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:The BBC talk show HardTalk is under heavy scrutiny after omitting crucial parts from two recent interviews where the senior advisor to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Professor Gulnur Aybet and Pakistan’s Finance Minister Asad Umar were guests on the show. A range of topics were discussed in the hard-hitting interview on Monday with President […]
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 […]
Srinagar: 32-year-old vendor who was abducted by unknown persons from Brath Kalan village in northern Kashmir’s Sopore last week has been released Wednesday morning. The vendor who was identified as Tariq Ganai and was abducted by car-borne persons from the village, reached home in Bomai early this morning after five days.
