Srinagar: A bullet riddled body of a girl was recovered from Draggad area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday morning. Reports said that the bullet ridden body of the girl was recovered from Cherbagh area of Draggad today morning by the police. A police officer while confirming the incident said that the group of […]
Two JeM militants were killed in a nocturnal gunfight at Drabgam area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday. Official sources told GNS that the contingents of army’s 44 RR, CRPF and Special Operation Group (SOG) of police cordoned off Baba Mohalla of Drabgam village today at around 7:30 pm. The forces had installed lights […]
Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership on Thursday called for a valleywide shutdown on February 3, Sunday to protest Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement the JRL comprising of Octogenarian Hurriyat Patriarch Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik in a statement said that the […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police Thursday recovered 19 kilograms of brown sugar worth Rs 70 Crores in international market from Kralpora area of northern Kashmir’s Kupwara district and detained two peddlers, both residents of Karnah. Addressing a press conference, SSP Kupwara Shriram Ambarkar said that the preliminary investigation has revealed that the the consignments were […]
Srinagar:India summoned Pakistan High Commissioner Sohail Mahmood late Wednesday night over a phone call by the country’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Tuesday for discussions on Kashmir. However, Islamabad justified its engagement with Hurriyat Conference leader, with the Pakistan Foreign Ministry saying it “categorically rejects the objections […]
The January 3 Indian Express article “Paradox in the Valley,” co-authored by two young intellectually empowered Harvardians from Kashmir, was the opening act of what happened a little more than a week after it appeared. Ever since, Dr Shah Faesal’s resignation from the coveted civil services in the second week of the New Year […]
Srinagar: At least three civilians have suffered injuries in a grenade attack in southern Kashmir’s Kulgam Wednesday afternoon. Reports said that the grenade was hurled at Police Station DH Pora which missed the target and exploded on the road. Three civilians have suffered injuries, preliminary reports said, adding that the numberof persons injured many […]
Srinagar: Contrary to the official narrative that militancy in the Valley is confined to just four south Kashmir districts, the militancy is widespread in Kashmir, with encounters and militant killings and the subsequent protests happening in nine out of 10 districts last year. Southern Kashmir, comprising four districts of Anantnag, Shopian, Kulgam and Pulwama, which have […]
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) vice president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) goes to Delhi for begging over the demand for deferment of polls in the state Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a public rally at Shangus in Anantnag district, Omar hit […]
Srinagar: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Tuesday briefed Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq over phone about the efforts of the government of Pakistan to highlight the “gross human rights violations” being perpetrated by the Indian forces in Jammu and Kashmir. A statement issued by the Pakistan Foreign office said: “The Foreign Minister briefed […]
