New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has levied a penalty of Rs 14.40 lakh and ordered confiscation of nearly Rs 6.8 lakh in connection with a FEMA case against senior resistance leader Syed Ali Geelani, officials said Friday. The case pertains to Geelani in “illegal possession” of foreign exchange, a case which was being investigated by the […]
Srinagar: A couple of days after the “custodial death” Rizwan Assad Pandit of Awantipora, his friend, Shahid Manzoor joined the militant ranks, claiming he ‘never believed in the gun,’ but had no “choice” after the “killing” of his companion. “I am the friend of martyr Rizwan,” Shahid said in an audio clip, featuring his gun […]
Srinagar: Two militants, of them a top commander of Lashker-eToiba, and a minor boy were killed during a gunfight in Hajin area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday. Reports reaching GNS said a joint team of Army’s 13RR, CRPF and SOG launched a cordon at Mir Mohalla of Hajin late in the afternoon yesterday. A […]
Srinagar: The family of Rizwan Ahmad Pandit, a teacher who “died in police custody” two days after arrest from his residence at 11:30 p.m. on March 17, on Thursday, rebutted police’s “theory” of “escape from custody” and demanded a judicial probe. “A team of police headed by a DSP picked him and when we visited […]
Srinagar: At least nine persons including four Hurriyat activists were on Wednesday booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) and were shifted to Kotbalwal Jail in Jammu. Family sources said that nine persons who were arrested during nocturnal raids from past one month have been booked under PSA today. The persons who were booked today include […]
Srinagar: Rizwan Asad Pandit, a 29-year-old school principal who was killed in “police custody” on Tuesday, may have died due to “multiple injuries”, according to initial post-mortem findings. The findings reveal that Rizwan died because of “extravasation of blood” — the leakage of blood from a vessel into the surrounding tissues — caused by multiple injuries, […]
Srinagar: Three paramilitary CRPF men were killed Wednesday while another was injured in a fratricidal firing incident in Udhampur district of Jammu, officials said. The incident took place inside CRPF camp of 187 battalion headquarter at Battal area of Udhampur, Station House Officer (SHO) Udhampur Vijay Singh Choudhary said. He said that one of the […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday while announcing the pre-poll alliance with the Indian National Congress said that Jammu and Udhampur parliamentary seats will be contested by Congress. “I will contest from Srinagar and there will be a friendly contest between NC and Congress in Anantnag and Baramulla,” he said, […]
Srinagar: The United States Human Rights reports for 2018 released last week as part of an annual exercise in which the US State Department submits its assessment of such rights as per the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements to the U.S. Congress. The 2018 India report covers a range of issues […]
Srinagar: Kashmir valley is observing a complete shutdown on Wednesday against the “custodial killing” of a school teacher and Jama’at-e-Islami activist Rizwan Asad on Tuesday. The call for shutdown was issued by the Joint Resistance Leadership. Shops and other business establishments are shut in the capital city Srinagar while public transport is off the roads. […]
