Wellington: The man accused of shooting dead 51 Muslim worshippers in the Christchurch mosque attacks was formally charged with terrorism for the first time on Tuesday, New Zealand police said. In addition to the terror charge, Brenton Tarrant also faces 51 charges of murder and 40 of attempted murder over the March 15 attacks that […]
Srinagar: The High Court has quashed the detention order of Muslim League Chairman, Masarat Alam Bhat and directed the government to release him from preventive detention “if not required in any other case”. A bench of Justice Rashid Ali Dar quashed Bhat’s detention order under Public Safety Act (PSA) after hearing his counsel, Mian Abdul […]
Srinagar: Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar city on Tuesday as Kashmir observes shutdown to mark the 29th death anniversary of Moulvi Mohammad Farooq, father of moderate Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq; Hurriyat Leader Abdul Gani Lone and the ‘martyrs’ of Hawal massacre. Moulvi Mohammad Farooq was killed by unidentified gunmen after they barged […]
Srinagar: Authorities on Tuesday imposed restrictions in Srinagar to prevent a march called by the Hurriyat Conference to the Martyrs Graveyard in the Old City’s Eidgah area to pay homage to two senior separatist leaders, Moulana Muhammad Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone, who were killed by unidentified assailants on this day in 1990 and 2002 respectively. […]
Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday appointed career diplomat Mueenul Haq as the High Commissioner to India. Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday approved appointments of over two dozen ambassadors in various countries including India, China and Japan. Haq, the current ambassador to France, has previously served as chief of protocol at the Foreign Office. The post of […]
Srinagar: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has removed the Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Srinagar Air Base, the senior-most officer of the base, for circumstances related to the crash of an Mi-17 helicopter near Srinagar on February 27 after it came under friendly fire, even as a Court-of-Inquiry (CoI) continues to investigate the matter. On February […]
Srinagar: Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Monday visited Kishtwar and Baderwah. He chaired officers’ meeting at District Police Office Kishtwar to review the law and order and security situation in the district, a police spokesman said. “Progress achieved on the directions of DGP given during his visit to the district in April 2019 was […]
Srinagar: The authorities have decided not to allow a procession led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in Old City of Srinagar district tomorrow. The authorities have ordered imposition of restrictions in parts of old city in view of a shutdown call was given by Joint Resistance Leaders (JRL) on Tuesday (May 21) to commemorate the death anniversaries […]
Srinagar: Body of a government school teacher missing from last week was recovered from Wullar Lake under mysterious conditions near Leharwalpora in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Monday. The police have started proceedings under 174 CrPc into the nature of death. Locals spotted the body in the Lake near Leharwalpora today morning and accordingly informed the […]
Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President and former chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has condemned the killing of party worker Muhammad Jamal of Kulgam and termed it as a cold blooded murder. Expressing grief over the incident, Mehbooba termed the killing as inhuman and an act of terror. “Killing an unarmed civilian only for his political […]
