Army man shoots himself dead in Kangan

An Army soldier shot himself dead with his service rifle while he was on duty in Surfraw area of Kangan in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Saturday morning. Sources identified the soldier as Havaldar Rajpal Singh (No:15467450 K unit 3 cavalry)  son of Rouf Singh resident of Kanpur Bihar and was posted at 24 Rashtriya […]

Police resorts to tear shelling during Qaiser’s funeral

Police resorts to tear shelling during Qaiser’s funeral

Police on Saturday resort to heavy teargas shelling on the funeral procession of slain teenager Qaiser Amin Bhat at Fateh Kadel. Eye witnesses said that hundreds of people participated in the funeral prayers of Qaiser at his residence at Fateh Kadel. As soon as the people tried to march towards Eid-Gah, police and the CRPF […]

Mirwaiz put under house arrest in Srinagar

Mirwaiz put under house arrest in Srinagar

Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest on Saturday to prevent him from leading protests against the killing of a youth in downtown Srinagar. Mirwaiz through his twitter handle said “Downtown put under curfew Internet snapped while I placed under #HouseArrest barring me from addressing a rally on occasion of JungEbadr. […]

JKLF chief Yasin Malik detained from his residence

Police on Saturday arrested Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik from his residence in Srinagar. Sources said that Malik has been detained in morning after from his residence at Maisuma. Meanwhile Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik has called for a shutdown today.

Internet service snapped in Srinagar, Budgam

Internet service snapped in Srinagar, Budgam

Authorities on Saturday snapped the internet services in central Kashmir’s Srinagar and Budgam district, soon after a teenager who was mowed down by the CRPF vehicle succumbed in SKIMS hospital. Kaiser Ahmed, 21, was ruun over by the Central Reserve Police Force vehicle in the old city area of Nowhatta during protests on Friday afternoon. […]

Omar launches scathing attack on Mehbooba over mowing down of a civilian by CRPF vehicle

Omar launches scathing attack on Mehbooba over mowing down of a civilian by CRPF vehicle

Srinagar: Omar Abdullah, the former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, took a dig at incumbent Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti over Friday’s horrifying incident in which three civilians were run over by a paramilitary force vehicle during civilian protests outside Jamia Masjid in Srinagar. The junior Abdullah questioned Mehbooba Mufti’s ‘Ramzan ceasefire’ by sending out […]

Youth alive, but critical : SKIMS officials

Youth alive, but critical : SKIMS officials

Youth identified as Kaiser Ahmed of Fateh Kadal who was ran over by a CRPF vehicle after Friday prayers at Nowhatta is critical but alive, officials at  Sher Kashmir institute of medical science Soura  told The Kashmir Press Medical Superintendent SKIMS said that Kaiser is still breathing but  critical  

Youth mowed down by CRPF vehicle succumbs to his injuries

Youth  mowed down by CRPF vehicle succumbs to his injuries

Srinagar: A youth identified as Kaiser Ahmed who sustained critical injuries after a CRPF vehcile hit during protests at Nowhatta has succumbed to his injuries at Sheri Kashmir institute of medical science Soura,  the relatives of the deceased said. Ahmed, whose family is originally from Fateh Kadal, was currently  residing at Dalgate. The protests in Nowhatta […]

Tanvir Sadiq bats for Pakistan, says no durable solution to Kashmir possible without involving Pakistan as a stakeholder

Tanvir Sadiq bats for Pakistan, says no durable solution to Kashmir possible without involving Pakistan as a stakeholder

Srinagar: A pro-India politician of Jammu and Kashmir’s oldest political party has said that the prerequisite for long-lasting and durable peace in the restive Kashmir Valley is “to understand and view Kashmir as a political issue and include Pakistan as a stakeholder”.   Tanvir Sadiq, National Conference politician and political adviser to Jammu and Kashmir’s […]