Journalist Barkha Dutt defends Major Gogoi’s Act

Srinagar: Senior journalist Barkha Dutt has defended Major Gogoi who was caught with a minor girl in a hotel in Srinagar Barkha tweeted why police had intervened if it was consensual even when the police is investigating the age of the girl. “If it is consensual why the police,” she tweeted, questioning the police investigation […]

JK police cop decamps with rifle

JK police cop decamps with rifle

A cop Waseem Ahmad posted at Rafiabad Sopore deserted with a service rifle  belonging to the Jammu and Kashmir police. Sources said that Ahmad a residential guard to Former Kisan Morcha BJP Mohammad Maqbool fled away with the service rifle of constable Shamshad Ahmad          

6 civilians injured in Bijbehara blast

6 civilians injured in Bijbehara blast

At least six civilians including a woman  were injured after unknown persons hurled a grenade on forces vehicle in gori wan Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Sources said  that suspected militants lobbed a grenade on forces Gypsy which missed the intended target and exploded on road side. Adding that in the blast six […]

4 civilians killed, 30 injured in firing along LOC

4 civilians killed,   30 injured in firing along LOC

At least four civilians have been killed and 30 others injured in a night long shelling from across the border at Samba . Reports said that heavy firing was reported in Hiranagar, Samba, Kathua, Arnia and RS Pura areas of Jammu division throughout the night. The situation has worsened at the border as over 40,000  […]

Singh brands Kashmir’s struggle as ‘mercenary freedom struggle’

Singh brands Kashmir’s struggle as ‘mercenary freedom struggle’

  Srinagar: Jitendra Singh, Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office, describes the political struggle in Kashmir as “mercenary freedom struggle”. In an interview with CNNNews18, Mr. Singh said that “the freedom struggle in Kashmir is not following a Martin Luther, Nelson Mandela or Mahatma Gandhi model. What struggle is this in which children of a […]

NC legislators boycott Govt meeting on Srinagar city’s Master Plan

NC legislators boycott Govt meeting on Srinagar city’s Master Plan

Srinagar: National Conference legislators from Srinagar boycotted a crucial meeting  called by the government to discuss Srinagar city’s new Master Plan. Officials said that the minister for housing and urban development had called a meeting at the civil secretariat to decide on some crucial issues pertaining to the ongoing revamp of the Srinagar’s Master Plan […]

Geelani condemns army firing at Shopian

Geelani condemns army firing at Shopian

Srinagar: Strongly condemning the army firing during which four teenage girls were injured in Shopian, Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman, Syed Ali Geelani said that this is what the Indian Army means by the much hyped ‘ceasefire’. Coming heavily on the army, Geelani said that they are the same people who “butchered and massacred” hundreds of […]

Tasaduq calls for preserving aesthetic values of Hazratbal Shrine

Tasaduq calls for preserving aesthetic values of Hazratbal Shrine

Srinagar: Terming Hazratbal shrine as the symbol of spiritual soul of Kashmir, the Minister for Tourism Tassaduq Hussain Mufti stressed for preserving aesthetic values of the Shrine in its beautiful setting and unique architecture. The minister visited the shrine to take stock of developmental works being executed by various agencies under the Integrated Development of […]