officials said.Met Department officials said the minimum temperature rose above the freezing point in the Valley, except Gulmarg, where it was minus 2 degrees Celsius.Srinagar city logged a minimum of 3 and Pahalgam 0.2 degrees Celsius.Jammu city was at 9.1 degrees Celsius, Katra town at 9.2, Batote at 7.3, …
Srinagar, Dec 22 (IANS) Joint forces on Monday arrested a militant associate with arms and ammunition in J&K’s Pulwama district. Police said that joint forces, including Awantipora police, 185 battalion of CRPF and 50 Rashtriya Rifles, carried out a search and cordon operation (CASO) in Wuyan Khrew area of Pulwama district and arrested one terrorist associate identified as Javid Ahmad Hajam, son of Abdul Rashid Hajam, resident of Gulab Bagh Tral and recovered arms and ammunition from his p…