SRINAGAR: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs today approved a substantial hike in the honorarium of SPOs in Jammu and Kashmir. “The proposal of the State Government regarding the enhancement of monthly remuneration of the SPOs of J&K has been considered by this Ministry,” said a communication from MHA addressed to the State Chief Secretary BVR […]
Srinagar: The family of the slain Hizb commander Sameer Tiger on Thursday accused the government forces of torching their house, and empty apple boxes at Drabgam village of southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Muhammad Maqbool, the father of slain Hizb commander, Sameer Tiger, according to reports, said that government forces in the dead of the night […]
Srinagar: Scores of students of the Kashmir University on Thursday morning staged a protest in the varsity campus against the killing of civilian by government forces in Norr Bagh area of Srinagar city. A student informed The Kashmir Press that the students from various departments assembled in the campus of Humanities department and later led […]
Srinagar: Army on Thursday killed a non-local labourer during an ambush in Rangward area of Kralpora in northern Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Sources said that the army’s 3 grenadiers had laid an ambush at Syedpora Rangward area of the district and a non-local labourer was walking to his workplace when the army fired at him this […]
Srinagar: The slain civilian who was killed by government forces during a cordon and search operation in Noor Bagh area of Srinagar in the wee hours of Thursday has been laid to rest in Eidgah, Srinagar. Identified as Muhammad Saleem Malik, a resident of Magray Mohalla Noor Bagh, locals said that the slain was killed […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday declared as unconstitutional the penal provision on adultery. Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and R F Nariman held that Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code dealing with the offence of adultery is unconstitutional. “We declare Sec 497 IPC and Sec 198 of CrPC dealing with […]
Srinagar: Authorities on Thursday suspended train services across Kashmir following the killing of a civilian in Noor Bagh area of Srinagar; gunfights in Anantnag and Budgam districts. Official sources said that they received a directive from police to suspend the train services. They said no train will chug on Srinagar-Budgam in central Kashmir to Baramulla […]
Budgam: Clashes have erupted around the gunfight site in Panzan Budgam where militants are holed up in a mosque. Police officer, who is part of the operation, said that stone pelting by large crowds is happening around the perimeters of the gunfight sight. He said that they believe two to three militants have taken shelter […]
SRINAGAR: The State Administrative Council (SAC), which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik approved the draft ‘Jammu and Kashmir Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2018’. The Bill seeks to provide for speedy disposal of the arbitration matters and for providing mediation and conciliation in pending arbitration matters before the […]
SRINAGAR: In order to provide impetus to the implementation of development schemes/ programmes across the newly created 177 CD Blocks in the State, the State Administrative Council (SAC), which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik accorded sanction to the creation of 100 posts of Panchayat Inspector, G-I and 77 posts […]
