Srinagar: Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday pitched for elections in the state. Speaking to media at his Gupkar residence in Srinagar after two former PDP leaders Basharat Bukhari and Mohammad Hussain joined the party, senior Abdullah said that the President’s rule, which will start tomorrow, […]
Srinagar: The division bench of State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) comprising Dilshad Shaheen and Abdul Hameed Mir on Wednesday issued a notice to Jammu and Kashmir’s Chief Secretary asking him to file a detailed compliance report on number of houses damaged during encounters between militants and government forces this year so far. The notice has also […]
Srinagar: The traffic on Srinagar Bandipora highway on Wednesday came to a grinding halt for several hours after the residents of Saderkoot Payeen blocked it protesting against shortage of potable water in the area. Witnesses said the residents blocked the road highway early morning and continued for several hours. The eyewitnesses quoting local residents said that Ganie […]
Poonch: An Assistant Sub-Inspector of Border Security Force (BSF) Wednesday committed suicide by shooting self with his service rifle at Sabra area of Mendhar along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. “ASI Satpal Jaswal (49) of 72 BSF D Coy posted at forward area near Checka Gali in Sabra today […]
Srinagar: Pakistan’s Minister for Human Rights Dr Shrieen Mazari has dispatched a resolution to United Nations (UN) on violation of women and children rights in conflict areas of Kashmir to bring attention of world human rights organizations. “We need to move forward by avoiding past lethargic attitude by taking concrete steps for the solution of Kashmir issue,” the […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police in Qazigund carried out raids on various Dhabas located on Srinagar-Jammu highway and recovered huge quantity of contraband substances from the dhaba owners. A police spokesperson said that during the raid at Raja Vaishno Dhaba located at Nipora Mirbazar, 15 kilograms of fukki was recovered. One person identified as Sukhdev Kumar […]
Srinagar: A complete shutdown is being observed in south Kashmir’s Pulwama town for the fifth consecutive day on Wednesday against the massacre of seven civilians by government forces on Saturday last at Sirnoo village of the district. Witnesses said that all the shops and other business establishments are shut in the town while public and private […]
Srinagar:Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday condemned the ill treatment and solitary confinement of Dukhtaran-e-Millat chairperson Asiya Andrabi and her aides including Nahida Nasreen and Sofi Fehmeeda. Mirwaiz tweeted: “Strongly condemn the ill treatment &solitary confinement of Asiya Andrabiji &her two associates at Tihar Jail,leadership &youth day in and out are being […]
Srinagar: A Kashmiri Islamic scholar died in a road accident at Deoband area of Saharanpur in Utter Pradesh on Tuesday late afternoon. A resident of Ladoora, Rafiabad in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, the deceased Mohammad Rafeeq Mir son of Shabir Ahmed Mir was pursuing ‘Mufti Course’ at Darul Uloom Deoband seminary. The accident took place at […]
Srinagar: The Srinagar trader’s body – Beopar Mandal Mahraj Gunj on Tuesday condemned the killing spree in Kashmir by the government forces. Khurshid Ahmad Dalal, President of the body in a statement said that “killing spree is because of the unbridled powers given to the government forces”. “We shoulder the coffin of our dear ones […]
