KASHMIR

Dialogue has become a word people have lost trust in: Mirwaiz

Dialogue has become a word people have lost trust in: Mirwaiz

Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said that there was “never any official invite or any attempt by the Government of India” to reach out to the Hurriyat. He was reacting to the Home Minister of India Rajnath Singh’s statement that government was ready to talk but Hurriyat leaders refused to talk and […]

Pak using social media to radicalise Kashmiri youths: DGP Dilbag Singh

Pak using social media to radicalise Kashmiri youths: DGP Dilbag Singh

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police Chief Dilbag Singh said that Pakistan was using social media to radicalise Kashmir youths and running disinformation campaigns against India. The DGP said that Pakistan was cooking false stories to entice young minds into militancy. “Pakistan, after launching and promoting a proxy war in the state, is using social media for […]

Youth goes missing after last week’s gunfight in Budgam

Youth goes missing after last week’s gunfight in Budgam

Srinagar: One more youth from Hardu Dalwan area of Charar-i-shareef in central Kashmir’s Budgam district has gone missing, reports and officials said on Tuesday. Reports said that Adil Ahmad Ganie (24) son of Gulzar Ahmad Ganie of Hardu Dalwan has been missing on Friday last. The family members of the missing youth have filed a […]

Tax Deptt recovers Rs 6.30 lakh from defaulting dealers

Tax Deptt recovers Rs 6.30 lakh from defaulting dealers

Srinagar: The enforcement team of State Taxes Department realized an amount of Rs 6.30 lakhs as tax, interest and penalty from defaulting dealers during their inspection of business units in North Srinagar mainly comprising areas of Shaltang, Maloora and adjacent areas. In an official handout issued here, main business units of the area were inspected […]

Use good offices to end continued custody of Kashmiri political prisoners: Geelani to ICRC

Use good offices to end continued custody of Kashmiri political prisoners: Geelani to ICRC

Srinagar: Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani Monday condemned the plight of Kashmiri prisoners at Tihar Jail and appealed the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to use its good office to end the ‘long and continued custody of these political prisoners.’ In a statement, Geelani, who heads his faction of the Hurriyat Conference, said […]

Army vehicle crushes forest dept official in Handwara; Protests erupt

Army vehicle crushes forest dept official in Handwara; Protests erupt

Srinagar: An army vehicle on Monday afternoon crushed a top Forest department official while he was travelling in his private Car at Chougal in Handwara. The deceased has been identified as Ajaz Rasool Wani, a resident of Handwara. He was posted as assistant director forest protection force Handwara. Reports said that an alto car bearing registration number […]

Soldier shoots himself dead in Baramulla

Soldier shoots himself dead in Baramulla

Baramulla: A soldier of Rashtriya Rifles (RR) has committed suicide by shooting himself with his service weapon in this north Kashmir district, official sources said on Sunday. The injured soldier, identified as LN Hemant Kumar Panday, was immediately rushed to the camp doctor, who declared him dead on Saturday, said the sources. The reason for […]

Kashmir Highway remains closed for seventh day; Mughal, Leh roads too shut

Kashmir Highway remains closed for seventh day; Mughal, Leh roads too shut

Srinagar: Kashmir valley remained cut off from the rest of the country for the seventh day, following closure of the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, due to continued landslides and shooting stones. However, traffic was allowed for a brief period last evening, only to be suspended again due to fresh landslides and shooting stones. ‘Stranded vehicles […]

Kashmir journalists protest against barring of senior colleagues from attending R-Day function

Kashmir journalists protest against barring of senior colleagues from attending R-Day function

Srinagar: Kashmiri Journalists Saturday afternoon held a massive protest demonstration in capital city Srinagar streets to protest against the barring of journalists from covering Republic Day of India function in Srinagar. Today morning several senior journalists were stopped by government forces from entering SK stadium, the main venue of R-Day at Srinagar prompting the entire fraternity […]

On JRL call Kashmir shuts to observe Republic Day of India as ‘Black Day’

On JRL call Kashmir shuts to observe Republic Day of India as ‘Black Day’

Srinagar: Kashmir valley is Saturday observing a complete shutdown on the call of Joint Resistance Leadership who have asked people to observe it as “Black Day. The Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohd Yasin Malik asked people of Kashmir to register their strong protest against Government’s Policy of non-resolution of […]