Srinagar: Authorities have booked four youth of Bandipora district under the Public Safety Act (PSA). All the four have been shifted to different Jammu jails, reports said on Wednesday. The youth have been identified as Gowhar Hassan Parray, Ishfaq Ahmad Parray, Aijaz Ahmad Mir and Bilal Ahmad Parray, all residents of Hajin. They said that […]
Srinagar: Days after the government of India rejected resignation videos of Special Police Officers (SPO) as “false propaganda” by militants, the Jammu and Kashmir government has admitted the quitting spree in south Kashmir, but played it down by saying that the number is negligible. “The state has over 30,000 SPOs. If you compare the number […]
Srinagar: The Supreme Court Wednesday declared New Delhi’s flagship Aadhaar scheme as Constitutionally valid. The apex court’s five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said Aadhaar is meant to help benefits reach the marginalised sections of the society and takes into account the dignity of people not only from personal but also from […]
Srinagar: Life returned to routine in Bandipora district of northern Kashmir on Tuesday after five-day shutdown against militant killings. Five militants were killed last week in Sumlar village of the district in a gunfight with government forces. Shops and business establishments opened across the district while both private and public transport plied normally. Meanwhile, a […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday said that the second militant killed in Sopore gunfight with government forces was a top Lashkar-e-Toiba commander who was identified as Abu Maaz. On Tuesday, the police identified one of the two slain militants as Abdul Majeed Mir alias Sameer of Tujjar Sharief area of Sopore district. […]
Srinagar: National Conference spokesperson Junaid Azim Mattu has resigned from the party, sources said on Tuesday. Mattu, resigned as he has to contest upcoming civic polls from Srinagar, a news gathering agency reported. National Conference and PDP, the two main regional political parties have announced boycott to the said polls. Meanwhile, J&K National Conference has […]
Srinagar: After two of the slain Bandipora militants were claimed by the two families of Kulgam and Shopian to be their kin, a family from Hayan Kangan on Tuesday claimed that one among the five militants killed in Bandipora was their kin. Ghulam Nabi Tedwa resident of Kralkhen Hayan Palpora in Kangan area of Ganderbal […]
Srinagar: Two militants have been killed in the gunfight between government forces and militants in Tujjer area of Sopore town in Baramulla district on Tuesday. Reports said that after a lull in the exchange of fire, the gunfire started again and in the fierce exchange all the militants have been killed. The identification of the […]
Srinagar: The government on Tuesday said that it will make a substantial hike in the salaries of the SPOs in coming days. This was announced by chief secretary to the J&K government VR Subramaniyam while addressing a presser in Srinagar. Asked about the resignations in the backdrop of killings by militants, he said that resignations […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday said that it will give one moth additional salary to the employees for poll duty. Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, the chief secretary VR Subramaniyam said that the elections will be held on time and the employees who will perform duties during polling days will be […]
