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SPO shot dead in Pulwama Village

SPO shot dead in Pulwama Village

Srinagar: A special police officer (SPO) was killed after fired upon by suspected militants at Hanjan area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday evening. Official sources said that the gunmen fired upon Sameer Ahmad Mir son of Wali Mohammad Mir at his home. In the incident, Sameer, a resident of Hanjan Payeen village suffered […]

This year Govt locked Jamia Masjid Srinagar for 16 Fridays: AAC

This year Govt locked Jamia Masjid Srinagar for 16 Fridays: AAC

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Awami Action Committee said that the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar was shut 16 times in 2018 and muslims were barred from offering congregational Friday prayers at the grand mosque. The AAC said that the Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson and Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house […]

Policeman, Lashkar militants posing as electricians involved in looting of AK-47 rifles from Jawahir Nagar    

Policeman, Lashkar militants posing as electricians involved in looting of AK-47 rifles from Jawahir Nagar    

Srinagar: A policeman and three Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were involved in looting of the four AK-47 rifles from the residence of ex-legislator located in Srinagar’s posh locality of Jawahir Nagar, top police sources revealed. Militants decamped with four weapons from the guard room of the former congress legislator, Muzaffar Parray’s official residence at J-13 Govt Quarters […]

Speaking for militants’ is their compulsion as polls are round the corner: J&K Guv on Mehbooba’s remarks

Speaking for militants’ is their compulsion as polls are round the corner: J&K Guv on Mehbooba’s remarks

Jammu:  A day after PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti warned the Governor headed administration, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday said that speaking in favour of militants is their compulsion because elections are round the corner. Ms Mufti on Sunday warned the Governor of dire consequenses in view of […]

Weapons loot: 4 policemen deployed as PSOs with Congress leader dismissed from service

Weapons loot: 4 policemen deployed as PSOs with Congress leader dismissed from service

Srinagar: Four policemen whose rifles were looted from the residence of a senior Congress leader in Srinagar were dismissed from the service on Monday, police said. “Four policemen who were deployed as PSOs with Congress leader Mohammed Muzzafar Parray have been dismissed from service for dereliction of duty and unauthorised absence,” said a police spokesman. […]

Woman killed, 4 injured in alleged Indian shelling along LoC in Neelum valley

Woman killed, 4 injured in alleged Indian shelling along LoC in Neelum valley

Srinagar: One woman has been killed after Indian army allegedly targeted civilian population along the Line of Control in Pakistan Administered Kashmir’s Neelum valley, reports said. They said that four other civilians have suffered injuries in the shelling. One woman killed n four injured in #Neelum_valley in indiscriminate #Indian #shelling, according to initial reports. Casualties […]

Excessive use of force is responsible for unrest, pushing youth to gun: Mehbooba Mufti

Excessive use of force is responsible for unrest, pushing youth to gun: Mehbooba Mufti

Srinagar: A day after encounter in South Kashmir’s Pulwama which left four militants dead, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti made her presence in the interior of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Mehbooba, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir,  met Rubina who was allegedly harassed by police for being a militants sister. While talking to […]