A minor girl belonging to central Kashmir’s Budgam district was allegedly raped by one Mohammad Maqbool Rather of Yarikhan village Khan sahib In a statement issued here the police said that Abdul Ahad Bhat resident of Yarikhan, Khan Sahab approached Police Station Khan Sahab with a complaint that his minor daughter (name withheld) had been […]
At least, 60 houses were ransacked and their doors and windows damaged by Army on Monday, the locals alleged. Residents of Sugan village in Shopian alleged that dozens of houses were ransacked in their area by Army after their vehicle was hit by an IED blast Locals said that the house of Hizb Commander Zeenat-ul-Islam […]
Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Inspector General (Kashmir Range) has inaugurated the high-tech “Criminal and Crime Tracking Network and System (CCTNS)” with the aim to improve coordination between police stations to track crime and take appropriate timely action, a police statement has said. Quoting IG Kashmir Swayam Prakash Pani, the statement said that the new system […]
The Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir have demanded extension of same Forest Rights Act 2006 to the state with immediate effect. Demanding similar rights on forest lands which were made available to other scheduled tribe (ST) communities in mainland India, the Gujjars from J&K raised the issue in a meeting of Tribal Research and Cultural […]
Chairman Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani on Sunday said that India has no moral right to use “military might” against legal and due right of “subjugated people” in state.Geelani said while addressing a gathering on a day-long “Nazool-e- Quran “Conference at his Hyderpora residence. Geelani while referring to forced occupation by Indian forces, said […]
Responding to the Indian home minister, Raj Nath Singh’s statement Jammu Kashmir Salvation Movement chairman, Zafar Akbar Bhat on Sunday said said that all parties to the issue should be taken into consideration and the issue should be resolved as per aspirations of people and as per guidelines laid in UN resolutions. In a statement […]
The association of parents of disappeared persons along Indian Association of People’s Lawyers IAPL called upon the Indian government to act as per principles of law and justice, and enquire into the cases of enforced disappearances, ensure speedy justice to victims and prosecute the perpetrators of enforced disappearances. The association on the eve of the […]
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Speaker, Dr. Nirmal Kumar Singh, constituted various House Committees for the year 2018-19. As per the notifications issued by the Assembly Secretariat, the General Purposes Committee has been constituted of which Dr. Nirmal Kumar Singh shall be the Ex-officio chairman. Deputy Speaker, Ali Mohammad Sagar Chairman PAC, Choudhary Sukhnandan Kumar Chairman PUC, and […]
Srinagar: In a first, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has congratulated a senior resistance leader’s daughter for topping the state in the CBSE-2018 examinations, the results of which were declared on 26 May. Sama Shabir, daughter of incarcerated resistance leader Shabir Shah, brought laurels to Jammu and Kashmir by securing 97.8 per cent […]
Srinagar: Strongly condemning the use of “brute force” against worshippers in Srinagar’s central mosque (Jamia Masjid) on Friday, the Jama’at-e-Islami (JeI) has alleged that “the assault on Jamia Masjid seems to be a part of the hidden agenda of mass extermination of Kashmiri Muslims for which government forces have been given a free license.” A statement issued […]
