Srinagar: Scores of students of the Kashmir University on Thursday morning staged a protest in the varsity campus against the killing of civilian by government forces in Norr Bagh area of Srinagar city. A student informed The Kashmir Press that the students from various departments assembled in the campus of Humanities department and later led […]
Srinagar: Army on Thursday killed a non-local labourer during an ambush in Rangward area of Kralpora in northern Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Sources said that the army’s 3 grenadiers had laid an ambush at Syedpora Rangward area of the district and a non-local labourer was walking to his workplace when the army fired at him this […]
Srinagar: The slain civilian who was killed by government forces during a cordon and search operation in Noor Bagh area of Srinagar in the wee hours of Thursday has been laid to rest in Eidgah, Srinagar. Identified as Muhammad Saleem Malik, a resident of Magray Mohalla Noor Bagh, locals said that the slain was killed […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday declared as unconstitutional the penal provision on adultery. Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and R F Nariman held that Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code dealing with the offence of adultery is unconstitutional. “We declare Sec 497 IPC and Sec 198 of CrPC dealing with […]
Srinagar: Authorities on Thursday suspended train services across Kashmir following the killing of a civilian in Noor Bagh area of Srinagar; gunfights in Anantnag and Budgam districts. Official sources said that they received a directive from police to suspend the train services. They said no train will chug on Srinagar-Budgam in central Kashmir to Baramulla […]
Budgam: Clashes have erupted around the gunfight site in Panzan Budgam where militants are holed up in a mosque. Police officer, who is part of the operation, said that stone pelting by large crowds is happening around the perimeters of the gunfight sight. He said that they believe two to three militants have taken shelter […]
Srinagar: Three persons including a militant, an army man and a civilian has been killed in two separate anti militancy operation launched by government forces in Qazigund Islamabad and Noorbagh Srinagar. While a gunfight is raging in a mosque in Panzan Budgam. A civilian was killed in Srinagar, was identified as Mohammad Saleem Malik (26) […]
SRINAGAR: The State Administrative Council (SAC), which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik approved the draft ‘Jammu and Kashmir Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2018’. The Bill seeks to provide for speedy disposal of the arbitration matters and for providing mediation and conciliation in pending arbitration matters before the […]
SRINAGAR: In order to provide impetus to the implementation of development schemes/ programmes across the newly created 177 CD Blocks in the State, the State Administrative Council (SAC), which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik accorded sanction to the creation of 100 posts of Panchayat Inspector, G-I and 77 posts […]
SRINAGAR: The State Administrative Council (SAC), which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik gave its nod to the adoption and notification of the scheme for West Pakistani Refugees (WPRs), which includes mode of its execution & disbursement of financial assistance. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India in […]
