By Press Desk on November 1, 2018
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Srinagar: Governor Satya Pal Malik on Thursday removed Tassaduq Jeelani as Director Tourism Kashmir. A communique said that Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan will hold the charge of Director Tourism Kashmir till further orders. The Div Com Kashmir has also been directed to hold an inquiry into incidents that occurred during FAM Tour from Oct 25 to […]
By Press Desk on November 1, 2018
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Srinagar: Massive clashes erupted in Pampore town of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district after the news about the killing of local militant in Budgam gunfight spread in the area. Witnesses said that people hit streets and pelted rocks on government forces. The clashes soon spread on the Srinagar-Islamabad highway forcing the closure of the road. They […]
By Press Desk on November 1, 2018
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Srinagar: Police on Thursday said that the bodies of two slain militants were retrieved from the site of encounter along with arms and ammunition at Zagoo in Budgam. One of the killed militants has been identified as Mukhtar Ahmad Khan son of Abdul Ahad Khan, a resident of Brass Arizal Budgam while the other militant […]
By Press Desk on November 1, 2018
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United Nations: The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) says that, between 2006 and 2017, over 1,000 journalists were killed for reporting the news and bringing information to the public, an average of one death in every four days. On Wednesday, the experts, including David Kaye, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of […]
By Press Desk on November 1, 2018
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Srinagar: The judicial remand of Dukhtaran-e-Millat chairperson Asiya Andrabi, its secretary general Nahida Nasreen and its spokesperson Fahmeeda Sofi which ended today has been extended by 15 days. A spokesperson of DeM told The Kashmir Press that the remand of its leadership was supposed to end today, however, more the District & Session Judge, NIA special […]
By Press Desk on November 1, 2018
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Srinagar: Pakistan was tense on Thursday as countrywide protests against the acquittal of a Christian woman sentenced to death for committing blasphemy entered the second day despite Prime Minister Imran Khan’s warning to defiant hardliners. Asia Bibi, a 47-year-old mother of four, was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting Islam in a row […]
By Press Desk on November 1, 2018
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Srinagar: A complete shutdown is being observed in Tral township of southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday for the second consecutive day against the militant killings on Tuesday. Reports said that all the shops and business establishments are shut while traffic is off the roads. Two Jaish e Muhammad militants were killed by government forces on Tuesday. The […]
By Press Desk on November 1, 2018
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Srinagar: A teenage boy was killed in Leepa valley of Pakistan administered Kashmir (PAK) after Indian troops allegedly resorted to heavy shelling on Wednesday, a day after less intense firing by them in Neelum Valley, Dawn reported. Eighteen-year-old Haroon fell victim to the Indian shelling in Bijildhar village of Leepa Valley, located nearly 100 kilometres […]
By Press Desk on November 1, 2018
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Srinagar: Intense clashes amid pro freedom protest broke out in Arizal and Hardupanzu villages of central kashmir’s Budgam district after news about the killing of two militants in a neighbouring village spread. Witnesses told The Kashmir Press that scores of yoth hit streets and hurled rocks and stones on government forces. The government forces, they […]
By Press Desk on October 31, 2018
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Jammu: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik approved “The Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018” paving the way for election of Mayors and Deputy Mayors of the Municipal Corporations and Presidents and Vice Presidents of the Municipal Councils/Municipal Committees through secret ballot. […]