Srinagar: Three militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) were arrested by government forces in the Kashmir valley, a police spokesman said on Monday. He said on a specific information forces and police arrested three car borne militants. He said incriminating materials which included ammunition and live rounds were recovered from the arrested militants. However, the spokesman did […]
Shopain: At least seven youth have been arrested during nocturnal raids in Arhama village of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. Reports said that the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, the special operations group of Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF raided residential houses in the area and and bundled seven local youth in their vehicles and […]
Srinagar: Justice (R) Hasnain Masoodi, National Conference (NC) parliament candidate for south Kashmir, has said that he it was good that he was contesting against Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief and former chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. “I am happy she is PDP’s candidate here. We will talk openly… on all issues…Tofi aur Milk par baat […]
Srinagar: As the crackdown on Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) continues, two more of its members were arrested and booked under draconian Public Safety Act (PSA). Qaimi Zila Jamaat for Baramula, Muhammad Maqbool Malla, 70, was booked under PSA and shifted to Kathua jail Similarly, Principal of a Jamaat run school Mubashir Hussain, from Awaneera area of South […]
Srinagar: The Valley traders and Civil Society on Saturday said that it is widely believed that Rizwan Asad Pandit, a private school teacher from Awantipora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district has died in custody ‘due to the physical torture inflicted upon him’. The business community and civil society of Jammu and Kashmir addressed a […]
Srinagar: Fire broke out in mini secretariat Bandipora in north Kashmir early on Saturday morning damaging office record and computers of Assistant Road Transport Office (ARTO), official sources said. They said fire broke out in the third floor of the secretariat Bandipora at 0500 hrs this morning in a room of ARTO in Block C […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti have said the Centre’s decision to boycott the Pakistan Day function at its High Commission in Delhi was due to the Lok Sabha polls. India has decided to boycott a reception at the Pakistan High Commission to mark that country’s national day as […]
Srinagar: Omar Abdullah has questioned the Centre’s move to ban Yasin Malik-led Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) under anti-terror law after a “systematic crackdown”. Taking to Twitter, Abdullah said, “For 4 1/2 years Yasin Malik isn’t a threat, Jama-at-i-Islami isn’t a threat, Pakistan National Day is a function that must be attended. Now suddenly […]
Srinagar: A personal security officer (PSO) of a Congress leader and Municipal Committee chairman Anantnag Hilal Shah was injured in a militant attack at Dangerpora area in Southern Kashmir. Militants opened fire upon the police party resulting in injuries to one cop. The injured cop has been identified as Arshad Ahmad. A police official also confirmed […]
Awantipora: The Islamic University Faculty Association (IUFA) on Friday condemned the alleged custodial killing of a school teacher Rizwan Assad Pandith and termed it an outrageous and a tremendous loss to education while demanding immediate justice for him. In a statement, the IUFA said Pandith worked as a guest faculty in the Polytechnic College, Islamic […]
