Srinagar: The district magistrate Islamabad on Thursday slapped a draconian Public Safety Act on Tehreek-e-Hurriyat member Sartaj Ahmad Sheikh and shifted him to a Jammu jail. Sources said that Sheikh was detained by Jammu and Kashmir police on September 18 and was detained in Islamabad sub-jail. On Thursday, they said, Sheikh was slapped with a […]
Srinagar: Curfew-like restrictions have been imposed in the downtown Srinagar on Friday as a precautionary measure to prevent any protests following strike called by separatists against the killing of two Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militants in Kupwara. All gates of historic Jamia masjid, stronghold of chairman of moderate Hurriyat Conference (HC) Mirwaiz Moulvi Omar Farooq, were […]
Srinagar: The Aligarh Muslim University on Thursday suspended three Kashmiri students, who tried offered ‘Janaze ki Namaz’ following the death of former research scholar-turned Hizbul Mujahideen commander, Mannan Wani, in a joint operation of government forces including Jammu and Kashmir police in northern Kashmir’s Kupwara district. A media report said that they confirmed the suspension […]
Srinagar: Amid “#MeToo” campaign across India, a woman police officer from Jammu and Kashmir has levelled sexual harassment allegations pertaining to 2015 director of vigilance organisation Alok Puri. Thakur, who is a sub-divisional officer with the railway police, posted her harassment story on Twitter on Thursday, Hindustan Times reported. “I raised voice against land mafia […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday disallowed media to reach the ancestral village of scholar-turned militant commander Mannan Wani in Tikipora at Lolab in northern Kashmir’s Kupwara district and cover his funeral prayers. Almost a dozen media persons including that of New Delhi based publications were stopped by police at Bab-e-Lolab (Gateway of […]
Srinagar: Educational institutions in majority districts were closed on Friday as a precautionary measure in the Kashmir valley, where Resistance leaders have called for a shutdown against the killing of two Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militants in Kupwara. Manan Wani, a PhD scholar-turned militant and his associate were killed in an encounter with government forces at […]
Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership on Thursday called for a shutdown for Friday against the killing of scholar turned militant Mannan Wani. In a tweet Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said: “Alas! heard the tragic news of #Mannanwani’s Martyrdom and of his associates! Deeply pained that we lost a budding intellectual and writer like him,fighting for the of cause […]
Srinagar: A Hurriyat Conference (G) activist was on Thursday killed in Meminder area of southern Kashmir’s Shopian district. Tariq Ahmad Ganie was walking in his native village Meminder this afternoon when unidentified gunmen fired at him from close range, locals said. Ganie, who was recently released from Jail died before he could be shifted to […]
Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership comprising of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik have called for a complete protest shutdown on Saturday Oct 13 2018 in the urban local body poll bound areas. “As in the previous two phases people will again show their total rejection and dismissal of this farce […]
Srinagar: The security has been intensified in Downtown Srinagar on Thursday as rumours are making rounds that scholar turned militant Dr Mannan Wani has been killed in a gunfight in Shatgund Handwara in northern Kashmir. Witnesses said that additional deployment of forces has been made in several parts of the city while personnel of J&K […]
