Rifle of a police man snatched at Rumi gate-KU
A rifle has been snatched from a police cop at Kashmir University Dargah Hazratbal on Wednesday afternoon. More to come.
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BJP offers Rs 100 crore to each JD(S) MLA in Karnataka: JD(S) leader Kumaraswamy
The JD(S) party head HD Kumaraswamy has accused th BJP of bribing his party MLAs with Rs 100 crore each. Media reports said Earlier congress cobbled together a last hour alliance with JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy being offered the post of chief minister
Militants escaped CASO launched at Tral forests
Militants have escaped from a cordon and search operations launched by the government forces in Shikargah forests at Tral on Wednesday, sources said. Sources said that the CASO was launched in the wee hours after the reports regarding presence of militants in the area. “The militants have escaped, however CASO is still going on” sources […]
Journalists shocked, angry, over labelling Kashmir female photojournalist as ‘Mukhbir”
The campaign led by social media trolls terming the Kashmir photojournalist, Masrat Zahra, as Mukhbir (informer), has extremely angered the journalist community. The level of anger was such that many journalists took to social media to register their protest, calling the trolls and fake social media pages, leading the malign campaign against the photojournalists, as […]
CASO in Tral, two militants believed to be trapped
A cordon and search operation was launched during early hours in Shikargarh Tral in South KashmirEarly rreports said two militants are trapped
Will Kashmir’s Pandav ever become IPL’s ‘Pandava’
During the course of two-day Indian Premier League (IPL) auctions 2018, thousands of Kashmiris remained glued to their television screens, waiting anxiously for local t-20 dasher Manzoor Dar to get selected. With his aggressive brand of cricket, Dar specializes in a popular version of cricket known as t-20 format. In the history of the IPL […]
Away from media glare, supporters of rape accused in Kathua expand their war against Muslim bakrwals
Mohammad Rafiq Bhat, a local providing land for the burial of Asifa, claims that leaders of the right-wing organization Hindu Ekta Manch (HEM) have threatened him, saying: “This time you survived but the next time you speak to anyone, you will simply be shot dead”. Bhat strongly rebuts the police claims that he and […]
‘I am a legislator, I am helpless before administration,’ says MLA Shopian on mysterious internet ban
“Even though I am a legislator, I am helpless before the administration,” Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Shopian, Advocate Mohammad Yousuf Bhar, while fuming over the continued ban on the internet in his constituency. Even as the internet has been restored in entire South Kashmir, it is yet to resume in Shopian district. […]
JRL calls for Lalchowk ‘Chalo’, protest shutdown on Modi’s visit to Kashmir
Ahead of Prime Minister’s visit to valley, the Joint Resistance leadership (JRL) on Tuesday issued a valley wide strike call on his visit and asked the people for “Lal-chowk Chalo” on May 19. The joint Resistance Leadership comprising of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, said that the proposed visit of Indian premier is […]
Govt will take up the matter regarding setting up of FTII Regional Centre in J&K with Union Minister-Mehbooba
Chief Minister Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, on Tuesday said that the State Government will take up the matter regarding setting up of FTII Regional Centre in J&K with the Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting. Hailing the joint initiative launched by Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune and the Department of Information […]