New Delhi: Separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq Tuesday appeared before the National Investigation Agency for the second consecutive day for questioning in connection with a case related to funding of “terror groups” and separatist organisations in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The Mirwaiz came to the NIA headquarters under police protection and will be questioned on […]
Srinagar: Stating that Special Status granted to Jammu and Kashmir was permanent and irrevocable and cannot be diluted, J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President G A Mir accused BJP of misleading people over Abrogation of Article 370 and 35 A and other sensitive issues for electoral gains. Mir, who is Congress candidate from Anantnag parliamentary constituency, […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Monday issued a notice to the state government on a plea seeking striking down of the ban on movement of civilian vehicles on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Sundays and Wednesdays. A division bench of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Tashi Rabstan issued notice to the state government […]
Jammu: Over 78 lakh voters, including nearly 38 lakh women, would decide the fate of dozens of candidates from the six Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir, which are going to polls in five-phased election beginning Thursday. They include over 4.25 lakh new voters and 159 transgenders, State Chief Electoral Officer Shailendra Kumar told PTI. […]
Pulwama: Five youths have been arrested during pre-dawn raids by government forces from Ratnipora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Reports said that a joint team of forces raided Ratnipora village during the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. “At least five youths have been arrested,” they said. The arrested youth have been identified as Tariq […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani has strongly condemned the summoning of his other son Dr. Naeem-ul-Zaffer Geelani by National Investigation Agency (NIA) and said that “Indian rulers and its agencies have stooped to the lowest level of moral and ethical bankruptcy, which no sane person can even think of”. Geelani said that […]
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday held separate protests in Srinagar and Anantnag against the ban on civilian traffic on highway from Baramulla to Udhampur. NC Parliamentary Candidate Justice Hasnain Masoodi along with senior party leaders Peer Hussain and Abdul Majeed Larmi besides scores of workers took out a protest […]
Srinagar: Kashmiri religious scholars from all Islamic schools of thought and imams, khateebs of Masajids across the valley have expressed serious anguish, concern and deep regret over the continuous “harassment” of Valley’s deeply respected Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir and Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) patron Mirwaiz Umar Farooq by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) through repeated notices being sent to […]
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) Vice President and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday blamed Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti for NIA trap against Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Molvi Umar Farooq and reiterated demand for revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) the way it was revoked in […]
Srinagar:The All Party Group European Parliament on Kashmir has urged the Government of India “not to pour more oil in the fire” and to abstain from any (purely electoral) accusations, harassment and detention of the moderate opposition in Kashmir. In a statement, Members of European Parliament Julie Ward, who also is the president of APGK […]
