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” […]
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 […]
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 […]
Srinagar: Reacting to reports that the Governor administration is mulling changes to the Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC) rules, National Conference (NC) said this is an attempt to distort the demography of the state and would create mistrust among people. In a letter to Governor Satya Pal Malik, NC Vice President Omar Abdullah said such a […]
Scholar turned militant commander, Manan Wani Srinagar: The scholar turned militant commander, Manan Wani, 27, was killed within 15 days after he came under the radar of the security agencies, top police officials, who are in the know how of the operation, said. Manan and his another accomplice, Ashiq Hussain Zargar, were killed on October […]
Srinagar: Ehtisham Bilal, who has allegedly taken allegiance for the Islamic State group, has been brought home, police said “With the help of family and police an individual ( name with held) has been brought back to the mainstream. Police investigation is on,” the police said. The police sources told The Kashmir Press said that […]
Srinagar: 17.7 percent voters turned out to exercise their franchise on Saturday in Kashmir with 41.5 percent turn out in Ganderbal and 4.6 percent in Kulgam district. Polling for the 6th phase of Panchayat polls ended this afternoon. Polling started at 8 am and ended at 2 pm. In the Jammu division, 83.7 per cent […]
Srinagar: Noted legal luminary and columnist AG Noorani has said that National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party, the two main pro-India parties in Kashmir, should come together to safeguard the Kashmir’s special status. “They [the NC and the PDP] must draw up a joint declaration on Kashmir’s autonomy and its future course for a settlement of […]
Srinagar: The Governor’s Administration is contemplating to change the procedure for grant of Permanent Resident Certificates (PRC) and Revenue Department has dashed a communication to the Financial Commissioner Revenue, Divisional Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners seeking their comments and suggestions. Jammu based daily Excelsior quoting sources reported that Governor Satya Pal Malik is receiving complaints regarding undue […]
Srinagar: After eight years of trial, the court on Friday convicted a man for sodomising a minor in Awantipora area of South Kashmir. The court of additional special mobile magistrate Awantipora after hearing Khurshid Ahmad, senior prosecuting officer and the counsel for the accsued, convicted a person namely javaid Ahmad Dar son of Abdul Gani […]
