KASHMIR

Mehbooba on NIA arrests: Declaring someone terrorist over ‘sutli bombs’ is premature

Mehbooba on NIA arrests: Declaring someone terrorist over ‘sutli bombs’ is premature

Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Friday questioned the timing of the NIA arrests before the next year’s Parliamentary elections, saying “national security is best served by being just and inclusive, not suspicious of an entire community”. Mehbooba said though national security is supreme but declaring suspects […]

Jammu and Kashmir government revokes Group Mediclaim Insurance Policy

Jammu and Kashmir government revokes Group Mediclaim Insurance Policy

Srinagar: Government Friday ordered cancellation of Jammu and Kashmir Group Mediclam Insurance Policy for all state government employees including employees of PSUs, autonomous bodies, universities, pensioners and IAS officers. The cancellation will come into effect from midnight of December 31, 2018. A communique informed: “Sanction is accorded to the revocation, withdrawal of Govt order regarding […]

Face of Kashmir’s ‘pellet horror’ 20-month-old Hiba features among TRT World’s 10 ordinary people who faced extraordinary circumstances

Face of Kashmir’s ‘pellet horror’ 20-month-old Hiba features among TRT World’s 10 ordinary people who faced extraordinary circumstances

Srinagar: Hiba Nisar who became the youngest victim of pellets in Kashmir and probably in the world has featured among the  ten ordinary people who faced extraordinary circumstances and made an impact in 2018 on Turkey’s TRT World. Besides Hiba others who are in the list include Amal Hussain, a 7 year old Yemeni girl who […]

South Kashmir: Pulwama parts shut spontaneously following killing of a local militant

South Kashmir: Pulwama parts shut spontaneously following killing of a local militant

Srinagar: A spontaneous shutdown is being observed in Pulwama and Awantipora townships of southern Kashmir following the killing of a local militant. Reports said that all shops and other business establishments shut spontaneously while public and private transport went off the roads. Eyewitnesses said that scores of youths took to streets and hurled government forces […]

Pulwama militant killing: Authorities suspend train services on Srinagar-Banihal track

Pulwama militant killing: Authorities suspend train services on Srinagar-Banihal track

Srinagar: Authorities on Friday suspended train services on Banihal-Srinagar track following killing of a local militant in a gunfight earlier today. A railway official said that the decision has been made as a precautionary measure to  maintain law and order. He said, however, train services on Budgam in central Kashmir and Baramulla in north Kashmir […]

Two villages in north Kashmir’s Bandipora under cordon, search operations on

Two villages in north Kashmir’s Bandipora under cordon, search operations on

Srinagar: Government forces Friday cordoned two villages in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district and launched search operations. Reports said that a joint team of Army’s 14 Rashtriya Rifles, Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Special Operation Group and paramilitary CRPF conducted searches in Gojerpati area of the district.”Another search operation was launched in Sodnara village of Sumbal in […]

South Kashmir: Pulwama gunfight over, one militant slain

South Kashmir: Pulwama gunfight over, one militant slain

Srinagar: One militant has been killed in a gunfight in Renzipora village of southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district Friday morning, reports said. The slain militant has been identified as Ishfaq Yousuf Wani. The gunfight erupted in the village after a joint team of government forces including Army, Jammu and Kashmir police’s Special Operations Group and CRPF paramilitary forces […]