Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday identified the two militants killed in a gunfight with government forces in Fateh Kadal as Mehraj ud Din Bangroo and Faid Mushtaq Waza. Talking to reporters after the wreath-laying ceremony of a cop killed in the Fateh Kadal gunfight, J&K police chief said that two militants killed in […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police cops on Wednesday thrashed photojournalists in Srinagar while they were performing their professional duties. A photojournalist told The Kashmir Press that the forces personnel of Jammu and Kashmir police thrashed photojournalists working with different media organizations while they were performing their duties near the gunfight site in Fateh Kadal. […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday said that three militants and a policeman were killed in a fierce encounter in Fateh Kadal area of Kashmir’s capital city Srinagar. Police sources said that acting on an inputs about the presence of militants, the forces cordoned off Syed Ali Akbar locality of Fateh Kadal early this […]
Srinagar: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) revokes suspension and sedation charges against Kashmiri students after 1200 Kashmir students threatened to quit studies over holding funeral prayers for militant commander Mannan Wani. Jammu and Kashmir Governor had intervened after local parties had urged him to take up the issue with Centre. Governor Satya Pal Malik this morning […]
Srinagar: The low turnout trend continued through the final of the 4-phased election to Urban Local Body polls, recording a abysmal 4.2 percent on Tuesday. According the Chief Electoral Officer, 25 wards Srinagar recorded 4.0 percent while 11.3 percent electorate cast their vote for 12 wards in Ganderbal in last phase. The overall voter turnout […]
Srinagar: Polling will be held only for two municipalities — Ganderbal and parts of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) — in the fourth and last phase of civic elections on Tuesday in Kashmir, which has seen a dismal voter turnout of 6.7 per cent so far. Reports said that out of eight municipalities, which were scheduled […]
Srinagar: Seven Indian Army personnel, including a major general, have been sentenced to life imprisonment in a 24-year-old fake encounter case in Assam by an army court martial. Five people, members of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) Prabin Sonowal, Pradip Dutta, Debajit Biswas, Akhil Sonowal and Bhaben Moran, were killed in the fake encounter, […]
Srinagar: The four students arrested by Punjab Police and Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police from Jallandhar district of Punjab have revealed that Zakir Moosa, the chief of Al-Qaeda linked Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH) had visited Jallandhar sometime back to set up base of the outfit and spread his activities in New Delhi. […]
Srinagar: The third phase of the election to Urban Local Bodies also recorded a low turnout in Kashmir as only 3.5 per cent electorate cast vote in Valley. The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) J&K, Shaleen Kabra said that overall 16.4% polling was witnessed in the Phase-III of Municipal Polls across J&K. Kabra said in Jammu […]
Srinagar: Thousands of people on Saturday attended the funeral of slain militant Shabir Ahmad at Samboora in Kakapora area of southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Witnesses said that thousands of people from Pulwama and adjoining areas despite curfew-like restrictions participated in the funeral procession of Hizb militant, who was killed in a gunfight at Babagund area […]
