GoI threatening traders with FIR’s for Aug 5 shutdown: Mehbooba

GoI threatening traders with FIR’s for Aug 5 shutdown: Mehbooba

Srinagar: Former J&K chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said the government of India was threatening shopkeepers with police cases for observing a strike on August 5, the second anniversary of abrogation of Article 370. “The GoI threatening shopkeepers with FIRs for shutting their shops on August 5 is the latest confidence-building […]

Heavy Fighting Underway in Afghanistan as Another Provincial Capital Fall for Taliban

Heavy Fighting Underway in Afghanistan as Another Provincial Capital Fall for Taliban

Kabul: Heavy fighting is underway between Afghan forces and the Taliban in central parts of three northern provinces of Kunduz, Sar-e-Pul and Jawzjan with reports of civilian casualties in the clashes, the Tolonews reported.  The clashes in Kunduz have reached the center of the city of Kunduz in northeastern Afghanistan, sources said. Some key government […]

Major NIA crackdown on Jamaat-e-Islami in Jammu & Kashmir

Major NIA crackdown on Jamaat-e-Islami in Jammu & Kashmir

Srinagar, Aug 08: National Investigation Agency (NIA) with assistance of Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF raided around 40 locations on Sunday across Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a case registered by them against banned organization Jamaat-e-Islami. Reliable sources said that all but forty locations were raided by the probing agency NIA with assistance […]

Members of Bar Association Handwara Assemble for Nightlong Sit-in in ADC Office Premises

Members of Bar Association Handwara Assemble for Nightlong Sit-in in ADC Office Premises

Handwara, Aug 8: Over forty members of Bar Association Handwara have assembled for a nightlong sit-in before Additional Deputy Commissioner office here, demanding an immediate suspension or transfer of the middle-rung district officer over allegations of ‘ill-approach’ towards people from legal fraternity and general public. Reports said that the Association members have decided to undergo […]

Year on, community bunkers along LoC in Uri still incomplete

Year on, community bunkers along LoC in Uri still incomplete

Baramulla, 7 Aug: Construction of community bunkers along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district is still incomplete after one year. In July 2020, the R & B department floated tenders for 44 community bunkers in Uri. Among 44 no bidder file papers for eight and 32 were approved […]

Women’s political participation key to their empowerment: Shameema Firdous 

Women’s political participation key to their empowerment: Shameema Firdous 

Srinagar, August 07: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Saturday underlined the indispensability of women’s stake in development and policy making, saying the party has been persistently working towards removing under-representation of women in politics to have policies more attuned to women’s needs.  This was stated by Party’s State Women’s Wing President Shameema Firdous […]

Cop killed as militants attack police party in Kulgam

Cop killed as militants attack police party in Kulgam

Srinagar, August 07: A cop was killed after suspected militants fired upon a police party in Pumbay area of DH Pora in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday. A senior police officer said that militants fired upon on Police Party when it was regulating traffic in Pumbay. The slain cop has been identified as constable […]

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