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Crackdown on Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir, top leaders detained

Crackdown on Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir, top leaders detained

Srinagar: Police swooped on Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir members in Kashmir during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, and detained around two dozen of its cadres, including its chief Abdul Hamid Fayaz. Though police termed the detentions as routine, officials privy to the developments said this is the first major crackdown on the organisation. The […]

Pakistan takes ‘administrative control’ of JeM headquarters

Pakistan takes ‘administrative control’ of JeM headquarters

Islamabad:  Day after Imran Khan re-instated the ban on terrorist organisation Jamaat-ud-dawa and its charity wing, Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF), Pakistan on late Friday took the administrative control of a mosque-and-seminary complex in Bahawalpur which is believed to be the headquarters of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM). The campus has a 70-strong faculty and 600 students enrolled. […]

Two militants killed in Sopore encounter: Police

Two militants killed in Sopore encounter: Police

Srinagar: At least militants were killed in an encounter between Army, Police and the militants in Warpora area of north Kashmir’s Sopore, Police officials said. Officials said that the identification of slain militants was being ascertained. A cordon and search operation was launched jointly by Police and Army in Warpora following the credible inputs about […]

#Pulwama attack: Pakistan military does not want war, but will respond with overwhelming force, says DG ISPR

#Pulwama attack: Pakistan military does not want war, but will respond with overwhelming force, says DG ISPR

Srinagar: Director General of the Pakistan Army’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major General Asif Ghafoor on Friday warned India to “not mess with Pakistan”. Addressing a press conference, DG ISPR said, “There are quite a few topics which I wanted to discuss for a while. However, most of my discussion will be on […]

Two Kashmiri alleged Jaish members arrested from Deoband in UP

Two Kashmiri alleged Jaish members arrested from Deoband in UP

Srinagar: Anti-Terrorism Squad on Friday arrested two alleged active Jaish-e-Muhammad members from Deoband, Saharanpur, reports said. Reports quoting DGP UN Police OP Singh said that the UP ATS arrested Shahnawaz Ahmad, a resident of Kashmir’s Kulgam district and Aqib Ahmad Malik, a resident of Pulwama. He said it was difficult to say whether the two […]

SC asks 11 states to act promptly to prevent incidents of assault and social boycott of Kashmiris

SC asks 11 states to act promptly to prevent incidents of assault and social boycott of Kashmiris

Srinagar: The Supreme Court Friday directed chief secretaries and DGPs of 11 states to take “prompt” and necessary action to prevent incidents of threat, assault and social boycott of Kashmiris in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi also directed that police officers, who were earlier appointed as nodal […]