Srinagar: Sub District Magistrate (SDM) Dooru who was allegedly “dragged by the collar, kicked and abused” by Army personnel as he tried to save his driver from their assault on the Srinagar-Jammu highway on Tuesday has written to police for registration of an FIR. “The army personnel removed safety locks of their weapons and aimed guns […]
Srinagar: A meeting of the J&K Civil Secretariat Employees Coordination Committee was held on Tuesday to discuss and deliberate upon the various pending issues of employees. The meeting presided by the Chairman Coordination Committee was attended by all the representatives of J&K Lower Grade Union, J&K E&S (NG) Employees Association, J&K Legislative Employees Union and others, […]
Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday accused Government of India (GoI) of violating fundamental human rights in Jammu and Kashmir. Comparing Kashmir jails with notorious detention centre- Guantanamo Bay, the former Chief Minister tweeted that GoI wants to turn Kashmir into an open air prison and convert actual jails into Guantanamo. Mehbooba […]
Srinagar: Police have booked a youth under Public Safety Act (PSA) in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district and shifted him to Kot Bhalwal Jail in Jammu. Officials said Aijaz Ahamd Bhat son of late Habibullah Bhat, a resident of Nihama Kralgund was shifted to Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu last evening after execution of […]
Srinagar: Most of the employees in civil secretariat, the highest seat of power in the State, are disappointed at the cold shoulder to their demands by the government and they believe that the same is being done at the behest of some senior officers. A number of employees who talked to GNS said that attempts are […]
Srinagar: Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi Pharaoh, National Conference (NC) patron and party candidate from Srinagar Parliamentary constituency, Dr Farooq Abdullah on Monday challenged Modi to organize a rally in Kashmir. Abdullah while addressing a rally at Sher-e-Kashmir Park, said that PM Modi is dividing the country, saying he will meet the fate of ‘Fira’oon’. […]
Srinagar: Asserting that alleged misappropriation of the sacrifices of jawans and polarising the electorate hasn’t helped BJP, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said now the saffron party is creating fear psychosis by using national security as a guide to prepare ground for another Balakot like strike to win the Lok Sabha elections. […]
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Monday said that Balakote strike was a drama and called for investigation into the Pulwama attack that left over 40 CRPF personnel dead. Mufti was addressing a workers convention at Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. She said that whatever the BJP has been doing over the past few months or […]
Jammu: The Kashmir highway, connecting Srinagar with Jammu was Monday blocked for traffic after a landslide in Ramban district, officials said. There was a landslide at Digdol area in Ramban resulting in blocking of the highway, they said. Men and machines are working to clear the landslide to reopen highway for traffic, they said.
Srinagar: Government forces Monday morning launched a Cordon and Search Operation in Rather Mohalla of Bugam village in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Official sources said that acting on specific inputs about presence of militants in the area, a joint team of forces including 9 RR, paramilitary CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir police’s SOG launched a […]
