Authorities impose restrictions in Kangan fearing protests.Injured youth battling for life.
Authorities have imposed curfew-like restrictions in Kangan tehsil of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district to stem any protests against the injuring of a youth in police action yesterday. 23-year-old Gowhar Ahmad Rather is battling for life at SKIMS Soura where he was admitted yesterday evening after suffering firearm injuries in his head. “He has firearm injury […]
UN Chief concerned about Kashmir violence
Answering questions by media persons during regular briefing in New York, secretary-general’s spokesman, Stephane Dujarric said the UN chief is concerned about the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. He said it is basic principle to investigate escalating violence and protect civilians wherever they are, whether it is in Gaza, Jammu and Kashmir, or Yemen. The […]
Adamant governor refused to delay science conference
University authorities and three state ministers had planned to postpone thirteenth J&K science congress on Monday. Reports said that state governor N.N Vohra decided to go ahead with the event in university of Kashmir despite massive protests by students. While university authorities said that they held the event on time as scholars and scientists were […]
Mehbooba to preside over post Shopian killing meeting
State CM Mehbooba Mufti who came back from New Delhi on Monday evening is going to hold a high level meeting post Shopian killings. Mehbooba had to cut short her Delhi visit after she came under barrage of criticism from Oner Abdullah who said that she had proved her irrelevance by her absence from Kashmir […]
Life on halt in Kashmir on Tuesday
Life is on halt in Kashmir valley for third running day today as reports from south kashmir and Srinagar city suggest.According to early morning reports most of the roads are deserted with no transport plying. Authorities have imposed restrictions in many parts of Srinagar city and have closed all schools and colleges in Kashmir valley […]
Internet access restored partially
Internet access in Srinagar city was restored to some extent on Monday evening . However the speed of Internet is very slow. Internet services were suspended on Sunday after lot of violence and killings in shopian and Anantnag. Authorities have imposed restrictions in many parts of Srinagar and have closed all schools and colleges in […]
Shut down to continue for tomorrow: JRL
Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Monday said that the protest shutdown against Shopian mayhem will continue tomorrow, April 3. In a statement, JRL said that “entire resistance and Hurriyat leadership will move towards Shopian on April 4 to express solidarity with the people and offer condolences to the bereaved families who lost their loved ones.” […]
Educational institutions will continue to shut by tomorrow:Spokesperson ED.
The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to keep all schools and colleges in Kashmir valley closed tomorrow as well. A spokesman of the education department said the schools and colleges will remain closed on Tuesday as well. The decision has been taken as a “precautionary measure” to avoid law and order situation in the […]
Plane carrying bodies of 38 Indians killed in Iraq lands in Amritsar
April 02, 2018 The special flight carrying the mortal remains of the 38 Indians killed in Iraq’s Mosul, lands in Amritsar. MoS MEA VK Singh who was on the flight back, when asked whether the kin of the Indians killed would be given jobs, said, “This is not a game of football. Both the state […]
Bharat Bandh protest: 4 killed in MP’s Gwalior, Morena; top 10 developments
Dalit organisations across the country have called a ‘Bharat bandh’ on Monday to protest a recent Supreme Court ruling “diluting” the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The protests left four people dead in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena and Gwalior, where a curfew was later imposed. The Modi government on Monday filed […]
