Srinagar: Idara Tahqeeqat-e-Islami patron Shaikh Muhammad Abdullah on Friday expelled Qazi Yasir Ahmad from the post of Mirwaiz south Kashmir and also removed him from president ship of Idara-e-Tahqeeqat-e-Islami. In a video message Abdullah said that the decision has been made keeping in view the aspirations of people. Abdullah is also the maternal grandfather of […]
Srinagar: Authorities on Friday imposed restrictions in Nowhatta area of Srinagar to prevent people from offering congregational Friday prayers at Jamia Masjid. Restrictions were imposed in parts of Downtown Srinagar even as Kashmir is observing a complete shutdown against the killing of scholar-turned-militant Mannan Wani and his associate in Kupwara gunfight yesterday. Taking to Twitter, […]
Jammu: The stage is set for the nine-phased rural bodies polls in Jammu and Kashmir from November 17, in which over 58.12 lakh voters will choose 35,096 panchayat members in 316 blocks of the state. According to the state election department, Jammu district has the highest 6,21,566 voters, who will choose 2,568 panchayat members in […]
Srinagar: Internet users across the globe may experience widespread network failures as the key domain servers are slated to undergo routine maintenance over the next 48 hours, reports said on Friday. Russia Today reported that global internet users might experience network connection failures as the main domain servers and its related network infrastructure will be […]
Srinagar: Intense clashes erupted in Soura locality of Kashmir’s capital city Srinagar Friday afternoon. The clashes, witnesses said, erupted after hundreds of people participated in the funeral prayers in absentia of slain Hizb militants killed in a gunfight with government forces on Thursday in Kupwara district. They said that hundreds of people assembled after offering […]
Shopian: Clashes between civilian protesters and government forces erupted in souther Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday after the later laid a cordon and search operation (CASO) in a village. Reports said that a joint team of army, CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir police cordoned off Naidgam village and started door to door searches. Angry youths, […]
Srinagar: Nine children, including seven girls, were killed and two others injured when a wall of a mud house near which they were playing collapsed on them in Pakistan’s Sukkur district, police said. The incident happened Thursday at Ghulam Sarwar Shambani village. The children were aged between four and 12 years, they said. “An inquiry […]
Srinagar: Hundreds of people in Beerwah town of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday held funeral prayers in absentia for slain scholar turned militant Mannan Wani. The prayers were held immediately after the congregational Friday prayers culminated in the town. Witnesses said that hundreds of people after Friday prayers at grand mosque assembled in the […]
Srinagar: The district magistrate Islamabad on Thursday slapped a draconian Public Safety Act on Tehreek-e-Hurriyat member Sartaj Ahmad Sheikh and shifted him to a Jammu jail. Sources said that Sheikh was detained by Jammu and Kashmir police on September 18 and was detained in Islamabad sub-jail. On Thursday, they said, Sheikh was slapped with a […]
Srinagar: Curfew-like restrictions have been imposed in the downtown Srinagar on Friday as a precautionary measure to prevent any protests following strike called by separatists against the killing of two Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militants in Kupwara. All gates of historic Jamia masjid, stronghold of chairman of moderate Hurriyat Conference (HC) Mirwaiz Moulvi Omar Farooq, were […]
