Srinagar: The Hindu right wing Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) is trying hard to woo the Shia voters in Kashmir ahead of parliamentary and the incoming assembly polls so as to make effective inroads into the power corridors of Kashmir. The BJP has been eyeing on the Shia voters from past one decade, firmly believing that […]
Srinagar: Belying government claims, the Jammu and Kashmir Bank has made it clear that the bank does not come under the ambit of Right to Information Act (RTI). The statement of the bank has deflated the Governor SP Malik led State Administrative Council (SAC) claims/orders wherein it had stated that the government has turned the […]
Srinagar: Even as the army and other government forces launched the much-hyped operation ‘All Out’ to wipe out militancy in Kashmir, highest number of local boys joined the ranks of various militant outfits in Kashmir in a decade. This is also pointing out the fact that hard line strategy adopted by the BJP led dispensation […]
Srinagar: A policeman and three Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were involved in looting of the four AK-47 rifles from the residence of ex-legislator located in Srinagar’s posh locality of Jawahir Nagar, top police sources revealed. Militants decamped with four weapons from the guard room of the former congress legislator, Muzaffar Parray’s official residence at J-13 Govt Quarters […]
Srinagar: Zakir Musa led Ansar Gahzawat-ul-Hind (AGH) outfit is left with only four militants after six of its members were killed during a recent encounter with government forces at Arampora village of south Kashmir’s Tral area, police sources said. The police said the group led by AGH head Musa, who parted ways from the Hizbul […]
Sirnoo (Pulwama): It just took army and police 15 minutes to finish the gun battle in apple orchards. Then started started the bloodbath in Kharpura locale of Sirnoo village located in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. One after the another teenagers and men fell like helpless birds shot by a hunter in a flight. The first […]
Srinagar: Senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders, Syed Basharat Bukhari and Fayaz Mir are likely to leave the party, sources told The Kashmir Press. It will be a setback for the PDP which is yet to recover from the jolt of senior party leaving the party in past one month. Senior PDP leaders including Imran […]
Mujgund: Nothing survived the rockets, shells, and bullets, fired by the army to overpower three militants during the fierce Mujgund gun battle, which broke on Saturday evening on the outskirts of Srinagar. A cow did. She survived the earth shaking explosions which razed seven houses to the ground. She endured the countless bullets which have […]
Scholar turned militant commander, Manan Wani Srinagar: The scholar turned militant commander, Manan Wani, 27, was killed within 15 days after he came under the radar of the security agencies, top police officials, who are in the know how of the operation, said. Manan and his another accomplice, Ashiq Hussain Zargar, were killed on October […]
Srinagar: The senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader, Altaf Bukhari, is the man who started serious efforts to bring the three political parties, with divergent political interests, into the business of talks to form a ruling grand alliance in Jammu and Kashmir. Sources said Bukhari set the motion of initiating dialogue to form the governments […]
