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 […]
Shopian: After forces fired pellet at 20 month old girl Hiba Nisar, leaving her right eye severely injured, the government on Friday announced Rupees one lakh for her treatment. The monetary assistance was announced by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shopian Dr Owais Ahmed. DC assured Hiba’s parents that government would provide the baby girl with all […]
Two caves and one conclusion. Reality can’t be suppressed and truth can’t be obscured. As affirmed by caves, imaginary realities, hypothetical explanations, unfounded schemes and treacherous narratives should not to be trusted. Which caves and what allegory, one would like to question. Well, I am juxtaposing two caves: one is a parable, written in […]
Srinagar: Pakistan Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry Friday advised the government of India to accept that the Kashmir issue has no military solution. Chaudhry was addressing a seminar of the All Parties Parliamentary Kashmir Group in Islamabad. “[Indian Prime Minister] Narendra Modi just announced that [his government] will give a package of billions of rupees to […]
Srinagar: Reacting to the statement of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan that if France and Germany can stay together why not India and Pakistan, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said that for Pakistan to stay together with India, it will first have to become a secular state. General Rawat made the statement while interacting with […]
