Jammu: In protest against abrogation of Article 35-A, three hilly districts, including Rajouri, Doda and Kishtwar of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday observed a complete shutdown. In Rajouri, the security has been scaled up while the markets remained closed. Police and CRPF also conducted a flag march in the town, ahead of the hearing. A […]
Srinagar: Hitting out at separatists over alleged selective outrage, National Conference Vice-President Omar Abdullah on Friday said he doesn’t condone any families being harassed, but how about a word of condemnation for the harassment and worse still the kidnapping of families of Jammu and Kashmir personnel. “I don’t condone any families being harassed but how about […]
Srinagar: Ashok Pandit, known for harboring anti-Kashmir views, was sad after learning that SC deferred the hearing of article 35 A case. In response to an update about defferment of article 35 A, Pandit, who is a film-maker, wrote, “Sad”. https://twitter.com/ashokepandit/status/1035411123858595840 He did not stop there. Apparently trying to calm himself, he wrote another tweet […]
Srinagar: Former chief minister and President Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti has said that militants and forces victimising each other family is highly condemnable. “Militants and forces victimising each other’s families is highly condemnable and marks a new low in our situation.Families shouldn’t become casualties and made to suffer for something they have little […]
Srinagar: J&K government and Centre together sought postponement of SC hearing on petitions challenging constitutional validity of Article 35A on the ground that Panchayat polls in the state would go on till December. The Supreme court later adjourned hearing of Article 35A till January 2019 next year.
Srinagar: Train service remained suspended on Friday for security reasons in the Kashmir valley, where separatists have called for two-day general strike from yesterday against any move to weaken the Article 35 A which has been challenged in the Supreme Court (SC). All trains remained suspended in the Kashmir valley following advisory from police, a […]
Srinagar: Strike and curfew-like restrictions brought life to a grinding halt in Kashmir for the second successive day. In downtown and parts of civil lines in the summer capital, Srinagar the authorities imposed restrictions as a “precautionary measure” to prevent any untoward incident following a strike called by resistance leadership against any move to […]
Srinagar: In what seems to be a tit for tat reaction, family members of 10 policemen, including some officers, have been kidnapped after militants raided the residences of various cops in south Kashmir on Thursday night. The development took place after police arrested relatives of militants including father of popular militant commander Riyaz Naiko among eight […]
Srinagar: Police have suspended a cop and ordered an internal probe over thrashing of a senior police officer’s father in Tral town of Pulwama in south Kashmir. “We have suspended a policeman and ordered an internal inquiry into the incident. If someone else will found involved in the beating of police officer’s father in Tral […]
LONDON: British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt accused Google on Thursday of abandoning its moral values by failing to remove child abuse content while launching a version of its search engine in China that will block some websites. The British government has repeatedly criticised online platforms such as Twitter, YouTube and Facebook for failing to remove […]
