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Police raid homes of resistance leaders in Srinagar, ruthlessly beat family members, arrest many, says Mirwaiz

Police raid homes of resistance leaders in Srinagar, ruthlessly beat family members, arrest many, says Mirwaiz

Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson and Kashmir’s chief cleric on Wednesday said that the Jammu and Kashmir police has conducted nocturnal raids in Kashmir’s capital city Srinagar and detained resistance activists. The Mirwaiz said that the family members of the resistance activists were harassed and beaten. He said that the state is against even the […]

Concerns regarding the J&K Bank SAC decision: Governor’s Reassurance

Concerns regarding the J&K Bank SAC decision: Governor’s Reassurance

Srinagar: After meeting a delegation of employees of J&K Bank on Tuesday, the Governor, Satya Pal Malik reassured the employees on the following:- J&K Bank is a premier institution of the state and its financial health and future growth is of utmost importance to Jammu & Kashmir. Therefore, the Government would support all initiatives and […]

Trump seeks Imran Khan’s help to end 17-yr war in Afghanistan, bringing Taliban to negotiating table

Trump seeks Imran Khan’s help to end 17-yr war in Afghanistan, bringing Taliban to negotiating table

Islamabad/Washington:  US President Donald Trump has written to Prime Minister Imran Khan, seeking Pakistan’s help with stuttering Afghan peace talks and support in bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table to end the 17-year brutal war in the neighbouring country, Pakistani officials said on Monday. The development came weeks after Trump said Pakistan does not […]

Five missing boys rescued from joining militant ranks: Police

Five missing boys rescued from joining militant ranks: Police

Srinagar: Police on Monday claimed to have brought back five missing boys safely who had “threatened their parents to join militant ranks.” Parents of some boys from Srinagar reported to Police that they received phone calls from their kids who had left for their school in the morning informing that they are going to join the […]

All is not well with Jammu Kashmir bank

All is not well with Jammu Kashmir bank

  JK Bank is the biggest corporate institutions of the conflict ridden state of Jammu and Kashmir. As such, it is also one of the major sources of employment in the state, especially for the youngsters of Kashmir. Youth of the state always have high hope and dreams of serving the JK bank and getting […]

Human rights week: No relief for Geelani, Mirwaiz detained at home, Malik in jail

Human rights week: No relief for Geelani, Mirwaiz detained at home, Malik in jail

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has foiled the Joint Resistance Leadership’s programme of candle light protest during the “human rights week”. The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising of octogenarian Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik have urged people to light candles in the evening to highlight “human rights abuses” […]

Encounter breaks out in southern Kashmir’s Shopian village

Encounter breaks out in southern Kashmir’s Shopian village

Srinagar: A gunfight broke out between government forces and militants in in southern Kashmir’s Shopian village in the wee hours on Monday. Sources said that the gunfight broke out in Sangran village of Imamsahib area after government forces over specific inputs about presence of militants in the village launched a cordon and search operation. As […]

Governor Satypal Malik writes back to NC, says no changes to Act governing PRC

Governor Satypal Malik writes back to NC, says no changes to  Act governing PRC

Srinagar: Governor Satya Pal Malik has written back to National Conference President, Omar Abdullah,  wherein he said that no procedural changes, governing the Permanent Resident Certificates (PRC’s), is under consideration. Read the full letter:     Governor Satya Pal Malik has made it clear that the State Government is not making or even considering any […]