Srinagar: Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker Dr Mohammad Shafi Thursday joined the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference at its headquarters in Nawa-e-Subha Complex Srinagar. Hailing from Budgam, Shafi was a senior PDP leader and resigned from the party on February 9, 2019. Dr Shafi was welcomed into the National Conference by vice president Omar […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday “strongly” condemned the Jammu blast and expressed sadness over the death of a civilian and injuries to others in the attack. A 20-year-old resident of Uttrakhand identified as Shariq was killed in the blast while 29 others suffered injuries. Saddened by the news of death of […]
Tral: Government forces on Thursday afternoon launched cordon and search operation (CASO) in Tral area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama District. Official sources said that a joint team of forces including 42 RR of Indian Army, CRPF and Jammu Kashmir Police launched operation in Buntral area of Tral after receiving specific inputs about the presence of militants […]
Srinagar: One of the civilians injured in Jammu blast Thursday morning has succumbed to injuries, reports said. The slain has been identified as Shariq, son of Intisar, a resident of Haridwar in Uttrakhand. He was 20. At least 26 people were injured in a grenade attack by suspected militants at the crowded general bus stand in […]
Srinagar: Joint resistance leadership (JRL) comprising of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Muhammad Umar Farooq have called for a shutdown on March 8 against arrest spree, tinkering with special status. “This spree of arrests, ban on Jamat-I-Islami and attempts to tinker with hereditary state subject law under the pretext of 35 A deserves our stiff protest […]
Srinagar: Authorities on Thursday sealed the Jama’at-e-Islami headquarters at Batamaloo in Srinagar. The headquarters were sealed almost a week after the Hoe Ministry of India declared Jama’at-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir an ‘unlawfull organisation’. Reports said a large contingent of forces arrived at headquarters and entered JEI’s office and sealed it. Jama’at was banned by the […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Thursday condemned the slapping of Public Safety Act on the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairperson Muhammad Yasin Malik and shifting him to Kotbalwal jail Jammu. Mirwaiz termed it illegal and undemocratic and said that such tactics will not stop the people of Kashmir from demanding peaceful […]
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Thursday said incidents like the attack on two Kashmiri vendors in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh will do more harm to idea of India in Jammu and Kashmir than anything else. “Nothing will do more damage to the idea of India in J&K than videos like these. Keep thrashing Kashmiris like […]
Srinagar: A spontaneous shutdown is being observed in Maisuma area of Lal chowk against slapping of PSA on JKLF chairman Yasin Malik. Malik has been shifted to Kotbalwal Jail in Jammu to serve the detention. Shopkeepers downed their shutters soon after the news of Malik being shifted to Jammu Jail from Kothi Bagh police station spread. […]
Jammu: At least 18 people were injured Thursday in a grenade attack by suspected terrorists at the crowded general bus stand in the heart of the city, a senior police officer said. This is the third grenade attack by terrorists in the bus stand area of the city since May last year. The scene of the […]
