Srinagar: Government forces arrested a Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) in the frontier district of Kupwara, official sources said on Monday. They said on a tip off security forces in a joint operation arrested a militant at Lolab in Kupwara. The militant has recently joined HM, they said adding some arms and ammunition were also recovered.
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police has issued an appeal for donation to raise Rs three crore for rehabilitation of families of martyrs who made supreme sacrifice during different anti militancy operations in the state. A police spokesman said that Jammu and Kashmir police wants to raise funds for rehabilitation of families of martyrs and your […]
Srinagar: The Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan Administered Kashmir (PaK) on Monday was suspended for security reasons following strike called by separatists against any move to weaken the Article 35 A. The Supreme Court on Monday will hear a number of writ petitions challenging Article 35 A, which empowers […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned till August 27, a batch of petitions challenging Article 35A of the Constitution that guarantees special privileges to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. A two-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and comprising Justice A M Khanwilkar, said, “We would hear the matter on August […]
Srinagar: A complete shutdown is being observed in Kashmir and parts of Jammu region against “legal assault on J&K’s autonomy” ahead of the hearing in Supreme Court of India on petitions seeking scrapping of Article 35A. A three-member bench of the India’s top court is scheduled to hear the petitions at 2 p.m. today.. Shops […]
Jammu: Police has claimed to have arrested a militant in Gandhinagar area of Jammu with eight live grenades on Sunday evening. The militancd is from south Kashmir. Acting on intelligence inputs, police intercepted a bus in Gandhi Nagar area here late last night and arrested a youth from Kashmir who was carrying eight hand grenades, […]
Srinagar: Outspoken IAS officer Shah Faesal today said repealing of Article- 35A of the Constitution would end Jammu and Kashmir’s relationship with the rest of the country. Faesal, a 2010-batch IAS exam topper, is currently pursuing a mid-career masters programme in the US. “I would compare Article 35A to a marriage-deed/nikahnama. You repeal it and […]
New Delhi: There has been significant drop in the number of Indian workers in Kuwait between 2017 and 2015 but there is no such scale down in other Gulf countries, official sources said here. According to sources in the Ministry of External Affairs, in Kuwait the number of Indian workers from 70,765 as in […]
Srinagar: Members from various trade and industry bodies on Sunday staged a sit-in protest at historic Lal Chowk in this summer capital, against the alleged attempts being made to abrogate Article 35-A. The protest comes in the backdrop of the Supreme Court (SC) hearing two petitions on August 6, challenging the validity of Article 35-A, […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) has approved 624 selections for different posts, including 392 posts of laboratory assistants for 18 districts. The selections were approved at 140th Board meeting convened on Saturday under Chairman, JKSSB, Mr Zubair Ahmad, an official spokesperson said. This was the first meeting convened under Mr Zubair, who […]
