Srinagar: A militant was arrested in an injured condition on Thursday from Sirhama village of Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district while another was found dead. Reports said that Arif Hussain Bhat of Fatehpora, Bijbehara was held with a bullet injury in his leg. Another militant found dead in mysterious circumstances was identified as Aadil […]
Party’s vice chairman Saleem Haroon in a statement said JKLF has always aspired for a peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue while taking Kashmiris as a principle party into consideration. He said JKLF has always aspired for a peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue. “To encourage the peaceful struggle and through it seek the resolution, history stands […]
Srinagar: Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday ruled out intelligence failure into Lethpora Pulwama attack leading to the killing of nearly 50 CRPF men. Responding to a question by a member of Rajya Sabha Syed Nasir Hussain that whether the Pulwama attack was due to failure of intelligence, MoS Ministry of Home Affairs G Krishan […]
Srinagar: Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, GOC-in-C Northern Command, arrived in Kashmir today on a two day visit to review the overall security scenario in view of the forthcoming Amarnath Yatra. He visited the Army formations and units deployed for the Amarnath Yatra accompanied by the Chinar Corps Commander, Lt Gen KJS Dhillon. The security and […]
Pulwama: At a time when authorities are tall claims of improving the health sector in the state, the Primary Health Centers (PHC) in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district reflect a completely contrarian picture. They PHC’s in this district are in shambles. The PHC’s were established in many villages of Pulwama district decades ago. But, these centers […]
Peshawar: The first Sikh-only school will soon be established in Peshawar in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakthunkhwa, authorities have announced. The provincial Auqaf Department of the Khyber Pakthunkhwa Government decided to approve building the school and has allocated Rs 22 lakhs for its construction in the Peshawar city. “The elected representatives of the Sikh community had […]
Srinagar: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairman Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai on Wednesday strongly condemned the raid on the residence of senior journalist and Editor of daily “Afaaq” Ghulam Jeelani Qadri and his subsequent “arrest”. In a statement, Sehrai also condemned the declaring of veteran journalist a proclaimed offender when the said person as usual was performing his daily routine […]
Srinagar: Hizb-ul-Mujahideen on Wednesday termed the statement of Inspector General of Police (Jammu) M K Sinha as baseless in which he had alleged the outfit of being involved in drug smuggling. In a statement issued to a local news gathering agency, a Hizb spokesperson said that Hizb-ul-Mujahideen is fighting for the cause of Islam and […]
Srinagar: District Magistrate Srinagar on Wednesday said a large number of private vehicles are being used in the territorial jurisdiction of district Srinagar for ferrying of school children in violation of guidelines laid down by Supreme Court. An order issued here said that the school principals shall be held responsible if any untoward incident is […]
Srinagar: The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry termed the order of the Government imposing restrictions around the Dal Lake for two days as unwarranted interference in the normal activities of the population. A spokesperson of the KCC&I in a statement said that the order practically seals the Dal Lake and peripheral areas for a two […]
