Srinagar: Pakistan Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has urged India to come out of the state of denial on the issue of Kashmir. In a tweet, the Pakistan Information Minister stressed upon the leadership of the neighbouring country to display a humanistic approach rather than a political approach towards the sensitive issue. Chaudhry said that Kashmir has […]
Srinagar: The Director General Of Police Dilbagh Singh Wednesday said that the presence of global militant outfit ISIS has no major footprints in the valley, but a section of youth is being radicalised. “A section of youth is being radicalised otherwise presence of ISIS is not that big in Kashmir,” Singh said addressing a press conference […]
Srinagar: Fresh snowfall lashed parts of Kashmir on Wednesday leading breaking the cold wave sweeping the Valley as the minimum temperatures rose above the freezing point. Weather officials said that fresh snowfall occurred everywhere in the Valley except capital city Srinagar which received light rains. Higher reaches including Gulmarg, Pahalgam, Sonamarg, Pir Panchal mountain range […]
Srinagar: A father tried to bury alive his infant son having deformity at Malkha graveyard in Srinagar’s Old City. Police arrested the man who claimed to be poor and unable to sustain the son. Reports said the person Manzoor Ahmad Banyari, a resident of Check Shopian, approached a gravedigger in Malkha asking him to dig […]
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 […]
Srinagar: Weatherman Tuesday predicted rains and snow across Jammu and Kashmir on January 2 and 4 that may lead to disruption in surface transport on major highways. Kashmir meteorological department issue a weather bulletin on Tuesday which said that a fresh western disturbance will affec Jammu and Kashmir from evening of January 1 to 2. “Under […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
