Srinagar: Former bureaucrat-turned-politician and president of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM), Dr. Shah Faesal on Friday vowed to support Awami Itehaad Party (AIP) candidate from Lok Sabha Baramulla constituency, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh. Shah said that he will vote in favour of Er Rasheed, saying that the decision to support him was his own. […]
Srinagar: Government has withdrawn security cover from 919 undeserving persons, since Governor’s Rule (20th June, 2018) in the State, thereby freeing 2,768 police personnel and 389 vehicles, Ministry of Home Affairs in a statement issued by Press Information Bureau (PIB), government of India. “The move follows strict stance by Union Home Ministry on inappropriate usage […]
Srinagar:Mobile internet service of all Cellular companies, including Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), was suspended on Friday as a precautionary measure in Srinagar. The mobile internet was suspended in Srinagar following clashes and fire in central jail. Two inmates received pellet injuries in force’s action on detenues who were protesting against shifting of some of […]
Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) and Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) on Friday released a report for the first three months of 2019, revealing that for the first time in twenty-nine years, the killing figures (83) of armed forces personnel in Jammu and Kashmir is higher in ratio as compared to […]
Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) Chairman Muhammad Yasin Khan on Friday said that the closure of the Kashmir highway twice a week will only alienate the people of Kashmiris further. Khan said that the government must look into the matter and reconsider its decision. “Such inhuman decisions can only alienate the people further. The government must […]
Pulwama: Government forces on Friday afternoon launched a Cordon and Search Operation in Lonepora area of Lajoora in South Kashmi’s Pulwama district. Official sources said government forces including army, Jammu and Kashmir police and paramilitary forces after specific inputs about presence of militants launched a search operation in the area. Locals said that huge contingents of […]
Jammu: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will address three election rallies in Jammu region on April 8, party sources said on Friday. Mr Singh will address public rallies in Marh and Suchetgarh to support BJP MP Jugal Kishore Sharma, contesting from Jammu-Poonch Lok Sabha seat and he will also address a rally in Bhaderwah area […]
Srinagar: Two army soldiers were injured in a mysterious blast inside an army camp at Lachampora area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday. Official sourcessaid that a mysterious blast occurred inside the army’s 15 RR camp at Lachampora today in the afternoon. In the blast, two army soldiers suffered injuries, they said. A […]
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has issued a third notice to Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in an alleged militancy funding case asking him to produce himself before the agency April 8 on the pretext of providing him adequate security cover IN Delhi. According to the sources, the central agency has issued a […]
Srinagar: Government on Thursday booked a 28 year old Hurriyat (G) leader under Public Safety Act (PSA) in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Hurriyat (G) senior leader and District President Bandipora Sheikh Danish Mushtaq, was arrested more than a fortnight ago and was today booked under the PSA vide order number DMB/37/2019. Official sources said that […]
